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Senior briefs
Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Health Insurance, Alzheimer's Disease, Nursing, Annapolis
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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: Charity, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, HIV, Mental Illness
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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Most Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club...Tags: Health Insurance, Father's Day, Mental Health, Ellicott City, Medicare
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An unpleasant wonder of the natural world
These days, the seconds no more tick away than the hours slip through the narrow part of an hourglass, but as the weather turns warmer and the days get longer, there's ever more reason to spend more time outside and that time is marked by different...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease, Symptoms, Animals
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Test offers red flag for autism at 6 months
A simple “pull-to-sit” test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autismand other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at infants at high genetic risk for autism and found...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Learning Disability
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, OxyContin (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Health and Safety at Work
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Baseball league for children with disabilities celebrates Opening Day
Gray skies on May 4 threatened Opening Day of the inaugural season for a baseball league for children with disabilities in Lansdowne, but the sun broke through the clouds as the players took the field at 6 p.m. Friday. Only four players attended the...
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Barbara B. O'Brien, library worker
Barbara B. O'Brien, a retired Baltimore County Public Library cataloger and an avid baseball fan, died Sunday of complications from Parkinson's disease at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. She was 88.
Barbara Burnham was born and raised in Hartford, Conn.,...Tags: Libraries, Baseball, Nancy Weber
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Bereaved Parents meets third Wednesdays
These groups meet regularly. Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group — Third Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. at Lighthouse Senior Living at Ellicott City, 3100 N. Ridge Road, Ellicott City. 410-465-2288. Bereaved Parents, USA — Third Wednesday, 8 p.m....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Autism, Breastfeeding, Mental Illness
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Highland/Fulton: County police offer course to help teen drivers
Some of the primary risk factors associated with most teen driving fatalities: poor hazard detection, low risk perception, risk-taking, not wearing seat belts, lack of skill, alcohol and drugs, carrying passengers and night driving. I also think...Tags: Physical Therapy, Research, Teaching and Learning, Students, Health Treatments
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Alzheimer's support group meets second Thursday of the month
These groups meet regularly. Asperger's Syndrome — Second Thursday, 7:30-9 p.m. Support and education. HCAS Resource Center, 10280 Old Columbia Road, Suite 215, Columbia. Elaine McAuliffe, 410-730-0068 or elainemcauliffe@yahoo.com. Autism...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Howard County, Clarksville, Cancer, Sheppard Pratt Health System
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William J. Schmidt, city housing authority administrator
William J. Schmidt, a former department store buyer who later became director of administration for the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, died Monday at his Bel Air home of complications from Parkinson's disease.
He was 79.
The son of a Baltimore...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), William Donald Schaefer, Housing and Urban Planning, Budgets and Budgeting, Interior Policy
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