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Governor promotes workplace health program
Gov. Martin O’Malley is looking for ways to trim his workforce – not the number of people, but their waistlines. The administration has launched a wellness program aimed at state workers. The governor known for his statistical analysis of...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Healthy Diet, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Cancer
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Concerns over pesticide testing are justified
The Maryland Pesticide Network (MPN) appreciates The Sun's extensive and fair coverage of the dispute regarding the current Lyme disease study being conducted in Maryland by the state's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and theU.S. Centers for...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Diseases and Illnesses, Parkinson's Disease
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Artificial heart sustains Reisterstown man to successful heart transplant
A fist-sized contraption of plastic and metal kept 63-year-old Grant Feusner alive for five weeks earlier this year, pumping blood from his chest to his brain, kidneys and muscles. Doctors had removed most of Feusner's heart, ballooned with disease and...Tags: Chest, Cardiologists, Reisterstown, Heart Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Dr. Evelyn P. Valentine, city educator
Dr. Evelyn P. Valentine, a veteran Baltimore public school educator who was founder of the Pasteur Center for Strategic Management Ltd., died Thursday of heart disease at her Northeast Baltimore home.
She was 77.
The daughter of a furniture maker and...Tags: Child Development, Newspaper and Magazine, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
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For the poor, the lack of health insurance can be deadly
As a practicing endocrinologist, I write with heavy heart regarding your article on medical insurance ("Maryland braces for Supreme Court decision on health care reform law," June 19). Through the years of recession, several patients of mine lost their...Tags: Poverty, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, High Blood Pressure, Cell Phones
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Park Heights wants fewer liquor stores
Baltimore's effort to rein in non-conforming liquor stores is welcome news in Park Heights ("Better health through zoning," June 19). In the Park Heights Master Plan area, we have the highest density of liquor establishments in Maryland. When I drive...Tags: Diabetes, Small Businesses, Business, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Maryland General Assembly
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Maryland group to tackle health disparities
The state has assembled a work group of top health professionals to come up with ways to reduce health disparities among racial and ethnic groups, Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown announced Thursday. The seven-member panel, to be headed by Dr. E. Albert Reece,...Tags: Medical Services, Minority Groups, Asthma, Physical Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses
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Treating menopause symptoms
Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...Tags: Chemicals, Physical Conditions, Hampton Roads Transit, Genes and Chromosomes, Women's Health
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Chemicals, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Asthma
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Heart-healthy 'Kathy's Cookbook' was labor of love for late cardiac patient
Kathy Brown wasn't always much of a chef — but she was an educator.
When Brown, the former head of Grace Christian School, was diagnosed with amyloidosis of the heart in April 2008, she began experimenting with recipes to suit her new low-fat, low-...Tags: Heart Surgery, Soups, Healthy Diet, Olives, Heart Transplants
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Optimizing nutrition after breast cancer treatment
Many cancer patients end treatment underweight. Post-treatment breast cancer patients, however, often end up overweight. This can sometimes be attributed to medications such as steroids or chemotherapy. Or the patient is overweight to begin with. Losing...Tags: Entertainment Events, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Insulin, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses
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New city data to help improve health in neighborhoods
More than half of the deaths in recent years in a quarter of Baltimore's neighborhoods were avoidable, according to a new set of assessments from city health officials that were released Friday. The data were collected in 55 neighborhoods and showed in...Tags: Roland Park, Healthy Diet, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School
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