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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Breastfeeding, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Insurance Cost, Glen Burnie, Diabetes
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UMBC senior joins cross-country ride for cancer victims
The farthest Michelle Wong had ever ridden before was from Baltimore to Washington, a roughly 50-mile bike trek. But the UMBC senior was unfazed by what lay ahead of her Sunday morning as she embarked on a 70-day bicycle journey from Baltimore to...Tags: Inner Harbor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Cancer, Breast Cancer
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Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco
Letter writer Gilbert Ross implies that there is no comparison between eating pizza and smoking ("Eating a slice a pizza is not the same as smoking a cigarette," May 10). As a physician, I disagree. Both tobacco and processed meats increase risk for...Tags: General Practitioners, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Death, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lacrosse: Archrivals Calvert Hall and Loyola unite to fight cancer
According to Calvert Hall coach Bryan Kelly, Friday night's 7 p.m. showdown with archrival Loyola Blakefield at what promises to be a sold-out Paul Angelo Russo Stadium in Towson is only the beginning of a bigger fight — against cancer. The game...
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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: Breastfeeding, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Insurance Cost, Glen Burnie, Diabetes
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First pitch in Camden Yards, lasting memory for Rick Sutcliffe
Former Orioles pitcher Rick Sutcliffe had every intention of heading home for the 1992 season, and why not? His roots — and his family — were in the Kansas City area, where he grew up within a short drive of Royals Stadium. He had already...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Baltimore Orioles, Frank Robinson, Health Treatments, Kansas City Royals
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Dr. Ernst F. L. Niedermeyer
Dr. Ernst Friedrich Lepold Niedermeyer, who was a leading researcher, author, clinician and pioneer in the field of electroencephalogy and its use in epilepsy and other brain research, died Thursday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Prisoners and Detainees, Concerts, Electroencephalography
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Understanding the new pap smear guidelines
Many women became used to having a Pap smear annually to check for cervical cancer, but recent recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have updated the timeline. Now, most women will need the test every five years. Cancer experts...Tags: General Practitioners, Infertility, Symptoms, Concerts, Health Insurance Cost
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The Worst Cookbooks, according to one advocacy group
Southern chef Paula Deen makes no apologies for her butter-filled unhealthy recipes.
So it's no surprise that her cookbook tops the list of worst of the year in terms of health in a report by the Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine.
The group,...Tags: General Practitioners, Foods and Beverages, Butter, Cancer, Healthy Diet
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Senate panel considers indoor tanning ban for teens
A state senator wants to prevent teenagers from using electric tanning beds. State Sen. Jamie Raskin, a Montgomery County Democrat, presented a bill that would ban minors from indoor tanning beds to the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday afternoon. He...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Cancer, Laws, Laws, Howard County
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Screening for cancer missing the mark
The percentage of Americans screened for cancer isn't meeting national targets, and the numbers are even worse for minorities, according the first federal study looking at disparities among Asiand and Hispanic groups.
The report by the Centers for...Tags: Medical Research, Cancer, Medical Research, Health Insurance Cost, Colonoscopy
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Federal birth control ruling upsets religious groups
Church officials and other religious-based groups are gearing up to fight an order by the Obama administration that they include birth control in employee health plans — a requirement some say could threaten the protection of other moral beliefs and...Tags: Justice and Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)
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