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How to achieve your fiber goals
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Deb Schulze weighs in on fiber....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Carrots, Cheese Corn, Hospitals and Clinics, Salads
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APG joins University of Delaware in effort to improve care for wounded warriors, civilians
The Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the University of Delaware have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to collaborate on an orthopedic rehabilitation project that will improve rehabilitative care for wounded...Tags: Science, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities, Medical Research, Colleges and Universities
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Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link
Researchers working to discover why African Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African descent in four years. The Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Science, Medical Specialization, National Institutes of Health, Lungs and Airways
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Despite the law, too many schools fail to take bullying seriously
According to the Maryland State Department of Education, there were 3,818 incidents of bullying in Maryland schools during the 2009-2010 school year, and reports of bullying have been increasing over the past three years. The harmful results of this...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Teaching and Learning, Bullying, Judges, Lawyers
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Catonsville native's Peace Corps service means holidays away from home
At about 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30, as Brian Holler walked down a dirt road in a small village in Turkmenistan, a heavy, rumbling noise made him pause for a second during the long-distance phone conversation he was having with a reporter.
"I'm walking...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Foods and Beverages, Family
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UM to demolish president's residence
A 55-year-old brick mansion that serves as the official residence for the University of Maryland's president will be razed this fall and replaced with a new structure if the state's Board of Public Works on Wednesday approves the demolition. The 5,600-...Tags: Charity, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Colleges and Universities, Maryland Historical Trust, Health and Safety at School
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December: Guilty plea in 2010 Bel Air murder; teacher bonus bungled
A 21-year-old Parkville man received a 25-year sentence for the July 18, 2010 shooting death of Derrick Maxey Jr. in the parking lot of the American Legion Post on Bond Street in Bel Air.
Rakim Raid Muhammad pleaded guilty to second degree murder and use...Tags: Finance, Teachers, Unions, Punishment, Teaching and Learning
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March: Redistricting protested; $60 million cancer center planned
Bowing to pressure from angry parents, the school board approved 10 major changes to the redistricting plan it was scheduled to approve, then pushed a vote on the plan back by a week. Except for the students moving to Red Pump Elementary School, the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment Events, NAACP, Punishment, Teaching and Learning
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The Record's top 10 stories of 2011
The year that ends at midnight Saturday with the annual Duck Drop and fireworks at Havre de Grace Middle School was full of the good and the bad. There was the usual – mayoral elections in Aberdeen and Havre de Grace and heavy snowfalls. And the not...Tags: Tropical Storm Lee (2011), Finance, Local Elections, Penn National Gaming, Primaries
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Annapolis Area Christian School facing harassment, retaliation lawsuit
Three former employees of the Annapolis Area Christian School sued the school's association this week, contending that the board did not protect them from sexual harassment and retaliation by Superintendent George J.W. Lawrence Jr. though board members...Tags: Sex Crimes, Laws, Trials, Bullying, Lawyers
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Advocates, experts call for more attention to bullying of special needs-students
Special-education advocates are calling for the state to do more to address the bullying of disabled students, saying that a recent lawsuit against the city school system highlights the long-lasting harm that harassment can do to such children. Experts...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Autism, Teaching and Learning, Students
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St. Joseph Medical Center's future unclear
When a star cardiologist at St. Joseph Medical Center was accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary medical procedures in 2009, it changed the course of the Towson hospital and now raises questions about its future.
St. Joseph plans to narrow its...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Mark G. Midei, Cardiologists
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