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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: Cancer, Breast Cancer, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Inner Harbor
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Ulman Cancer Fund merges with 4K for Cancer to help fundraising
Ryan Hanley spent the summer before he turned 18 thinking about organizing a transcontinental bike ride to raise money for cancer. When he entered the Johns Hopkins University, he set about selling the idea and recruiting classmates and friends to ride 4,...Tags: Cancer, Ken Ulman, Hospitals and Clinics, Appendectomy, Johns Hopkins University
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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: Cancer, Heart Disease, Death, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Diabetes
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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: Infertility, Vaccines, Music, Women's Health, Cancer
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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: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Civil Rights, Health Organizations, Justice System, Family Planning
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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: American Civil War (1861-1865), Wars and Interventions, Vienna (Austria), Music, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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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...
Tags: Lacrosse, Cancer, Christianity, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: HIV, Family Planning, Behavioral Conditions, Recipes, Diseases and Illnesses
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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 Procedures and Tests, Cancer, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Breast Cancer, Health Insurance Cost
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Teen tanning bed ban is misguided
It appears Sen. Jamie Raskin, the Montgomery County senator who is sponsoring legislation that would ban minors from using commercial tanning beds, does not have much faith in American teenagers, their parents or the proprietors of tanning salons....Tags: Cancer, Health Insurance Cost, Skin Cancer, Weight, Diabetes
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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: Butter, Sausages, Recipes, Obesity, Diets and Dieting
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