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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Breastfeeding, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Insurance Cost, Glen Burnie, Diabetes
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Howard County health briefs
Blood donations The Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross is requesting blood donations. Eligible donors can call 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment. Platelet donors should call 800-272-2123. Calendar...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mental Illness, Ellicott City, Breast Cancer
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Maryland Science Center awards scholarships to city schools graduates
Two Baltimore City high school students were awarded a $1,500 scholarship and paid summer internship at the Maryland Science Center as the recipients of the Maryland Science Center’s Dr. H. Bentley Glass Scholarship, according to a release sent by...Tags: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, National Security Agency, Maryland Science Center, Colleges and Universities, Awards and Prizes
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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: Children's Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Symptoms, Heart Attack
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Grade level of congressional speech falls
A study suggesting that the sophistication of congressional floor speeches has declined by a full grade level since 2005 ranks Reps. Chris Van Hollen and John Sarbanes as the most eloquent -- or verbose, depending on perspective -- members of Maryland&...Tags: Energy Saving, Democratic Party, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Roscoe G Bartlett, National Security Agency
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Local biotech firm wins grant to develop vaccines for two viruses
Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, said Wednesday that it won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses that the U.S....Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Industry, National Institutes of Health, Biotechnology, Chemicals
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Risselle 'Rikki' Fleisher
Risselle "Rikki" Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations who was a legal advocate in civil rights cases, died Tuesday of breast cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The Bethany Beach, Del., resident was 77.
"She wanted...Tags: Lawyers, Minority Groups, Maryland Transit Administration, Civil Rights, Democratic Convention (1968)
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'The Voice' recap: Team Cee Lo and Team Adam face instant eliminations
Another week, another round of instant, heartbreaking eliminations on “The Voice.” This time, Teams Adam and Cee Lo are on the chopping block, and after Tuesday’s live eliminations (and tonight’s instant cuts courtesy of the...
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David Simon's "Homicide" cop battling life on the streets once again
March 11, 2012
Seven-baker-twenty-four unit turns at Mosher and rumbles past that stretch of Appleton Street where Gene Cassidy took two in the head for the company, the first one stealing his eyesight, the second lodging in his brain beyond the skill of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Murder, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis C
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Female condoms prevent new HIV infections
A female condom program was highly effective in preventing HIV infections, according to a new economic analysis by researchers in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The analysis, published in the journal AIDS and Behavior, found the...Tags: AIDS
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Breastfeeding, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Insurance Cost, Glen Burnie, Diabetes
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