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Get ready for stomach flu season!
Get ready parents! Stomach flu season is here — and it isn’t going to be fun. Unlike the common cold, the stomach flu (or gastroenteritis) manifests itself in some pretty ugly ways. Anyone who has had it, or has seen a child go through it,...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Flu, Vomiting, Diarrhea, Symptoms
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention, Family
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Hooters waitress allegedly contracts tuberculosis at Inner Harbor restaurant
Over the past seven months, Jheri Stratton has been quarantined in her house for a while, ordered to wear a mask to walk her dog, and monitored twice a week by a city Health Department official who watches to ensure that she swallows a handful of pills....
Tags: Randallstown, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Tuberculosis, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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Virginia man receives face transplant at Maryland Shock Trauma
When Richard Lee Norris opened his eyes after a marathon 36-hour surgery to give him a new face, he immediately wanted a mirror.
A natural reaction for a man who had been practically living as a recluse since a 1997 gun accident took off his nose, chin,...Tags: Medical Research, Richard Lee, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Cleveland Clinic
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DNA database has potential medical benefits
I would like to respond to Dan Rodricks' column on taking DNA samples from people who are arrested ("DNA: Why wait for an arrest?" May 3). I support his opinion, but I think he could have included more reasons, especially for a general gathering of DNA....Tags: DNA, Human Body, Havre de Grace, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry
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Baltimore's Sickweather.com measures illness at the Super Bowl
Maybe it was the influx of football-loving tourists in Indianapolis? Or maybe Indy itself was running itself ragged preparing for the Super Bowl between the NY Giants and the New England Patriots?
Whatever it was, this much is certain, according to...Tags: Super Bowl, Flu, Facebook, Diseases and Illnesses, New England Patriots
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Tuesday highs in Baltimore could reach 100 degrees
Marylanders will likely go another round with fierce summer heat Tuesday as temperatures threaten to punch into the high 90s and humidity levels shove the misery index into triple-digits.
Forecast highs for BWI-Marshall Airport and downtown Baltimore are...Tags: Water Restrictions, Environmental Pollution, Maryland, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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Blood drive will honor Scotchtown Hills Elementary student
Staff and faculty at Scotchtown Hills Elementary are rallying around fifth-grader Marisol Ramirez, honoring her for showing bravery during repeated surgeries, blood transfusions and chemotherapy after being born 10 years ago with a blocked small intestine...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, American Red Cross, Blood, Emergency Health Procedures, Chemotherapy
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It's cold season, and I'd rather it be 'broken bone' season
It had been years since I'd had a head cold. I've had a couple of sinus infections that laid me out, but somehow I'd managed to avoid the common cold. I hate colds. I've had broken bones and I've had colds and I can stand before you and say, without fear...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Coughing, Smallpox , Broken Bones, Foods and Beverages
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Dealing with childhood asthma
Of the nation's 22 million people with asthma, six million are children, according to the National Institutes of Health. In Baltimore, as many as one in five children suffers from the condition and many go untreated. Dr. Keyvan Rafei, head of pediatric...Tags: Inflammation, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Hospitals and Clinics
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The difference between sudden cardiac arrest and heart attacks
The new year brings a lot of resolutions to exercise. And sometimes the cold weather also means more snow shoveling. All that exertion can be harmful to people with abnormal hearts by leading to sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Gordon Tomaselli, director of...Tags: Emergency Health Procedures, High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions
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