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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Research, Veterans Affairs, Plavix (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Treating menopause symptoms
Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Symptoms, Health Treatments, Hampton Roads Transit, Diseases and Illnesses
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Broken ankle fractures life as you know it
Forgive my absence from these pages, but I recently suffered a dislocated fracture of my ankle while saving a kitten from a speeding car.
The bad news is, it required reconstructive surgery and I have to spend the next six weeks on my butt. The good news...Tags: Human Body, Christina Applegate, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Treatments, St. Joseph Medical Center, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses
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Garden Q&A: Unfertilized lawn is less appetizing to geese
This winter, Canada geese are eating the grass down to the bare ground on my waterfront. There's 15 feet of nothing but brown along the edge of the river. It looks terrible. How can I get rid of them?
This is more than unsightly — it is...Tags: House and Home, Chemicals, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Fertilizer
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The power of sleep
Are you tired, run-down, listless? The answer to your problem is probably not in a little brown bottle. It could be as simple as a good night’s sleep. But for 45 million Americans, that’s an elusive dream. Even worse, sleep deprivation,...Tags: Howard County, Hospitals and Clinics, Weight, Health Treatments, Insomnia
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How much research on marijuana does The Sun want?
This letter is in response to The Sun's editorial on medical marijuana ("Go slow," Jan. 3). Recently, a medical marijuana panel commissioned by the Maryland legislature recommended two divergent proposals. One recommends dispensaries allow doctors to...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Health Treatments
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Know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke
February is American Heart Month. I couldn't let this month go by without researching and writing about heart disease. The warning signs of heart attack and stroke always bear repeating. The first paragraph of the Presidential Proclamation for American...Tags: Howard County, Hospitals and Clinics, Symptoms, Chest, Computer Crime
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Lawmakers debate ban on arsenic in chicken feed
Chicken farmers nationwide have stopped feeding their flocks a drug containing arsenic since a 2011 government study suggested the cancer-causing metal may be tainting poultry, but Maryland lawmakers are still struggling with whether to ban the once-...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Annapolis, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Bankruptcy, Douglas F. Gansler
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Va. man charged with Joppa armed robbery
A Virginia man is being held at the Harford County Detention Center in Bel Air after he was arrested and charged in connection with the armed robbery of a Joppa convenience store Tuesday evening, Maryland State Police said. Andrew Martin Javoroski, 22,...Tags: Prosecution, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Schizophrenia, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Chemicals
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Harford collects 3,750 pounds of prescription drugs
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Carl Kotowski, assistant special agent in charge of the DEA Baltimore Office, presented an award to Harford County Executive David R. Craig Jan. 17 in honor of the county's successful role in the nationwide...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Behavioral Conditions, Pharmaceuticals
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The Interview: Graham Dodge, founder of Sickweather.com
If you ever complain about a cough, cold or the flu on Twitter or Facebook, a Baltimore startup called Sickweather.com wants your tweets and status updates.
The website, which launched in November, mines social networking sites using a computer...Tags: Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Symptoms, Companies and Corporations, Washington, DC
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