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When it comes to taking medications during pregnancy, less is more."

That's Dr. Carmen Farrior, an ob-gyn at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, recently featured in @thebump

Her point: multi-symptom cold and flu products often treat things you don't even have, which means more medication than you need.

Feeling under the weather while pregnant? Talk with your provider first. They know your history and what's right for you. thebump.com/a/nyquil-while…

Choosing to donate a kidney to someone while you're still living is one of the most generous decisions a person can make. It also means going through major surgery when you aren't sick yourself.

That's why our transplant surgeons keep asking how to make donation easier on the donor.

In a recent study, Dr. Srinivasan Muthukrishnan and colleagues at University of Maryland Medical Center looked at six living donors whose kidneys were removed using a surgical robot through a single small incision near the belly button, rather than several incisions.

The results were encouraging. None of the donors had major complications, all went home within two days, and every donated kidney began working right away in its recipient.

It's an early look at a small group, and the team is calling for larger studies before this becomes routine. But for future donors, it points toward a recovery with less physical impact and a smaller scar.

"Living kidney donors make an extraordinary altruistic decision to help other individuals in need," Dr. Muthukrishnan said. "Transplant surgeons strive to continually improve the donor experience."

#LivingDonor #OrganDonation #Transplant

Pain isn’t just something to silence. It can be your body’s way of telling you something needs attention.

This #PainAwarenessMonth, learn what those aches and pains may be telling you and when it’s time to take action: health.umms.org/pain-managemen…

#PainManagement

Ekta Gupta, MD, Chief of Gastroenterology at University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, has a clear message on cyclosporiasis: it is not a shortcut, it is "a health crisis that we need to take seriously."

Read more: verywellhealth.com/diarrhea-weigh…

#PublicHealth #Cyclosporiasis #HealthAwareness #FoodSafety

A transformative gene therapy program at UMMC is offering new hope for people living with sickle cell disease. As Maryland's only provider of this FDA-approved treatment, UMMC is helping sickle cell patients reclaim their lives.

See more from @wbaltv11: wbaltv.com/article/ummc-g…