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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: Christianity, Health and Medical Professionals, Justice System, Baptist, Prosecution
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Sierra Club kayakers urge closure of recently sold coal plants
Environmentalists paddled kayaks along Dundee Creek on Saturday to call attention to the recently announced sale of three local coal-fired power plants they say should be shut down for polluting the air.
Jan Hoffmaster of Millersville, the outings...Tags: Energy Saving, Mining, Constellation Energy Group, Environmental Pollution, Alternative Energy
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Sister Mary Annita Link, educator
Sister Mary Annita Link, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame who had been a primary educator, died July 10 of heart disease at her order's Maria Health Care Center in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County.
She was 89.
Catherine Elaine...Tags: Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Christianity, Catonsville, Parochial Schools
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New health issues tied to low-level lead exposure
Despite dramatic progress in reducing Americans' exposure to lead over the past 25 years, a growing body of research finds that children and adults still face health risks from even very low levels of the toxic metal in their blood.
A recent government...Tags: Kidney, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Research
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GlaxoSmithKline to acquire Human Genome Sciences
After spurning a hostile takeover bid from GlaxoSmithKline PLC in April, Human Genome Sciences Inc. said Monday it agreed to be bought by the biopharmaceutical giant for a more lucrative offer valued at $3.6 billion.
GlaxoSmithKline boosted its offer for...Tags: AstraZeneca Plc, Medical Research, Lupus, Chemical Industry, Immune System
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Five added to heat death toll
Health officials said Tuesday they have linked two more deaths to the heat wave and derecho storm that struck Maryland earlier this month, and heat contributed to three other deaths since that crisis ended.
A Baltimore man and Worcester County man...Tags: Energy, Diseases and Illnesses, Baltimore Weather, Market and Exchange, Worcester County
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Dr. William Allan Dear Jr., head of nuclear medicine at Mercy
Dr. William Allan Dear Jr., an internist and former head of the division of nuclear medicine at Mercy Medical Center who also was a practicing magician, died July 20 of heart disease at Union Memorial Hospital.
The longtime Guilford resident was 80.
"He...Tags: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Anglicanism, Halethorpe, Brooklyn Park
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8 more heat deaths reported in Maryland
Health officials said 8 more heat-related deaths occurred in Maryland, bringing the total for 2012 to 31. The deaths, reported to the state between July 17 and July 24, include three men between the ages of 45 and 64, one each in Prince George's, Queen...Tags: Queen Anne (Talbot, Maryland), Diabetes, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), Baltimore County
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Health study supports need for new hospital in Prince George's
The case for building a new teaching hospital inPrince George's Countyassociated with the University of Maryland Medical System got a boost from a health study released Wednesday, but the question remains how the county and state would pay for it.
The...Tags: Finance, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities
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Baltimore wants your mobile app to help fight heart disease
Baltimore city is looking for someone to develop a mobile app that helps people reduce their risk of heart disease. The city is one of four chosen by the theU.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesto take part in a contest dubbed The Million...
Tags: Stroke, Heart Attack, High Blood Pressure
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New bus depot helps correct an environmental injustice
We read with interest the July 24 article by Candus Thomson entitled "$40 million federal grant will help Baltimore replace aging bus yard." Our team has been working with the residents living near the Kirk Avenue bus yard for nearly 10 years. Over 30...Tags: Asthma, Cancer, Environmental Pollution, Barbara Bates, Physical Conditions
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Keeping your sugar in check
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Mindy Athas weighs in on sugar.
The term sugar is used for a...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Foods and Beverages, American Heart Association, Diseases and Illnesses, Nutrition
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