BWMC Launches 'March Maintenance'

As March begins and people start to fill out NCAA brackets, (BWMC) hopes you'll fill out their "March Maintenance" brackets—highlighting health screenings and tests that they say should be done annually.

The brackets are broken out by sex and age range, reminding men and women about the tests that should be done every year in addition to their physical. Men in their 20s should receive sexually transmitted disease, blood pressure and tobacco, drug and alcohol screenings annually, according to the bracket.

Women in their 40s should be screened for diabetes, depression and weight, receive vaccines for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis and receive heart attack and stroke prevention counseling each year, BWMC recommends.

The hospital has partnered with in Glen Burnie to help spread the word.

"We will have our brackets, as well as some other items promoting the program at Bill Bateman’s. Our goal is to make patrons aware of the importance of annual physicals while they watch NCAA tournament games at the establishment," said BWMC spokesman Kevin Cservek in an email.

BWMC also will offer a discussion from Dr. Bahador Momeni, an internal medicine doctor with Arundel Physicians Associates in Millersville, at 6:30 p.m. March 29 on the third floor of the hospital. Momeni will discuss the importance of having an annual physical and will review current screening guidelines and recommendations for age-appropriate testing, according to an event flier.

To register for the discussion, call 410-787-4367.

Check out the bracket attached to this article to see how you stack up against the recommendations for March Maintenance.