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Want a sculpture? A new jaw? Pizza? Just print it

By Mary Carole McCauley , The Baltimore Sun — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:03:00 EDT

Spotlight falls on promise and mainstreaming of 3D printing

Thanks to 3D printing, American society may be about to boldly go where no one has gone before.

Kennedy Krieger researchers pinpoint cause of rare disease

By Scott Calvert , The Baltimore Sun — Fri, 17 May 2013 23:20:00 EDT

Discovery could yield new treatments and maybe a cure

It's a dream Ida Heck never really expected to come true.

MyFitnessPal and me: Diary of an obsessive electronic relationship

By Catherine Mallette — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:48:00 EDT

Right from the start, I knew we would have problems in our relationship.

Poop in pools more common than you may think, CDC warns

By Karen Kaplan — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:07:00 EDT

Attention swimmers: More than half of the public pools tested in a new study contained bacterial evidence that someone may have pooped in the pool.

WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus

Kate Kelland — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:48:03 EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

Fever reducers don't slow children's recovery: study

By Trevor Stokes — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:00 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of past research finds that fever-reducing drugs have no effect on the speed of children's recovery from an infection, contrary to the fears of some doctors and parents.

Columbia resident trains like a pro for triathlon

By Karen Nitkin, knitkin@verizon.net — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:06:00 EDT

Suzy Serpico, 32, starts her days early, with a swim, bike or run before heading to her job as a physical education teacher at Hammond Elementary School.

HPV-related throat cancers multiplying

By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:00 EDT

Survival rate higher than other throat cancers

Survival rate higher than other throat cancers

Local student to talk weight loss on 'The View'

By Andrea K. Walker, The Baltimore Sun — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:41:00 EDT

Woman studying physical therapy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine lost 70-plus pounds

Woman studying physical therapy at the University of Maryland School of Medicine lost 70-plus pounds

Up to 1 in 5 children suffer from mental disorder: CDC

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:48:00 EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Up to 20 percent of children in the United States suffer from a mental disorder, and the number of kids diagnosed with one has been rising for more than a decade, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.