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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Stroke, Genetics, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Mystery (genre)
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Treating menopause symptoms
Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Menopause, Infertility, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure
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Broken ankle fractures life as you know it
Forgive my absence from these pages, but I recently suffered a dislocated fracture of my ankle while saving a kitten from a speeding car.
The bad news is, it required reconstructive surgery and I have to spend the next six weeks on my butt. The good news...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Christina Applegate, Ankles, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Researchers look to genetics to understand African American-asthma link
Researchers working to discover why African Americans disproportionately suffer from asthma are planning to map the genetic code of 1,000 people of African descent in four years. The Johns Hopkins-led team of experts in genetics, immunology, epidemiology...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Science, Medical Specialization, Asthma, Genetics
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lung Cancer, Heroin
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Science and censorship
Albert Einstein once said the reason he was able to accomplish so much was because he had "stood on the shoulders of giants" like Newton and Galileo. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist's remark was a reminder how much scientists depend on discoveries...Tags: Science, National Security, Nobel Prize Awards, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Research
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Jury selection to start in trial of prisoner accused of killing of correctional officer
Jury selection in the death penalty trial of one of two prisoners charged with murdering a correctional officer more than five years ago will begin Tuesday, in a case that could test the validity of the state's new death penalty law. The Anne Arundel...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Murder, Witnesses, Justice System
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Local hand experts treat the injured, deformed in Nepal
It wasn't long after Dr. James Higgins became chief of the Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital last January that he answered a call from Operation Smile, the Norfolk-based humanitarian group that provides free surgery for needy children...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Bones and Joints, Nepal
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Friday
WEATHER
Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high temperature around 51 degrees. It is expected to be cloudy with a low temperature around 41 degrees tonight.
TRAFFIC
Here are today's morning traffic issues.
FROM LAST NIGHT...
O'...Tags: Science, Asthma, Martin O'Malley, Raymond Berry, Africa
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A brave Baltimore County boy loses his fight
Ever since I did a story on Riley Davis’ bone marrow transplant in September 2009, I looked forward to finally meeting him in person. I wanted to be there when he went back to Jacksonville Elementary School. He was in the middle of fourth grade when...Tags: Baltimore County, Bone Marrow, Hospitals and Clinics, Timonium, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium
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Indictment appears to highlight tougher hurdle for police
Baltimore police have made an arrest in the killing of a 50-year-old man whose body was set on fire in April, and court documents appear to offer some insight into the tougher requirements new State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein has imposed on city...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Witnesses, Murder, Justice System
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Lengthy casework leads to charges in April slaying
Baltimore police have made an arrest in the killing of a 50-year-old man whose body was set on fire in April, and court documents appear to indicate an effort by the Police Department to be more deliberate in building cases. Eugene Emmett Bates, 36,...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Witnesses, Murder, Justice System
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