Montgomery Community Media

Parents of students enrolled in seventh grade are reminded that new immunization requirements announced earlier this year require students to have one Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-attenuated pertussis) and one meningococcal (MCV4) vaccination. Seventh grade students who do not show proof of the required immunizations will be excluded from school beginning Monday, September 15. “Currently we have more […]

Parents of students entering seventh grade are reminded that new immunization requirements announced earlier this year require students to have one Tdap (Tetanus-diphtheria-attenuated pertussis) and one meningococcal (MCV4) vaccination. Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services staff will provide free Tdap and MCV4 vaccinations to incoming seventh-grade students at the Montgomery County Public Schools’ […]

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown issued the following joint statement on the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Board’s recommendation to upgrade the exchange’s IT system:  “Thanks to the incredible hard work and commitment of hundreds of consumer assistance workers, brokers, carriers, Exchange staff, and many other stakeholders — Maryland exceeded our goal […]

A recent Harris Interactive poll listed losing weight, exercising and eating more healthily as three of the top five New Year’s resolutions that people strive to achieve. But the reality is that only 40 percent of people make it to July! No matter what your age, the benefits of a health and wellness regimen are […]

CVS Caremark announced today that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores across the U.S. by October 1, 2014, making CVS/pharmacy the first national pharmacy chain to take this step in support of the health and well-being of its patients and customers. “Ending the sale of […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee will hold a worksession at 10:45 a.m. on Oct. 31, to discuss how children’s meals at fast food and other types of restaurants contribute to obesity in children. The worksession will include a presentation from representatives of the nutrition policy section of the Center for […]

Welcome to our three part series on how to store and organize your food, fridge and pantry. Last week, I had the pleasure of driving across country to Colorado Springs to help a family member move. Once we arrived it was my self-proclaimed job to organize her home and fill it with as much healthy […]

 Transforming Lives – National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States — 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and nearly 15 million are acting as caregivers.  86,000 people in Maryland are diagnosed with this devastating disease and approximately 20% of them live in Montgomery […]

Studies show breast feeding results in long lasting health benefits for both mother and baby. Today, the number of women breast feeding their babies is at an all-time high. But breast feeding is not always easy. Dr. Earl Harley explains a simple procedure that makes breast feeding much easier for women. Take a look.

My dear friend and incredible suspense author, Lena Diaz, is my guest today.  Lena wants everyone to remember that November is a special month for awareness as well as for giving thanks.  She has opened her heart to share the day she almost lost her daughter to a terrible disease, and hopes her story will […]