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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Diabetes, Teachers
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University of Maryland School of Medicine aims to raise $500 million
The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced this week a $500 million fundraising goal — the Baltimore institution's largest campaign ever. Donors already have given $339 million during the quiet phase of the campaign, dubbed...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Elections, Vaccines
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William H. Hoffman, engineer
William H. Hoffman, a retired U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, died Monday from septic shock after kidney transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The longtime Ellicott City resident was 81. William Harry Hoffman was...
Tags: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Food and Drug Administration, Ellicott City, Technology, Engineering
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Federal workers relieved by limits on online disclosures
Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency...
Tags: Judges, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Elections, Barack Obama, Laws
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Genetics, Technology, Vaccines, Herring, Myriad Genetics Incorporated
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Budget cuts slow federal hiring in Md.
Hiring for federal jobs in Maryland has fallen 30 percent since 2008, and for the first time in years is being outpaced by the number of employees retiring or resigning — a trend that has raised concerns among some about the government's ability...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Food and Drug Administration, National Government, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Social Security
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: American Medical Association, Health Treatments, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Family, Colleges and Universities, Pediatrics, Medical Research
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Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore
A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....
Tags: Medical Research, Greektown, General Contracting, Research, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
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Less testing on animals, better science
Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Research, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, European Union
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A smart investment
The human brain is a marvelous instrument, capable of the subtlest thoughts, feelings and perceptions, and of dreams even the gods might envy. Yet for all our cleverness in other areas, we still know embarrassingly little about how our own brains actually...
Tags: DARPA, Medical Research, Barack Obama, Diseases and Illnesses, Schizophrenia
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SPARK fires up physical activity at Annapolis elementary school
At Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, students receive physical education once a week. Officially, that is. Unofficially, students are engaging in the same level of activity as their "go-outside-and-play" parents of previous generations. At...Tags: Students, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Annapolis
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