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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: Swelling, Oncology, Chemotherapy, Clubs and Associations, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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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: University of Maryland, College Park, Weight, University of Miami, Physical Therapy, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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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: Values, First Aid, Military Justice, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control
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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: Oncology, Human papillomavirus, Symptoms, Chemotherapy, 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: Family, Medical Procedures and Tests, Symptoms, Chemotherapy, People (magazine)
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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: Cheese Corn, Lettuce, Vitamin Therapy, Vitamin C, Vitamin B1
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Report Cards, Odenton
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Boston Marathon victims to get free prosthetics
A Linthicum firm is among several orthotics and prosthetics companies that will offer victims of the Boston Marathon bombing artificial limbs at no charge if their insurance doesn't cover all or some of the costs of the devices. Dankmeyer Inc.,...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Physical Therapy
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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: University of Maryland, College Park, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Concerts, Physical Therapy, 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: Chemotherapy, Federal Aviation Administration, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Benefits, U.S. Congress
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Safety at School, Chemical Industry, Chemotherapy
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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: Ibuprofen (drug), Over-the-Counter Medicines, U.S. Supreme Court, Pain, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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