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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Health and Safety at Work, Lab Tests, Prostate, Preventative Medicine
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Tween Tuesday: Giving thanks to Maryland's sex-ed teachers
Special to The Baltimore SunWhen you think of superheroes, you might imagine those fellows in tights flying and leaping through the air. Or maybe you think of police officers, firefighters and servicemen and women who risk their lives to protect us. But I'd like to nominate another...Tags: Baltimore County
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Forensic nurses taking the lead on rape cases in Maryland
Rape is a notoriously difficult crime to prosecute. Of every 100 rapes nationwide, 46 are reported, 12 lead to arrests and three result in prison sentences.
To improve those odds, advocates are encouraging more nurses to receive the training to give a...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Police Arrests, Police Investigations, Rape
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
World TB Day The Department of Health observes World TB Day March 24 with a display in the lobby of the Health Services Building, 3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. Tuberculosis, a disease caused by bacteria, is transmitted through the air, usually by...Tags: Charity, Viral Diseases and Infections, Lab Tests, Flu, Preventative Medicine
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Black women in city infected with HIV at higher rate than national average
African-American women in Baltimore and five other U.S. cities are becoming infected with HIV at a rate five times the national average for black women, and closer to the rates of some African countries, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Johns...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at Work, Women's Health, University of Maryland, College Park
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'Jersey Shore' recap: Episode 8
It was unseasonably warm today in Baltimore, and I was craving a trip to the beach. I could smell the Atlantic Stand and taste the orange crushes from Fishtales. However, the fantasy ends when I realize that it is unfortunately still February. I suppose...Tags: Jersey Shore (tv program), Rihanna, Atlantic Ocean, Nicole Polizzi
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With captain sidelined, Broadneck heads into final day of regional in 4th place
Controversy off the mat leading in to Friday night's Class 4A-3A East Region wrestling tournament didn't dull the action at Wilde Lake, as 25 teams sent competitors into the quarterfinals. Among the highlights, Centennial senior Nathan Kraisser, who is...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Wrestling, High School Sports
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O'Brien says Archdiocese of Baltimore won't offer birth control coverage
Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien said in a strongly worded letter that the Archdiocese of Baltimore will not comply with federal law requiring churches to offer birth control coverage even it means dropping health insurance for its 3,500 employees....Tags: David Axelrod, Edwin F. O'Brien, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Hospitals and Clinics
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Plan B decision shows good judgment
If a girl 16 or younger has had vaginal intercourse, she's been raped ("Plan B is overruled," Dec. 9). Few states allow marriage or consensual sex under the age of 17. Do we really want such a girl, afraid that she may become pregnant, to take her...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Drugs and Medicines, Plan B (drug), Feminism, Diseases and Illnesses
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Plan B is overruled
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision this week to overrule the Food and Drug Administration commissioner and refuse to authorize girls under age 17 to have over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive pill known as...Tags: Science, Drugs and Medicines, Abortion, George Bush, Family Planning
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GOP presidential field outdoes itself again and again
Well, it's about time. At last we have a candidate with the guts to close down our embassy in Iran were she elected president. Thank you, Michele Bachmann. Oh — and thank you Jimmy Carter as well, since he closed down the embassy there in 1980 in...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Jimmy Carter, Executive Branch, HPV Vaccine, Regional Authority
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Saluting the rapists: America's culture of silence on sex
Remember that awkward silence that fell across the nation back in '94 when Bill Clinton's surgeon general used the M-word?
Jocelyn Elders, speaking at an AIDS conference at the U.N. about reducing the risk of sexually transmitted disease, said that...Tags: Human Body, Rape, Customs and Tradition, Masturbation, Defense
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