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Body of woman found in rising waters near homeless camp in Laurel
A woman's body was found Thursday in rising waters near a homeless camp in Laurel, as flooding closed roads throughout the region and a dangerously high reservoir prompted the evacuation of Laurel's historic district. The discovery of the body came as...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Photography Supplies and Services, Floods, Photography and Video, Homelessness
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Bel Air woman gets new ear lost to skin cancer
Sherrie Walter will never wear earrings again, but recently started styling her hair in a ponytail the way she used to before she was diagnosed with skin cancer nearly four years ago.
It's a big step for Walter, whose life was turned upside down when...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Cancer, Internists, Johns Hopkins University
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Pamela F. Engel, teacher
Pamela Furness Engel, an Anne Arundel County biology teacher and teaching adviser, died of pancreatic cancer May 16 at Baltimore-Washington Medical Center. She was 58 and lived in Linthicum.
Born Pamela Furness in Baltimore and raised in Catonsville...Tags: Science, Hospitals and Clinics, Anne Arundel County, Cancer, PTA
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Gut bacteria linked to obesity-related health problems
The answer to why some obese people develop diabetes and other health problems may be found not in just a love for junk food, but in the bacteria that thrive deep in the human gut.
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Inflammation, Flu, University of Maryland Medical Center, Medical Research
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Howard County Pets: Is it unhealthy to share my bed with a pet?
Q: After news reports earlier this year, we’re wondering: Is it unhealthy or unsanitary to allow dogs or cats to share our beds? A: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study that triggered concerns and news-media...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Chemical Industry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hands
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Virginia man receives face transplant at Maryland Shock Trauma
When Richard Lee Norris opened his eyes after a marathon 36-hour surgery to give him a new face, he immediately wanted a mirror.
A natural reaction for a man who had been practically living as a recluse since a 1997 gun accident took off his nose, chin,...Tags: Richard Lee, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Johns Hopkins University
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Lawyers question Olenick's health prior to surgery death
The medical history of a 17-year-old Marriotts Ridge High School junior who died last year following routine wisdom teeth surgery is now being questioned by lawyers for the dental practitioners involved in the surgery, who are being sued by the girl's...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Health and Medical Professionals, Death and Dying Customs, Internists
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Advocacy group calls on hospitals to support breastfeeding
A public health advocacy group is calling on Maryland’s hospitals to stop handing out free infant formula to new mothers because it can encourage them to give up on breastfeeding. Public Citizen says the distribution done by at least two-thirds...
Tags: Breastfeeding, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Products
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Time magazine's breast-feeding cover causes a stir
The Baltimore SunI’m not anti-attachment parenting by any means. I’m what-works-for-my-family-works-for-us-and-what-works-for-you-works-for-you, a philosophy that is flexible but has way too many hyphens. It happens that attachment parenting wasn’t...Tags: Breastfeeding, Time (magazine)
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DNA links man to rape of girl in vacant building, police say
A 48-year-old East Baltimore man has been charged with raping a teenage girl in a vacant building last month after police said DNA evidence linked him to the assault.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the suspect, Alvin Ray Wright, is accused of...Tags: Prisons, Sex Crimes, Hospitals and Clinics, Punishment, Assault
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1 in 80 Maryland children diagnosed with autism, CDC says
One in 88 American children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new estimate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate is 23 percent higher than one the agency released three years ago. Federal officials said some...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Autism, Health and Safety at School, Disease Prevention
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Ask the Expert: MRSA in children
Staph infections didn't used to cause much of a fuss. They would irritate skin but could easily be treated with antibiotics. Recently, however, antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, have...Tags: MRSA, Hospitals and Clinics, Skin Rash, Chest, St. Joseph Medical Center
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