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Governor promotes workplace health program
Gov. Martin O’Malley is looking for ways to trim his workforce – not the number of people, but their waistlines. The administration has launched a wellness program aimed at state workers. The governor known for his statistical analysis of...
Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Employees, Quitting Smoking, Healthy Diet
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Disease Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections, Breast Cancer, Whooping Cough, Diabetes
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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Methadone (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Vaccines, Behavioral Conditions, OxyContin (drug)
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Harford council, so far, leaves transfer station in budget
Harford County Council members approved the first of what are expected to be several amendments to the proposed fiscal year 2013 budget during Tuesday's council meeting, including one to increase the amount of money earmarked for a new animal shelter in...Tags: Harford County, Employees, Teaching and Learning, Havre de Grace, Finance
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Mossburg understands nothing about women who oppose restrictions on contraceptives
I take exception to the illogic displayed in columnist Marta H. Mossburg's recent commentary ("Biology really is destiny," April 25). She clearly understands nothing about women who oppose restrictions on contraceptives. Some of us think a prescription...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Prescription Drugs, Birth Control
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Health reform has been critical for Maryland
With the Supreme Court reviewing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is no shortage of legal analysis to handicap the decision. But unfortunately, not enough attention has been paid to the real value this law provides to millions of American families and...
Tags: Tax Credits, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Labor Legislation, Taxation
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UVa. coach, officials sued over Yeardley Love's death
Sharon Love has sued the University of Virginia men's lacrosse coach and other athletic officials for negligence in the 2010 death of her daughter, Yeardley, saying they ignored previous violent, drunken behavior by the player who was ultimately convicted...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Lacrosse, University of Virginia, Abusive Behavior, Substance Abuse
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What now? Legislative leaders decry budget cuts, say special session is needed
Democratic lawmakers limped out of Annapolis Tuesday having enacted a "doomsday" budget that slashes spending for education and other services they do not want to cut — and with no clear plan on how to fix a political mess of their own making....Tags: Civil and Public Service, Annapolis, Regional Authority, Labor Legislation, Democratic Party
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Health complaint filed against asbestos removal company
An advocacy group filed a complaint Friday with the federal government alleging that a Baltimore-based company put hundreds of employees at risk by failing to protect them against asbestos. Alexandra Rosenblatt and Jonathan F. Harris, staff lawyers...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Labor Legislation, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Companies and Corporations, Cancer
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Rawlings-Blake's budget: Solid, if uninspired
Baltimore MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blake's preliminary budget proposal for the next fiscal year displays some encouraging signs that, after three rocky years, city finances are stabilizing. Income tax revenues are ticking slightly upward in conjunction...Tags: Finance, Prescription Drugs, Pension and Welfare, Property Tax, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Making up for lost daylight saving time
Sure, the yearly switch to daylight saving time always puts some of us into a funk and a fog.
It's true that it's harder to concentrate on writing that legal brief or counting out the correct change. It can't be denied that to the sleep-deprived, small...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stanford University, High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack
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Arundel firefighters add to county's public safety dissent
Anne Arundel County police officers and firefighters have made themselves clear: They don't believe the county's leadership can help their departments solve staffing and technological problems that they say pose a threat to public safety. The county...Tags: Fires, Labor Legislation, Safety of Citizens, Trials, Anne Arundel Community College
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