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Maryland ban on arsenic in chicken feed to spread?
Maryland is set to become the first state in the nation to outlaw chicken feed additives containing arsenic - but it won't be the last, if environmental activists have their way. Gov.Martin O'Malleyis scheduled to sign into law today legislation that...
Tags: Food Industry, Prince George's County, Livestock Farming, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Considering bariatric surgery? Read this first
Often, those who are very overweight have tried dieting for years before giving up in frustration. But more obese people are turning to bariatric surgery to jump-start their weight-loss programs. The surgery is low-risk but isn't for everyone. It...
Tags: Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnea, Weight, Hormones and Metabolism
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Buttocks injections send Ga. woman to prison for 3 years
An Atlanta woman is going to federal prison for injecting the buttocks of women across the country with silicone intended to be used as a paint additive or furniture polish, with one procedure causing serious injuries to a Baltimore exotic dancer. The...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Manhattan (New York City), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, The Home Depot
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Dr. Mark E. Molliver, Hopkins neuroscientist
Dr. Mark E. Molliver, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor emeritus of neuroscience and neurology, died of complications after cardiac arrest May 10 at Hopkins Hospital. The Canton resident was 75.
Colleagues said his discoveries had...Tags: Roland Park, Medical Research, Research, Ecstacy (drug), Natural Resources
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Hopkins researchers aim to uncover which mobile health applications work
Those looking to lose weight, quit smoking or keep tabs on a malady have a lot of choices in the smartphone app stores. Choosing one that's beneficial is more of a problem.
Science is still trying to catch up to the market for mobile health applications,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Safety at Work, AIDS, HIV, Consumers
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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, HIV, Liver Failure
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Mother speaks out about underage drinking after son's death
Michael Thomas Truluck, 13, texted his family that he needed a ride home shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. His mother said she saw nothing unusual in the request and sent her fiance to pick up Michael and two other boys, who had spent the afternoon...Tags: Parkville, Hospitals and Clinics, St. Joseph Medical Center, Accidental Death
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Drug company deals eyed in probe of shortage
Congressional lawmakers investigating the shortage of lifesaving drugs used to treat cancer and other illnesses are looking into three companies in North Carolina and Maryland that they believe set up "fake pharmacies" to access the drugs that they then...Tags: Medical Research, Elijah E. Cummings, Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Long Term Care
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FDA takes steps increase supply of cancer drugs
A host of prescription drugs have been in low supply around the United States for some time, but doctors have been warning about a particularly acute shortage of a set of life-saving cancer drugs. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said today that...Tags: Plant Closings, Hospira, Inc., Methotrexate (drug), Cancer, Prescription Drugs
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Cummings looks into prescription drug shortages
University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese said she was heartbroken that a chemotherapy drug used to treat her 3-year-old son, Tyler, for leukemia was in short supply and possibly unavailable.
When she discovered that some companies...Tags: Basketball, Chemical Industry, Medical Research, Laws, Brenda Frese
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FDA approves new flu vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new vaccine to prevent the seasonal flu.
FluMist Quadrivalent is the first vaccine to contain four strains of the influenza virus - two influenza A strains and two B strains. It is manufactured by...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Chemical Industry, Health Organizations, Pharmaceuticals, Drugs and Medicines
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The Interview: Barry Bogage
The Maryland/Israel Development Center sees itself as a matchmaker — not of a romantic kind but an economic one.
For the past 19 years, the nonprofit group in Baltimore has been connecting Maryland companies with Israeli partners to promote trade...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Finance, Startups, National Security Agency, Business
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