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Americans still scarred by Sept. 11 attacks
When an earthquake hit the Baltimore area recently, a familiar anxiety crept over Kimberly Anthony — not unlike her feelings after the terrorist attacks a decade ago.
Anthony, a Washington resident, still carries psychic scars from Sept. 11, 2001....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Terrorism, Johns Hopkins University, Transportation Accidents, Travel Alerts
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Teen gets five years for attack on transgender woman at McDonald's
After a teenage girl was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for beating a transgender woman at a McDonald's in Rosedale, some advocates for transgender people called the sentence too lenient.
"The whole incident is unfortunate and demonstrates the...Tags: Judges, Behavioral Conditions, Computer Crime, Laws, Punishment
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Medical marijuana laws make a farce of medicine
Despite the fact that marijuana remains a controlled substance that is illegal in the United States under federal law, 16 states and the District of Columbia have legalized "medical marijuana." Del. Cheryl Glenn's HB15, the "Maryland Medical Marijuana...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Food and Drug Administration, Johns Hopkins University, General Practitioners
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Don't skimp on mental health care for veterans
Waging peace may be more expensive than waging war. That is a shocking statement when one considers the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it may be an unacceptable proposition to Americans weary of our...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Afghanistan, Iraq, Suicide, Family
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Scuba diving may hold promise for paraplegics
Outfitted in scuba gear and 100 feet underwater, Cody Unser noticed a weird tingling in her legs. She dived a second and a third time, and again felt tingling. It was subtle, but it was the first new sensation that she had felt in three years, since...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Heart Problems, Trips and Vacations, Caribbean Vacations
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Fear factor: Why we're more scared of the unlikely
Julie McKinney almost didn’t talk to us for this story.
Not because she was worried about what she’d reveal or that she was nervous to see herself in print. But because of what she might see: a picture of a snake.
McKinney is scared of...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Separation Anxiety, Philosophy, Transportation Accidents, Federal Hill
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Best medicine for veterans: prevention
Veterans Day, and once again I'm shouting in my head: You people want to honor veterans? How about we dump the patriotic tinsel and give them something they can use — like all the effort it's going to take to heal their wounds for years to come....Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Veterans Affairs, West Point, Veterans Day, Defense
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Sol Goodman, auto executive
Sol Goodman, a retired auto leasing and sales executive who wrote poetry that spoke of the joys of living in Baltimore, died of kidney failure Feb. 18 at Sunrise Senior Living in Pikesville. The longtime Mount Vernon resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore...Tags: Sunrise Assisted Living Incorporated, Arts, Architecture, World War II (1939-1945), Poetry
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America can't afford to wage wars all over the globe forever
It seems the Army is investigating charges that soldiers were denied a diagnosis ofpost-traumatic stress disorderin order to save money ("Chief of Army medical center suspended in PTSD probe," Feb. 22). Trillions of tax dollars have been wasted on...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Substance Abuse, Pakistan, Armed Forces
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Nancy Jacobs wants criminal penalty for failing to report abuse
With the child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State continuing to play out, Maryland Sen. Nancy Jacobs, who represents Harford County, wants to institute a criminal penalty in Maryland for those who are required to report child abuse and fail to do so. "In...Tags: Social Sciences, Behavioral Conditions, Criminals, Lawyers, Joe Paterno
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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: Behavioral Conditions, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Genetics, Johns Hopkins University
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Edward Charles 'Ned' Wilson III, APG information technology specialist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterEdward Charles "Ned" Wilson III, a retired Aberdeen Proving Ground information technology specialist and former board member of Maryland Life Magazine, died June 17 of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 64. The son of farmers,...Tags: Towson, Houston, Roman Catholicism, Periodicals, Arlington (Staten Island, New York)
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