Destinations Newsletter Archive

In a joint effort to integrate programs and services between MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and our sister hospital, MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital, we also have come together to publish a joint newsletter, Destination: Good Health, to share effective health and wellness advice and to inform the community about the latest innovative treatments available at our sites. In the past, MedStar Union Memorial published its own newsletter, Destinations, and if you'd like to view previous issues, click the links below.

• We are Safe and Ready to Care for You
• Living with Shoulder Pain
• Managing Medications
• Against the Odds: Immunotherapy Works Miracles
• Back to a Regular Rhythm: Cardiac Ablation Restores Normal Heartbeat
• Eating Mindfully for Better Health
• Dealing with Chronic Pain: Consider Seeing a Psychologist
• Community Lectures and Class Schedules
• Community Health Spotlight: Reducing Violence in Our Street

• New Orthopaedic Operating Rooms Now Open
• Free Fentanyl Test Kits Available
• A Unique Place for Healing: New Inpatient Rehabilitation Center Promotes Independence
• Tips for Preventing and Controlling High Cholesterol
• On the Forefront of Sports Medicine
• Treating Colorectal Cancer
• Meal Planning: It’s Easier Than You Think
• Flu Got You Down? When to Seek Medical Care
• Discovery of Aneurysm Calls for Urgent Response
• Improving Access to Healthy Food
• Calendar of Events

• Movement as Medicine
• Treating Complex Heart Conditions
• Tips for Managing Caregiver Stress
• Caring for Wounds that Won't Heal
• Back on Her Feet at Last
• The Difference Between a Serving and a Portion
• The Many Benefits of Walking
• The Latest in Cancer-Fighting Technology
• Community Health Spotlight: Ensuring Access to Lifesaving Breast Screenings
• Calendar of Events

• Congratulating Our Excellence in Nursing Honorees
• Restoring Rhythm to Ailing Hearts
• Why Downtime Is Good for Your Health
• The Curtis National Hand Center
• Fighting Lung Cancer
• Staying Active: The Benefits of Low-Impact Exercise
• How to Keep Your Feet Healthy
• Treating Fragile Bones
• Community Health Spotlight: Preventing Diabetes Through Positive Change
• Calendar of Events

• Offering Specialty Clinics to Help You Thrive
• 2018 Top Doctors
• What Matters Most: A Person-Centered Approach to Care
• Start the Year Off Right: Get a Checkup
• Managing Complex Heart Disease: HCM Clinic
• The Breast Center at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
• Five Good Reasons to Exercise With a Partner
• Ready to Kick the Habit? We Can Help
• Revolutionizing Spine Surgery: Robotic Technology Sets New Standard
• Calendar of Events
• Community Health Spotlight: Connecting Vulnerable Patients to Essential Services

• Game On: Anterior Approach to Hip Replacement Speeds Recovery
• Keeping the Flu at Bay: Ways to Reduce Your Risk
• Improving Surgical Outcomes: Interdisciplinary Approach Benefits Patients, Families
• MedStar Sports & Performance Cardiology: Specialized Care for Athletes and Active Individuals
• Get Out and Get Moving
• Snoring and Sleep Apnea: What You Need to Know
• Beating Breast Cancer: Early Detection Key for Both Women and Men  
• Community Health Spotlight: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

• Conquering Cancer: Making Access to the Highest Quality Care Even Easier
• Summer Safety Tips for Seniors
• Outpatient Hip Replacement Surgery: A Welcome Alternative to a Common Procedure
• Effectively Managing Geriatric Arthritis: Conservative Approach Improves Quality of Life
• Lyme Disease: What You Need to Know
• Managing Your Health with myMedStar
• Restoring Blood Flow to the Brain: New Minimally Invasive Endovascular Procedure Reduces the Risk of Stroke
• Treating Pain: Customized Solutions Provide Needed Relief

• Transforming Cardiac Care
  
• Keeping Your Brain Healthy as You Age
• Making a Difference
• More Experience Means Better Outcomes
• Simple Food Swaps for a Healthier You
• Understanding the Risks of High Blood Pressure
• Cancer Update: A Lung Screening that Saves Lives
• Managing Movement Disorders in the Elderly

• Getting Better Day by Day: Inpatient Rehabilitation Helps Patients Get Their Lives Back
• Five Good Reasons to Get the Flu Shot
• Understanding Breast Cancer Risk
• Integrating Medical and Behavioral Health Care
• Simple Tips for Healthy Holiday Eating
• Why Antibiotics Aren't Always the Answer
• Caring for Struggling Hearts
• MedStar Health at Timonium

• Stopping the “Silent Killer”: Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aneurysms Lead to Better Outcomes
• Ensuring the Right Fit: Hospital Performs First Robotic Total Knee Replacement in Maryland
• Caring for the Community Shepherd’s Clinic Offers Help, Healing and Hope to Those in Need
• Feeling Stressed? How to Restore Balance in Your Life

• Advanced Microsurgery Restores Wrist Function
• Making Pioneering Strides in Coronary Care
• Living Pain Free Without Surgery
• Want to Improve Your Health? Strengthen Your Immune System

• Healing Ethelette's Hands 
• Deborah's Got Her Rhythm Back (A-Fib)
• Margaret is Pain Free (Anterior Hip Replacement)

• A New Spring in His Step
• What You Don't Know About Concussions
• Get Smart and Beat High Blood Pressure

• A New Heart Valve
• Dancing at Her Wedding
• Three Ways to Keep Active Kids Safe This Summer

• Meet Becky Saunders, Certified Hand Therapist
• Workspace Comfort and Position Guide
• Blood Pressure Record
• Field Guide to Concussion
• DASH Eating Plan