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Summer jobs program encourages businesses to Hire One Youth
Amber Barner has had a summer job through the city's YouthWorks program seven times, every year since she was 14. But this time is different. This time her job will outlast the summer.
That twist comes courtesy of Baltimore's fledgling effort to...Tags: Labor Markets, Business, Health Treatments, Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations
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Research looks at how to better fight breast cancer in African-American women
It is well documented that African-American women with breast cancer are more likely to have a more aggressive type of the disease that kills them, but why remains a mystery.
The answers may be found one day soon, as researchers focus more on the genetic...Tags: Chemotherapy, Ovarian Cancer, Health Treatments, Breast Cancer, Hormones and Metabolism
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Hopkins scientists scrambled to save work after Sandy
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University slogged through thigh-deep water to rescue tissue samples and evacuate lab animals when a flood crippled a cancer research building after Hurricane Sandy last month.
"It was really an extraordinary...Tags: Charles Street, Medical Research, Johns Hopkins University, David Koch, Hospitals and Clinics
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Madison Street reopens after water pipe repaired
Madison Street reopened to traffic about 3 p.m. Friday, four days after a 30-inch pipe ruptured, causing parts of the roadway to buckle and sending water gushing down Guilford Avenue as well as the Fallsway. Businesses and institutions in a 12- to 14-...
Tags: Business, Veterans Day, Mount Vernon
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Maryland releases breast-feeding recommendations for hospitals
Maryland health officials want the state's hospitals to play a larger role in encouraging mothers to breast-feed in the crucial hours after they give birth, as growing evidence points to the health benefits of feeding babies human milk.
The Maryland...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Physiology, American Academy of Pediatrics, Pregnancy and Childbirth, UNICEF
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Cockeysville: St. Vincent Villa library project leads to Scout's Eagle honor
Proud grandmother Mary McColgan, a resident of Mercy Ridge, was present at the recent Eagle Scout induction and ceremony for her grandson Andrew Rusk, a member of Troop 899. Also in attendance were Andrew's parents, Michael and Christine Rusk, as well as...Tags: Schools, Hospitals and Clinics, Timonium, Breast Cancer, High Schools
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City's infrastructure problems continue with two water main breaks Monday
For the second time in six days, Baltimore's aging water system ruptured, affecting service to dozens of businesses and homes downtown and in Essex, including two hospitals, while snarling traffic and providing yet another unpleasant reminder of the...
Tags: Water Supply, Business, Veterans Day, Public Officials, Franklin Square Medical Center
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Sister Louis Mary Battle, Stella Maris administrator
Sister Louis Mary Battle, a medical administrator who was called the vision behind the expansion of care for the elderly, dementia patients and the dying at Stella Maris in Timonium, died Friday of complications from autoimmune disease and...Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Long Term Care, Barbara A. Mikulski, Baltimore County, Hospitals and Clinics
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Diets suggested for more pregnant women
Before Aiesha Eddins got pregnant, she didn't give much thought to her diet.
"I ate whatever," said the 27-year-old Owings Mills woman. "We ordered take-out."
But when she weighed in at 220 pounds during her initial prenatal visit, she quickly earned...Tags: Nutrition, Diabetes, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health Treatments, Medical Research
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Sandy wreaked havoc on people's sinuses too
If it seemed like super storm Sandy triggered sinus problem, you're not crazy. It's likely people with sinus issues experienced worse symptoms as the storm made its way toward Baltimore, said Dr. Marc I. Leavey, an internist at Mercy Medical Center and...
Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals
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Strategies for dealing with migraines
The many people who suffer from migraine headaches often seek quiet, dark places to ride them out. But there are effective means of preventing them, shortening their duration and even stopping them. There are established medications and lifestyle...Tags: Botox Injections, Aspirin (drug), Chemical Industry, Migraine, Headaches
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Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, surgeon
Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, a retired Baltimore thoracic and vascular surgeon whose career spanned more than four decades and who performed the first pacemaker implantation in Maryland, died Saturday of renal failure at his Timonium home.
He was 90....Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Roman Catholicism, Surgery, Towson, American Medical Association
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