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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker's diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel.
It's a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who increasingly are using the operation...Tags: Hormones and Metabolism, Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Weight Loss, High Blood Pressure
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The key role of nursing homes
Many people think of nursing homes as places to go to die. But here in Maryland, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers are in fact places people go to live. They are a big part of the solution to the state's health care challenges, providing...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care, Diabetes, Nursing, Health Insurance
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From Sun Magazine: Budging the bulge with CoolSculpting
It's a common refrain in Gia D'Anna's office: Extra inches that childbirth or time left around the middle are resisting diet and exercise. D'Anna is the office manager for a Lutherville plastic surgeon, and, as a mother, she sympathizes with the...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgeons, Rhinoplasty, Diabetes
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Gut bacteria linked to obesity-related health problems
The answer to why some obese people develop diabetes and other health problems may be found not in just a love for junk food, but in the bacteria that thrive deep in the human gut.
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have...Tags: Flu, Psoriasis, Colleges and Universities, Diabetes, Crohn's Disease
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Ask the pet expert: dental care for dogs
Question: My dog's teeth are looking a bit yellow. Should I brush them myself or get them cleaned? Answer: Good dental health is important to animals just like it is for people. Dogs build up tartar and plaque as they age, which can lead to chronic...
Tags: Tooth Decay, Dentistry and Dental Health, Dental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical Industry
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Morton A. Sacks, trial lawyer
Morton A. Sacks, a retired trial lawyer and former Maryland assistant attorney general, died of heart disease Aug. 29 at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. The Linthicum resident, who lived for 40 years in Bolton Hill, was 74.
Born in Baltimore and...Tags: Bolton Hill, Maryland State Police, Colleges and Universities, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park
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William Thomas Napier Martin IX, postcard collector
William Thomas Napier Martin IX, who with his wife became one of the world's largest collectors and sellers of period vintage postcards, died Wednesday of heart disease at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
The Havre de Grace resident was 71....Tags: Inventories, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Brooklyn Park, Tra Thomas, Colleges and Universities
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Ervin M. Milner, founded production house
Ervin M. Milner, who founded Milner Productions in the basement of his Northwest Baltimore home and turned it into one of the nation's largest producers of educational audiovisuals for physicians and hospitals, died Aug. 17 of complications from...Tags: March of Dimes Foundation, Newspapers, Baltimore Colts, Animation (genre), Head Injuries
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Maryland newborns to be screened for heart ailment
All newborns in Maryland will be screened for critical congenital heart disease beginning Sept. 1, state health officials announced Wednesday. CCHD is any heart defect present at birth that can potentially cause serious illness or death in the first...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Respiratory Disease
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Easy call on junk food
At a time when nearly a third of Maryland children between ages 10 and 17 are either overweight or obese, you'd think there'd be a law against selling junk food and sugary drinks on school grounds. Wrong. While many in-school cafeterias in Maryland,...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Weight, Diseases and Illnesses, Cancer, Hamburgers
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Get healthy living ideas in Havre de Grace at Saturday's fair
Individuals and families in Harford County and Cecil County are invited to the Healthy Living in Havre de Grace Health Fair Saturday at the Havre de Grace Community Center to have fun, listen to live music, participate in aerobic dance competitions, win...Tags: Harford County, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Music, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Family files wrongful death suit against sheriff's office, deputy
The family of a Belcamp man, who died during a medical emergency in November 2011, is claiming in a multi-million-dollar wrongful death suit filed Tuesday that a Harford County sheriff's deputy's alleged order to stop a neighbor from performing CPR on the...Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defendants, Justice System, Havre de Grace, Prosecution
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