December 6, 2024

Vitamins and Their Effects on Blood Tests

Vitamins

Just about every doctor’s appointment starts with the same question: what medications do you take? Listing your medications may feel tedious, but MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital is reminding residents that it’s important to give an up-to-date rundown every visit to determine how these drugs might interact with each other — and even how they might impact important blood tests.

Healthy Food Drive Coming Sept. 13

Healthy Food Drive

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Healthy Eating and Active Living Action Team is planning a Healthy Food Drive alongside the 2018 HSMP Annual Meeting on Sept. 13.

Behavioral Health Team Won’t Meet in Sept.

Behavioral Health Action Team

The Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Behavioral Health Action Team will not meet in September. The group’s next meeting will be held 2 to 3:30 pm Friday, Oct. 12.

MedStar to Host Blood Drive Sept. 11

blood drive

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital will hold an American Red Cross blood drive from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.

Misra to Speak at Healthy Partnership Meeting

Misra

From the health implications of digital technologies to the effects of keeping kids sugar-free, topics for the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership Annual Meeting will cover a large range of issues.

MedStar Diabetes Work Earns CDC Recognition

CDC Recognition

MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown has earned CDC Recognition for its Diabetes Prevention Program. The hospital was awarded full recognition by the Centers for Disease Control, an honor reserved for “programs that have effectively delivered a quality, evidence-based program that meets all of the standards for CDC recognition,” according to a letter from the CDC.

Tobacco-Free Action Team Meets

Health Department

MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Tobacco-Free Living Action Team, which will meet 4 to 5:30 pm Tuesday, April 17, 2018, at Cove/DFZ Center for Youth at 44871 St. Andrew’s Church Road in California.

Tobacco-Free Action Team to Meet

Health Department

MedStar St. Mary’s supports the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership’s Tobacco-Free Living Action Team, which will meet 10 to 11:30 am Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018, at the St. Mary’s County Health Department.

Auxiliary Is at the Heart of MedStar

Auxiliary

Without the MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital Auxiliary, it’s hard to know where the Leonardtown hospital would be today.

Presenters Announced for HSMP Meeting

Environmental Health Action Team

Jane Lawing and Ashly Nelson will be two of the presenters at the Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership 2018 annual meeting Sept. 13.