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Howard County pets: What's the hype about raw diets?
Q: I’ve heard a lot about raw dog food, but it seems pricey. Is it safe? Are the health benefits substantial? A: Raw diets for dogs (including raw meat) have become increasingly popular. Some pet owners -- even some veterinarians -- swear by them,...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations, The New York Times, Diets and Dieting
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Columbia University, Health Organizations
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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: Disease Prevention, Arthritis, Environmental Illness, Diseases and Illnesses, Skin Rash
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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: Harford County, U.S. Military, Diseases and Illnesses, Lyme Disease, Lyme
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Howard health council calls for stronger focus on wellness language
A health advisory group to the Howard County Board of Education is calling for stronger language in policy-making that focuses on the health and wellness of county students — including the policy currently before the board that has drawn criticism...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Renee Foose, Teaching and Learning, Agriculture, Students
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Connecting workers on the autism spectrum with tech jobs
Data entry is repetitive and hard to do well — that is, quickly and accurately. Shane Foley is great at it. The 21-year-old Ellicott City man works on two computer screens, eyeing images of handwritten sheets on one and clicking the information...
Tags: Howard County, Glen Burnie, Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome, Business
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Vision, hearing tests The Department of Health offers vision and hearing screenings in public schools for children in preschool, kindergarten, first and eighth grade, and also for students new to Anne Arundel county schools. Student in the following...Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Disease Prevention, HIV
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Ronald J. Biglin, Loyola business professor
Ronald J. Biglin, a former business professor and dean of graduate programs at what is now Loyola University Maryland who owned a winery and a distribution company, died Monday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Lutherville resident was 81. "Ron...
Tags: Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York), Towson, Marketing, General Electric Company, New York University
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Bits & Pieces: Baltimore Ravens' Rice continuing anti-bullying campaign in Howard
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice visited Howard High School in May of last year for an anti-bullying assembly and plans to return to Howard County a couple times over the next few months to continue his campaign against bullying and to help those...Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, America East Conference, NBA Draft, Special Olympics, Health and Safety at School
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City teen and country teen
We are pretty sure of our stereotypes in this country, and we hold them close. One of them is that teen pregnancy is an inner-city problem, a poor problem, a black problem. Another is that "rural" equals "farm," and life there is wholesome and God-...
Tags: Health Treatments, Birth Control, Elections, Family Planning
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Md. regent said to have used controversial therapy for autism
Two years after a Maryland doctor lost his medical license for using a controversial treatment for autistic patients, the state Board of Physicians has suspended his business partner for allegedly writing the same dangerous prescription for several...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Behavioral Conditions, Culture, Autism, Martin O'Malley
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Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month promotes everyday awareness
March is observed across the nation as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Many survivors, patients, caregivers and others whose lives have been affected by colorectal cancer come together to generate awareness of the importance of getting screened and...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Government Health Care, Symptoms, Private Health Care, Health Organizations
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