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Dr. Howard S. Williams, physician
Dr. Howard S. Williams, a former staff physician at Father Martin's Ashley, a Harford County alcohol and substance abuse treatment center, died May 20 of meningoencephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Gilchrist Hospice in...Tags: Fishing, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Harford County, Behavioral Conditions
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The high cost of waiting
As a nation, our collective attention is increasingly drawn to the way in which health care costs are crippling the economy. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects this cost, if unchecked, could rise to $3.4 trillion in 2015, a whopping...
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Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, surgeon
Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, a retired Baltimore thoracic and vascular surgeon whose career spanned more than four decades and who performed the first pacemaker implantation in Maryland, died Saturday of renal failure at his Timonium home.
He was 90....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, St. Joseph Medical Center
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Pages from the Past: Determined efforts by Catonsville physician save toddler who nearly drowned in goldfish pond
An article in the May 28, 1937 edition of The Catonsville Herald and Baltimore Countian reported on the heroic effort by an area doctor to save the life of a little boy who had fallen into a backyard goldfish pond. Charles T. Cockey, two and one-half...Tags: Fishing, Car Engine Repair, Annapolis, Halethorpe, Automotive Equipment
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May 30: Look out!
Texting while walking emerging as possible danger for pedestrians, drivers The night started out right — good friends, carousing, the lead-up to an out-of-town wedding. But between festivities, after Nicole King popped into her hotel room to...Tags: Social Media, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lexington Market
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Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco
Letter writer Gilbert Ross implies that there is no comparison between eating pizza and smoking ("Eating a slice a pizza is not the same as smoking a cigarette," May 10). As a physician, I disagree. Both tobacco and processed meats increase risk for...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Death, Obesity, Cancer, Heart Disease
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Dr. John Joseph Krejci, general surgeon
Dr. John Joseph Krejci, a retired general surgeon who helped plan St. Joseph Medical Center's move to Towson, died at that hospital Monday after suffering an aneurysm. He was 89 and lived in Stoneleigh.
Born on Milton Avenue, he attended St. Michael...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Plastic Surgeons, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Not enough doctors
The Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, expected in June, will determine the future for countless Americans. Health care reform debates have elevated the plight of millions of uninsured Americans to the national...
Tags: General Motors Corp., Health and Medical Professionals, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Health Insurance
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Edwin Charles Saiontz
Edwin Charles Saiontz, a highly-regarded health care expert and co-founder of SHR Associates Inc., died Thursday of multiple organ failure at his Boynton Beach, Fla., home. The longtime Pikesville resident was 77.
The son of a lawyer and a homemaker,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pikesville, Annapolis, Boynton Beach, Colleges and Universities
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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: Drugs and Medicines, Hamburgers, White House, Joe Biden, Dmitry Medvedev
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Judge upholds removal of Mark Midei's medical license
A Baltimore County judge denied Mark Midei's appeal for reinstatement of his medical license, ruling that there was "substantial evidence" for the Maryland Board of Physicians to revoke it last year after finding that the Towson cardiologist falsified...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Judges, Baltimore County
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Eating a slice a pizza is not the same as smoking a cigarette
It is inexcusable for your reporter to refer to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine as "a physicians group" ("Doctors group says no junk food for the Obamas," May 7). The article not only fails to identify PCRM for what it is — an...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Pizzas
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