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It's a busy, busy month at Aberdeen Senior Center
The fall season is rolling along with activities in Aberdeen! At the Aberdeen Senior Activity Center, today Friday) there will be a Quilting Workshop from 9 a.m. until noon. The men will have their usual Men's Discussion Group from 10 to 11 a.m. On...Tags: Halloween, Holidays
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89 Md. facilities bought drugs from firm linked to meningitis outbreak
The federal Food and Drug Administration identified 89 medical facilities in Maryland that bought drugs from the Massachusetts manufacturer being investigated for a national fungal meningitis outbreak. The facilities are among more than 3,000 in numerous...
Tags: Salisbury (Litchfield, Connecticut), Cambridge (Dorchester, Maryland), Milford (New Haven, Connecticut), Food and Drug Administration, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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$2 million prize announced for cure for blindness by 2020
Singer Art Garfunkel, a real estate magnate and an investor are putting $2 million in gold bullion on the line to inspire researchers to cure blindness by 2020, establishing through Johns Hopkins Medicine one of the world's largest prizes for a scientific...Tags: Charity, Health and Safety at School, Research, Cataracts, Eyes and Vision
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Belinda G. Galbreath, librarian
Belinda G. Galbreath, a retired Baltimore County librarian who was an accomplished storyteller, died Sunday of complications from diabetes at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. The lifelong Street resident was 59. The daughter of dairy farmers,...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Baltimore County, Parkville, Libraries, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Diabetes leading to blindness in many people
Diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness among adults 20 to 74 years old. Dr. Michael Grodin, co-director of retinal services and director of clinical research at Katzen Eye Group, discusses eye problems and the link to diabetes.
Why is...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Cataracts, Eyes and Vision
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Smith Island kidney patient waiting on a new 'gift of life'
Joan Corbin's day is governed by the humming box in the alcove off her living room. For nearly an hour in the afternoon and nine hours at night, the Smith Island resident must tether herself to a suitcase-sized dialysis machine to get rid of the waste...Tags: Charity, Medical Procedures and Tests, Stroke, Pharmaceuticals, Kidney Disease
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John R. Bland, salesman
John Randolph Bland, a retired salesman, died Oct. 5 of diabetes complications at Dulaney Valley Assisted Living. The Cockeysville resident was 70.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville, he was the great-grandson of John R. Bland, the founder of...Tags: Catonsville, John Bland, Foods and Beverages, World War II (1939-1945), Game
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Research buzz: UMBC tackling diabetes management among urban elderly
Description: The University of Maryland Baltimore County's Center for Aging Studies won a $1.4 million National Institutes of Health grant to explore the experiences of elderly, urban diabetes patients. The research will focus largely on how the...Tags: Healthy Diet, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Research, National Institutes of Health, Health Insurance Cost
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The Evergreen way
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was intended to extend health insurance coverage to 32 million of the roughly 50 million Americans who currently lack it. Yet even after the law fully goes into effect in 2014, millions of Americans...Tags: Howard County, Government Health Care, Family, Customs and Tradition, Judges
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Anne Arundel County Digest
'Apple Fest Family Fun Day' Come celebrate the local apple harvest from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at Whole Foods Market in Annapolis Towne Centre, 200 Harker Place. Free pie tins to the first 200 guests, hot apple cider samples, free recipe cards and...Tags: Severna Park, Oyster Festival, Dining and Drinking, Haunted Houses (attractions), Recipes
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Seniors and baby boomers mark expo's silver anniversary
The Baltimore County Baby Boomer Expo and Senior Expo 2012 will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium. The two-day event, which is marking its silver...Tags: Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, High Blood Pressure, Agriculture, Heart Attack
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Health professionals look inward to tackle obesity
Taylor DesRosiers was a competitive swimmer throughout her life, always fit. But in her first year of medical school, she realized that had changed — she was at an unhealthy weight.
The rigors of her education had piled on top of two rough years in...Tags: Healthy Diet, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cancer
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