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Closing deadly loopholes
In July, authorities discovered that a radiology technician who had worked in Maryland and several other states had been injecting himself with narcotics-filled syringes, refilling them with saline and leaving them behind for use on patients. More than 1,...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Hepatitis C , Local Government, Liposuction, Medical Procedures and Tests
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More than a dozen cases of mumps suspected at Loyola
A dozen or more cases of mumps have been reported among Loyola University Maryland students over the past month, prompting officials to alert the campus community to signs of the rare virus that has spread rapidly across college campuses in recent...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Loyola University Maryland, Headaches, Preventative Medicine, Teaching and Learning
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After whirlwind year, Manny Machado feels at home in Orioles clubhouse
The Baltimore SunSARASOTA, Fla. — Around this time last year, Manny Machado spent his spring on a nomadic journey shuffling between the Orioles' minor league and major league camps. He wore No. 95. When he made appearances in the major league camp, he dressed in...Tags: Baseball, American League, Alex Rodriguez, Headaches, Baltimore Orioles
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Hand-Foot-Mouth menace
When Jonah Posner developed a fever last spring, his mother, Tracy, didn’t think much of it. The then-2-year-old was eating, drinking and sleeping as he usually did. “He had no other symptoms besides the fever,” Tracy Posner says....
Tags: Enterovirus infection , Vaccines, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Viral Diseases and Infections, Catonsville
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Loyola student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis
A Loyola University Maryland undergraduate student is at a local hospital recovering from bacterial meningitis, a school spokesman said Thursday. The student was taken to the emergency room of the unnamed hospital Wednesday after being examined at the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Loyola University Chicago, Diseases and Illnesses
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In meningitis outbreak, fear lingers for patients with few answers
A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted steroid killed two Marylanders. Nearly two dozen people living with the disease and hundreds of others who may have been exposed fear they may be next. Sheila Smelkinson began suffering in...
Tags: Dundalk, Stroke, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lawyers, Steroids
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Owen Brown resident advocates a healthy dialogue on wellness
Bob Duggan frequently refers to "our national disease-care system" when he talks about his new book, employing a term he has used across his 40-plus years as a healing-arts clinician and educator. As co-founder and former president of Tai Sophia...
Tags: Acupuncture, Multiple Sclerosis, Central Intelligence Agency, Medical Procedures and Tests, Corporate Officers
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Firm at center of fungal meningitis outbreak files for bankruptcy
The pharmacy at the center of a fungal meningitis outbreak that has hit 19 states said Friday it has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Massachusetts. The New England Compounding Center also said it plans to establish a fund to compensate those affected...Tags: Bankruptcy, Back Pain
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Headline mischaracterized Board of Pharmacy's stance
On behalf of the Maryland Board of Pharmacy, we are writing to commend Sun reporter Andrea Walker for a fair and honest reflection of information discussed during her interview with board executive director LaVerne Naesea and board commissioner David...Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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Pikesville man who received tainted steroid joins push for drug oversight reform
— Pikesville resident Gerald Cohen was an active 71-year-old retiree, filling his free time with gardening, volunteering and enjoying the company of his grandchildren despite persistent back pain — until he sought relief for it.
Treated...Tags: Edward J Markey, Stroke, Margaret Hamburg, Food and Drug Administration, Steroids
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Chiropractors aren't doctors, and their treatments aren't based on medical science
Chiropractor Alan K. Sokoloff, who was mentioned in a recent story about meningitis, stated that "lots of times, primary care doctors ... go the extreme route" ("Outbreak spotlights back pain treatment," Nov. 5). Lots? How many? I offer the kind of...Tags: General Practitioners, Internists, Back Pain, Drugs and Medicines, Chiropractic
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Meningitis outbreak brings attention to treatment of back pain
Naomi Morgan reached her limit when her doctor recommended a third surgery for chronic back pain. Tired of being cut open only to have the pain return, Morgan, a 65-year-old nursing assistant, began looking for a less invasive and hopefully more...
Tags: Physical Therapy, Acupuncture, Glen Burnie, Stroke, Physical Therapists
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