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Columbia man arrested in pharmacy robbery that involved bloody syringe
A man who allegedly robbed a pharmacy using a syringe and tried to rob a woman at an ATM has been arrested, according to the Howard County Police Department. Benjamin Frederick Blessing, 52, of the 5200 block of Golden Sky Court in Columbia, is facing...
Tags: Theft, Viral Diseases and Infections, Annapolis, Bank of America Corp., Prescription Drugs
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10 years after the national title, Juan Dixon says he's 'going to get back to the NBA'
The biggest overachiever in Maryland basketball history -- maybe in the modern college game -- is trying to beat the odds again.
At age 33, a decade after leading the Terps to the NCAA men's championship, three years removed from his last NBA game and...Tags: College Sports, Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler, Elton Brand, Miami Hurricanes
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Charles O. Smith, health care analyst
Charles Orestus Smith, a retired CareFirst Medicare contractor who was an avid fan of the opera and symphony, died Jan. 3 of a heart attack at his home in the Northway Apartments in Guilford. He was 74.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Guilford, Mr. Smith...Tags: Government Health Care, Government Health Care, Christianity, Unisys Corporation, Anglicanism
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Report Cards, Skin Cancer, Stroke, Human Body, Family
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Hopkins, UM graduate programs again rank among the best in nation, says U.S. News
The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland continue to boast some of the best graduate programs in the country, according to rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine rose one spot to a...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Newspaper and Magazine, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Women's Health
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Letter: Marriage is not a right but requires couples to meet one-man/one-woman requirement
If marriage was a right, then any two people could simply declare themselves to be married, and that would be it. In fact, a couple who wants to marry first needs to get society's permission, in the form of a marriage license. Then, the couple has to go...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Marriage, Family
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Sex and cinema—complicated lovers
Baby (Jennifer Grey) famously lost her virginity to Patrick Swayze's character in "Dirty Dancing." The geeky freshman played by Anthony Michael Hall lusted after Samantha (Molly Ringwald), who's a virgin saving herself for Jake Ryan in "Sixteen Candles."...Tags: Patrick Swayze, Steve Carell, Ryan Phillippe, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Cruise
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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: Food and Drug Administration, Bipolar Disorder, Medical Specialization, Cancer, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Religious groups that oppose birth control don't have a monopoly on morality
Edwin F. O'Brien, leader of the Baltimore archdiocese, has revealed himself to be a cynical, misguided critic of the Obama administration ("Fight over birth control," Jan. 26). He says it's a pity that the sincere convictions of religious groups are...Tags: Ethics, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Health Treatments, Values
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Byron Mouton: 10 years after Maryland's national title
The Baltimore SunByron Mouton has often had to reinvent himself. A big scorer in high school in Louisiana who turned into more of a defensive stopper during his two seasons at Maryland, Mouton tried to start an online basketball apparel company while finishing his...Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Syracuse Orange, Mark Turgeon, Duke Blue Devils
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A pregnant woman with HIV, and the cost of U.S. foreign aid cuts
When I met a woman I'll call "Mary" in Luwingu, a remote district in northern Zambia, she had already seen three of her children die. She did not know that she had contracted HIV until she arrived at the clinic where for the past few months I had been...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., HIV, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Viral Diseases and Infections
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New city plan aimed at reducing HIV/AIDS infections by 25%
A group of Baltimore's health care leaders has crafted a plan to cut new cases of HIV infection by 25 percent by 2015, as part of an overall strategy to cope with a disease that has plagued the city for decades.
The plan, scheduled to be given to Mayor...Tags: Substance Abuse, Annie E. Casey Foundation, University of Maryland, College Park, HIV, Medical Procedures and Tests
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