Montgomery Community Media

As a retired nurse educator from the University of District of Columbia, Barbara Baskerville knows that health awareness saves lives. “Being informed about your health is a powerful tool,” stated Ms. Baskerville, a resident of Riderwood retirement community in Silver Spring who served twenty-one years as a nurse in the U.S. Army, both in active […]

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 […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee and its Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee (GO) will meet jointly at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, for a worksession on wellness and disease management programs for employees of county agencies. The worksession is a continuation of the joint committee’s ongoing efforts to improve […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Health and Human Services Committee, its Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee and its Education Committee will meet in a rare triple-joint meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, to discuss the employee wellness and disease management program in place for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). The triple-joint committee meeting […]