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University of Maryland, Baltimore to revamp teaching on pain
As part of a federal project aimed at better treating pain, the University of Maryland, Baltimore will begin revamping the way it teaches future doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Pain affects approximately 100 million Americans and their...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, National Institutes of Health, University of Pennsylvania, Nursing, Southern Illinois University
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Both sides now: Judy Collins on life after alcoholism
It was April 1978, and singer Judy Collins hadn't had an inspirational thought in four years.
She'd been an alcoholic for 23 years — "and I was proud of it." She'd toured and made records, but she knew the ride she was on — her father had...Tags: Mary Bono, Suicide, Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Addiction
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Luncheon honors women in recovery
Singer and songwriter Judy Collins and U.S. Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack spoke at the fifth Women in Recovery luncheon at Father Martin's Ashley Tuesday. About 190 people attended the event at the alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center, which...
Tags: Alcohol Addiction, Behavioral Conditions, Prescription Drugs
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Letter: Rabies vaccine clinics successful
Editor: The Harford County Health Department extends sincere appreciation to The Aegis for providing such positive publicity and support of Harford County Health Department rabies vaccination clinics in its April 25, article and subsequent May 11,...Tags: Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Harford County, Disease Prevention, Flu, Rabies
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Baltimore heroin dealers sentenced in conspiracy
Two 44-year-old city men were sentenced to federal prison Friday for taking part in a heroin conspiracy that spread into Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office announced. William Larry Diggs Jr. was sentenced 14...Tags: Trials, Punishment, Court Preliminary, Heroin
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Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton: Scouting for Food drive collects 31 tons for 27 Howard County pantries
April 21 dawned a sunny, but cool day. A good day for scouts to go house to house in local neighborhoods collecting for their annual Scouting for Food drive. I am pleased to share that this year's campaign led to the collection of 62,114 pounds of food...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Elections, Catonsville, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy
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Maryland looking to beef up vaccine requirements
Maryland's children would be required to get more vaccines before attending school under a proposal being considered by state health officials.
But doctors and state health officials said most children are already getting the shots and that they are...Tags: Chemicals, Meningitis, Diphtheria , Disease Prevention, Tetanus
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Doctors group says no junk food for the Obamas
First Lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to get our kids to eat healthy, but every now and then she is known to indulge on a cheeseburger or other food that is not so good for the body. A few years ago she made a lunch run with staff to a Five Guys...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Joe Biden, David Cameron, Dmitry Medvedev, White House
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Getting high on the high seas?
For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs. U.S. Customs officers said they've had a busy week at the South Baltimore terminal -- issuing what it called seven $500 "zero-tolerance" citations to passengers trying to board a...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Punishment, Port of Baltimore, Police Arrests, Heroin
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Local biotech firm wins grant to develop vaccines for two viruses
Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, said Wednesday that it won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses that the U.S....Tags: Companies and Corporations, National Institutes of Health, Chemicals, Disease Prevention, HIV
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Lisbon/Woodbine: Poplar Springs United Methodist Church selling spaces for Historic National Road Yard Sale
The Historic National Road Yard Sale will be held on June 2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. One of the locations for the sale will be at the Poplar Springs United Methodist Church. The church is located on East Watersville Road in Howard County. The church will be...Tags: Hunt Valley, Roman Catholicism, Christianity, Prescription Drugs, Cell Phones
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Agreement reached on plan to increase taxes
Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders announced Wednesday an agreement to raise taxes on 16 percent of the state's earners and reverse a series of so-called "Doomsday" cuts the General Assembly enacted last month when a budget deal collapsed....
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Government Debt, Michael E. Busch, Prince George's County, Government
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