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It's Lyme season [Editorial]
With some exceptions, any illness can strike anyone at any time. One of the more dangerous to emerge in recent decades is Lyme disease. Harford County, as many of us know either first-hand or because of someone we know, is not immune from the tick-borne...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Allergies, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Disease Prevention
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Harford County promotes Lyme disease awareness
As Harford County health and elected officials worked to alert the public to the dangers of Lyme disease during a County Council meeting Tuesday – noting many people close to them who have the chronic, tick-borne ailment – the council...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harford County, U.S. Military, Borrelia infection
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Potted hydrangea may thrive outdoors – or not
I was given a potted hydrangea flower as an Easter gift. Can I plant that outdoors? Mophead (Grandiflora) hydrangeas are hardy outdoors, but yours was bred for greenhouse culture and forced into bloom for the holidays, so its chances are less certain....
Tags: Conservation, Metal and Mineral, Biology, Ecosystems, Mining
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Hekimian stands for 'openness and transparency' [Letter]
I have lived in Oakland Mills for 35 years. I endorse Alex Hekimian for Columbia Council. Please vote for him on Saturday April 20 at the Other Barn. Alex is the best public servant I know in Columbia. He stands for openness and transparency. Alex... -
Sparks man, 55 pounds lighter, trains others
Five years ago, Doug Bopst was overweight. He ate fast food and junk food. He smoked. He partied. At 20, he could hardly walk without getting out of breath. He hit rock bottom when he was arrested on drug charges and sent to Harford County jail. But...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Prisons, Overweight, Harford County, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Terps women disappoint packed Hen house in Delle Donne's return
Playing its first game in nine days, the ninth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team stormed ahead of Delaware early in the second half, then withstood a rally and used stifling defense down the stretch to pull away for a 69-53 victory Thursday night...Tags: Colonial Athletic Association, College Sports, Maryland Terrapins, Basketball, Brenda Frese
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Terps women's road matchup vs. Delaware sold out tonight
Tonight's women's basketball game between Maryland and Delaware is a sellout, according to a tweet from Kevin Tresolini, the outstanding University of Delaware beat writer for The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal. So, if you were planning to make the...
Tags: Flu, Providence Friars, Symptoms, Maryland Terrapins, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Free medical classes at University of Maryland
Dreamed of being a doctor but never made it to medical school? Well, now you have a chance to at least study like one. The University of Medicine School of Medicine will tonight launch the 12th year of its Mini Med School, a series for free courses that...Tags: Physical Conditions, Obesity, Drugs and Medicines, University of Maryland, College Park, Lead Poisoning
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Ticks are a dangerous garden pest
I plan my gardening chores well in advance. Then I dress accordingly. Still, I frequently find myself doing impromptu jobs that I hadn't planned for. But even though I may need to collect additional tools for an unforeseen job, at least my standard,...Tags: Aesop
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Park School graduate walks 400 miles to Yale
Any high school graduate who thinks that college is merely a next step should walk a mile in Gabe Acheson's shoes. When the Park School graduate arrived Thursday at Yale University, he'd walked nearly 400 miles, fulfilling a promise he'd made in his...Tags: Google Inc., Yale University, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Emergency Health Procedures
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Volunteers paint White Hall house to help owner who has ALS
Michelle and Matt O'Reilly knew their 134-year-old house in White Hall needed painting, but they have been concerned about the cost. They've had astronomical medical expenses for the past 18 months after Matt, 41, became debilitated by Lyme disease. He...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Timonium, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Lou Gehrig
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Group rallies to paint, landscape house of man with ALS
The North County community just came up with its own version of the popular television show "Extreme Makeover." Friends of Michelle and Matt O'Reilly, of White Hall, spent several weekends transforming the outside of their 134-year-old house from cracked...
Tags: Hunt Valley, Charity, Diseases and Illnesses, Timonium, Lou Gehrig's Disease
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