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Rising temperatures increase health risks
Summer is almost here, and with it likely some blistering hot days. A recent study suggests the elderly should beware when the temperature spikes, because they face an increased risk of winding up in the emergency room short of breath on those days. And...
Tags: Medical Research, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Environmental Pollution, Heat Stroke
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Nathaniel M. Pigman Jr., statistician
Nathaniel M. Pigman Jr., a retired statistician and teacher, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure Oct. 15 at the Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia. He was 92 and had lived in Columbia and Edgewater. Born in...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Dundalk
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John Joseph Scocca, Hopkins biochemistry professor
John Joseph Scocca, a retired Johns Hopkins biochemistry professor recalled for his keen critical eye, died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease May 10 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. He was 72 and lived in Aberdeen.
Born in South Philadelphia,...Tags: Christianity, Science, Pakistan, Health and Safety at School, Students
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Dr. Solbert Permutt, physiologist
Dr. Solbert "Sol" Permutt, a retired physiologist and teacher who helped expand the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, died of esophageal cancer May 23 at Roland Park Place. The longtime Mount...Tags: Opera (genre), Esophageal cancer, Ellicott City, Roland Park, Hospitals and Clinics
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Charles A. 'Charlie' Wilson, businessman
Charles Alego "Charlie" Wilson Jr., retired owner of a Baltimore stationery company, died Tuesday from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at his Easton home. The former Stevenson resident was 91. Mr. Wilson was born in Baltimore...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Christianity, Pikesville, Companies and Corporations, Johns Hopkins University
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Blood pressure drug could fix lung damage in smokers
A new study from Johns Hopkins shows that commonly used blood pressure drugs can prevent the most serious smoking-related lung damage in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the nation's third leading cause of death.
The study involved...Tags: Medical Research, Drugs and Medicines, Human Body, Medical Research, Losartan (drug)
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Dr. James Burch Brooks
Dr. James Burch Brooks, a retired orthopedic surgeon who spent his more than four-decade career with the Four East Madison Orthopedic Association, died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Union Memorial Hospital.
The Cross Keys resident...Tags: Loyola University Maryland, World War II (1939-1945), Christianity, Orthopedic Surgery, Katharine Hepburn
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W. Thomas Barnes
W. Thomas Barnes, retired chief financial officer of Johns Hopkins Hospital whose charitable interests included many Baltimore nonprofits, died Jan. 17 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville....Tags: Finance, American Heart Association, Elkton, Hospitals and Clinics, The Salvation Army
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Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, homemaker
Emmarene Ida "Rena" Pennington, a homemaker who later became a school bus driver, died Sunday of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Edenwald retirement community in Towson.
She was 92.
Emmarene Ida Bartholomae, the daughter of a German...Tags: Germany, Swiss Confederation, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Diseases and Illnesses, Bern (Swiss Confederation)
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Nancy H. Suerth, casting agent
Nancy H. Suerth, former owner of a commercial cleaning and janitorial services company who later established a casting and talent agency, died Dec. 8 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
The longtime Edgewood...Tags: Boynton Beach, Companies and Corporations, Charles Street, Fells Point, Tampa
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Wilbur O. Miller, career Army officer, dies
Wilbur O. Miller, a career Army officer who fought in World War II and Korea, died Aug. 6 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Oak Crest Village in Parkville. He was 95. Born and raised in Baltimore, he was a 1934 graduate of Polytechnic...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Johns Hopkins University, University of Delaware, Armed Conflicts, Diseases and Illnesses
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Helen H. Fingles, apartment manager, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterHelen H. Fingles, former assistant manager of a University Parkway apartment building, died Aug. 14 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at her Ocean City home. The Mercy Ridge Retirement Community resident was 81. The daughter of a construction...Tags: Christianity, Roland Park, Condos, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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