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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free HPV vaccine The health department will provide free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The vaccine, Gardasil, is available for both males and females ages 9 to 26. Those under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign a consent form. The clinic will...Tags: Report Cards, Suboxone (drug), Healthy Diet, Preventative Medicine, Anne Arundel County
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Howard County Briefs
Etiquette for children The Etiquette School of Maryland is offering classes for boys and girls ages 8-12 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays next month at Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway in Columbia. Dates are March 3, 10, 17 and 24....Tags: FOX (tv network), Bars and Clubs, Conservation, Colleges and Universities, Yoga
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Howard County health brief
What to expect from Medicare The Howard County Department of Citizen Services Office on Aging will offer workshops to review how Medicare works, what the benefits are, how it relates to supplemental health insurance and the gaps in Medicare coverage....Tags: Stroke, Mental Illness, Government Health Care, Medical Procedures and Tests, American Red Cross
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Support Groups: 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: Mental Illness, Heart Disease, Christianity, Breast Cancer, Ellicott City
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Nutrition and type 2 diabetes prevention
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Amanda Tauber weighs in on type 2...Tags: Heart Disease, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Insulin, Kidney Disease, National Institutes of Health
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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! Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club at...Tags: Scrabble (game), Government Health Care, Judaism, Wars and Interventions, Personal Service
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Is going gluten-free good for you?
Henry Hunt said goodbye to gluten not because a doctor told him to, but because — like so many others — he decided he was better off without it.
"I diagnosed myself," he says, "because I'm really in tune with my body."
The Baltimore...Tags: Victoria Beckham, Gwyneth Paltrow, Genes and Chromosomes, Consumer Goods Industries, Breads
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Know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke
February is American Heart Month. I couldn't let this month go by without researching and writing about heart disease. The warning signs of heart attack and stroke always bear repeating. The first paragraph of the Presidential Proclamation for American...Tags: Shortness of Breath, Stroke, Heart Disease, Medical Procedures and Tests, Healthy Diet
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Baltimore's Sickweather.com measures illness at the Super Bowl
Maybe it was the influx of football-loving tourists in Indianapolis? Or maybe Indy itself was running itself ragged preparing for the Super Bowl between the NY Giants and the New England Patriots?
Whatever it was, this much is certain, according to...Tags: New England Patriots, Flu, Super Bowl, Facebook, Common Cold
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Legislators to review distribution of marijuana for medical use
The use of medical marijuana in Maryland and how a statewide system could legally provide patient access are once again before the General Assembly, with three bills filed in recent weeks — each proposing a very different system for dispensing and...Tags: David Brinkley, Medical Procedures and Tests, General Practitioners, Health Treatments, Labor Legislation
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From Sun Magazine: Giuliana Rancic isn't afraid to bring reality to reality TV
Growing up in Bethesda, Giuliana Rancic thought there was nothing more glamorous than the news women she saw on TV. First at the University of Maryland, College Park, then at graduate school in Washington, she trained to join their ranks, heading with...Tags: Television Industry, Julie Bowen, NBC (tv network), Colleges and Universities, Television
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Seeing more than just blurred vision in your eye exam
When people come to the Reisterstown office of Drs. Eickhoff & Rowe for eye exams, the optometrists do more than simply ask which line of letters they can read on the eye chart.
Like other eye doctors, James Eickhoff starts with a "complete case history,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Heart Disease, Macular Degeneration, General Practitioners, Internists
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