Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Multiple Sclerosis published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 744
» View baltimoresun.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-62
•
Next >
-
For Hopkins researcher, battling MS is personal
Anna Whetstone, 23, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 17. She was a high school junior in Hershey, Pa., playing on her school's field hockey team when she got hit in the head with a ball. "I was feeling fine at the time," she said,...
Tags: Moravian College, Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Field Hockey, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
-
More than 500 join in MS Walk Aberdeen to raise $60,000
More than 500 participants came together last Sunday, April 21, for Walk MS Aberdeen to raise funds and awareness for all those affected by multiple sclerosis. The walk was held at the Ripken Stadium and is expected to raise $60,000, according to the...Tags: Aberdeen, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
-
State Senate gives preliminary OK to medical marijuana bill
The General Assembly is poised to pass legislation that would make Maryland the 19th state to legalize marijuana use for medical reasons — though how quickly the state's cancer patients and others might benefit remains in question. The state...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Baltimore County, Health Treatments, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, HIV
-
Datebook
Sunday, April 7 5K Annapolis Walk The Maryland Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society sponsors its 5K Annapolis Walk from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, 500 Taylor Ave. in Annapolis. Walk begins at the stadium and...Tags: Mother's Day, Annapolis, Real Estate Buyers, Homes, Breast Cancer
-
Anne Arundel County Digest
Lecture series Novelist Ralph Peters will deliver the lecture, "The Price of Historical Illiteracy: Wishful Thinking and the Death of Strategy," at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's College, 60 College Ave. in Annapolis. The lecture is the first in a new...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Culture, Annapolis, Teaching and Learning, Students
-
Medical marijuana bill passes House
Legislation to legalize medical marijuana passed the House of Delegates Monday, sending the measure to the Senate. The bill would allow marijuana to be distributed through academic research centers by doctors and nurses. Similar measures have failed...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Health Treatments, Health and Medical Professionals, Martin O'Malley, Medical Specialization
-
MLD affects Towson woman's body, but not her spirit
There's a new normal in an old, colorful house off Regester Avenue in Anneslie. It's one that requires a constant flow of caregivers to provide daily assistance for one of its residents, Laura Glaudemans. Once a week, Laura, 23, visits the sixth floor...
Tags: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Chemotherapy, Health Treatments, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Hunt Valley
-
Cold snap, far from letting up, raises health concerns
Baltimore will enter its third consecutive day below freezing Thursday, prompting health officials to warn vulnerable residents of deadly conditions, even as the region prepares for treacherous travel with light snow expected to fall early Thursday and...Tags: Homelessness, Hypothermia, Baltimore Weather, National Weather Service, MedStar Health
-
Harry D. Grunwell, retired Army warrant officer and linguist, dies at 66
Harry Dutton Grunwell, a retired Army warrant officer with a talent for linguistics and computers, died Dec. 5 at Howard County General Hospital from complications of multiple sclerosis. The Marriottsville resident was 66. Mr. Grunwell was born in Ogden,...
Tags: Language, Howard County General Hospital, U.S. Army, Fort Meade (military base)
-
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, Central Intelligence Agency, Diseases and Illnesses, Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations
-
Doris J. Spriggs, aide to six mayors
Doris J. Spriggs, a former Social Security Administration specialist who later became an aide to six Baltimore mayors, died Tuesday of heart failure at Mercy Medical Center.
The longtime Edmondson Village resident was 79.
"Doris was really one of the...Tags: Social Security, Executive Branch, Annapolis, Hamilton, Heart Failure
-
Baltimore nursing home closes, displaces nearly 70 residents
Nearly 70 elderly patients and vulnerable adults must find new homes because of the planned closure of Harborside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, a sprawling facility with numerous fire hazards uncovered in a recent state inspection....
Tags: Bankruptcy, Companies and Corporations, Medical Specialization, Health Insurance, Relief and Aid Organizations
May 12, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Apr 5, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 17, 2013
|Story| Patuxent Homestead
Jan 23, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 9, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 30, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Aug 24, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Aug 30, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Multiple Sclerosis topic gallery.
