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Dr. Solbert Permutt, physiologist
Dr. Solbert "Sol" Permutt, a retired physiologist and teacher who helped expand the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, died of esophageal cancer May 23 at Roland Park Place. The longtime Mount...Tags: American Lung Association, Esophageal cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Alabama, COPD
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Air quality alert issued for Baltimore
The Baltimore SunAir quality will be poor in Baltimore on Sunday, according to state officials. Higher than normal air pollution concentrations could threaten sensitive groups like children, the elderly and people with asthma, heart disease or lung disease. People who...Tags: Air Pollution, Asthma, Environmental Pollution, Heart Disease, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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A new dress, and set of lungs, for prom
For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue.
The 18-year-old from Martinsburg, W.Va., will go to her senior prom Saturday night in a red-and-black...Tags: American Lung Association, Charity, Hospitals and Clinics, Tampa, Concerts
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for sunny skies and a high temperature near 60 degrees. Breezy conditions are expected. Tonight is expected to be partly cloudy, with a low temperature around 43 degrees.
TRAFFIC
Check our traffic map for this morning's...Tags: NFL Draft, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, PTA, Baltimore Ravens, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Study says Curtis Bay, Brooklyn among MD's most polluted areas
The Curtis Bay and Brooklyn neighborhoods in industrialized South Baltimore are among the most polluted in Maryland and even the nation, says a Washington-based environmental group, which is calling for tighter scrutiny of air quality there and curbs on...Tags: Air Pollution, Business, Environmental Pollution, Heart Disease, Cancer
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Effort under way to restore New Deal murals in Ellicott City
As a 5-year-old who adored her father, Shirley Bossom contentedly tagged along with him 70 years ago on daily errands that often included business in the granite-clad Ellicott City Post Office on Main Street.
The lifelong Ellicott City resident recalls...Tags: Painting, Davy Crockett, Howard County, Tourism and Leisure, Ellicott City
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Many oppose health care act, and many don't know its benefits
The fate of the Affordable Care Act is in the hands of the Supreme Court justices. But in the court of public opinion, a large percentage of people polled recently want the law scrapped. A CBS/New York Times survey found nearly half of those polled...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Insurance, Herring, Business, Parkinson's Disease
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Neila Block, rec center supervisor
Neila Block, a retired Baltimore County recreation center supervisor who had been a Pimlico Hotel hostess, died of lung disease March 30 at her daughter's home in Santa Fe, N.M. She was 82 and had lived in Randallstown and Mount Washington.
Born Neila...Tags: Baltimore County, Randallstown, Pikesville, Democratic Party
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Federal agency investigating sand-blasting hazards
For years, the wastes from burning coal and producing copper have enjoyed a second life, used in sand-blasting to remove paint, rust and grime from ship's hulls, storage tanks, bridge trusses and other surfaces. Painting contractors, shipyard workers...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Litigation and Regulation, Shipbuilding, Pneumonia, Health and Safety at Work
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Human Body
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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans
Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments disproportionately afflict that population....Tags: Science, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Body, Medical Research
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Tobacco, smoked or smokeless, still a health concern
In response to the recent letter defending smokeless tobacco use ("All tobacco products are not equally harmful," Jan. 24), the risk of tobacco trumps all others. Fifty cigarettes a day increases the risk of end-stage lung disease and lung cancer 150-...Tags: Heart Attack, Human Body, Human Body, High Blood Pressure, Lung Cancer
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