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Checkmate Cancer in HdG on Saturday
Harford County residents are being asked to support two worthy fundraisers to benefit two families of sick children. The fundraisers are to benefit the family of a 9-year-old boy, who's been battling cancer, and the other to benefit the family whose 4...
Tags: Liver Cancer, University of Maryland Medical Center, Chemotherapy, Business, Chess Playing
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Military service
VAUGHN: Army Reserve Pvt. Kyle L. Vaughn has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. During the nine weeks of training, Vaughn studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness and received...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Weaponry, Values, First Aid
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Local student to talk weight loss on 'The View'
Kaci DeWitt-Rickards remembers being a chunky kid with a steady diet of Burger King chicken tenders, vanilla milkshakes and Papa John's pizza. By her sophomore year in college at the University of Miami, her adolescent pudge had ballooned into a...
Tags: Weight, Weight Loss, University of Maryland, College Park, Burger King, University of Miami
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HPV-related throat cancers multiplying
It is well known that HPV (human papillomavirus) can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well. Throat cancers caused by HPV are showing up typically in men with little or no history of smoking, said Dr. Kevin...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Lung Cancer, Chemotherapy, Oncology, Medical Research
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...
Tags: People (magazine), Chemotherapy, Diseases and Illnesses, Breast Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Spring is the perfect time to taste the rainbow
Nutritionists from the University of Maryland Medical Center regularly contribute a guest post. The latest post is from Catherine Schroeder, dietetic intern. Spring showers inspire the growth of a colorful array of fruits and vegetables to decorate your...
Tags: Vitamin C, University of Maryland Medical Center, Vitamin Therapy, Carrots, Beta-Carotene
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....Tags: Mental Health, Lung Cancer, Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Colon Cancer
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Plan B restrictions — better, but not best
In the United States of 2013, any youngster can walk into a store and buy a bottle of aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen or some other pain reliever without showing any identification, parental consent or a doctor's order. They don't have to be 15 or 17 or...
Tags: Tylenol (drug), Judges, Over-the-Counter Medicines, U.S. Supreme Court, Pain
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Charlie Zill, former Orioles usher, dies of lung cancer at 56
The Baltimore SunCharlie Zill, the popular long-time usher at Camden Yards who entertained Orioles fans with his “Zillbilly” dance during the seventh-inning stretch, died late Saturday night of lung cancer. He was 56. Zill, who had been diagnosed with cancer...Tags: Children's Memorial Hospital, Baltimore Orioles, Lung Cancer, American League, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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Super Mario Bros. in D-minor
For at least a generation of pop-culture consumers, the soundtrack of their lives has included themes from the likes of Mega Man and Super Mario. As they've grown up, the music of video games has branched out — to solo piano, to rock concerts...
Tags: Video Games, Derek Richardson, Montgomery County (Maryland), Culture, Music
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Congress flies blind
What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...
Tags: Head Start, Chemotherapy, Federal Aviation Administration, Breast Cancer, Transportation Industry
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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: Johns Hopkins University, Heart Attack, Chemotherapy, Medical Research, Health Organizations
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