Here are this week’s top five most-clicked stories from MHA’s News Roundup newsletter.
Teen’s Headache Reveals Alarming Health Risk for Family: “Saving People’s Lives”
WJZ, by Kerry Breen
Caroline was transferred to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The next day, she woke up in the intensive care unit with a bald spot. Her parents filled her in: Tests had shown two brain aneurysms. One had ruptured and caused an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, which led to her symptoms, said neurointerventionist Dr. Gunjan Parikh.
Learn About the Daily Record’s 2026 Influential Marylanders Honorees
The Daily Record
This year marks the program’s 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades of recognizing the exceptional leaders whose vision, innovation, and service have helped shape Maryland’s business, civic, and nonprofit communities. This year’s health care winners include Larry L. Johnson of Johns Hopkins Health System, Stuart M. Levine, MD, FACP of MedStar Health, Jennifer Nickoles of LifeBridge Health, and Jennifer Wilkerson of Sheppard Pratt.
Your New Symptom Might Be Your Old Prescription
The Epoch Times, by Sheramy Tsai
An 87-year-old man went to the hospital with COVID-19. His memory was a little shaky on a good day. Doctors gave him steroids to treat the illness. While in the hospital, he grew confused. At night, he tried to climb out of bed. He fought the staff. A sitter was posted at his bedside. Dr. George Hennawi, a geriatrician who directs the Center for Successful Aging at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, was called in. The man had already been given a dose of medicine to control the agitation.
Health Systems Ditch the ‘Field of Dreams’ Mentality
Becker’s Hospital Review, by Laura Dyrda
Health systems are moving away from the traditional “build it and they will come” approach, focusing instead on expanding access through outpatient care, telehealth, home-based services, and more efficient use of existing resources. Dr. Redonda Miller, president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, says Johns Hopkins is strengthening its hub-and-spoke model to provide lower-acuity care closer to patients while preserving hospital capacity for complex cases that require an academic medical center.
Stop the Bleed in Maryland High Schools
TraumaNet
Justin Graves, director of Trauma Programs at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, discusses Stop the Bleed, now part of Maryland’s high school Health I curriculum. The program teaches students lifesaving skills such as applying direct pressure, packing a wound, and using a tourniquet, helping them respond to life-threatening bleeding before emergency responders arrive.