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It's the ties that bind Cockeysville girl to Johns Hopkins Children Center
When it comes to holiday shopping for her father, Lilah Sidle has developed the perfect angle. Not only can she come through with the tried and true necktie, but for the past two years, the 11-year-old's father and grandfather have received Jos. A...
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Catonsville child awaits heart after transplant falls through
Five-year-old Teresa Bartlinski was lying unconscious shortly after 3 a.m. Friday at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia when the doctor told her parents they had called off the heart transplant she was prepped to receive. The girl — whose...
Tags: Heart Transplants, Baltimore County, Birth Defects, Healthcare Provider, Hospitals and Clinics
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Walking — and sharing life details — to fight cancer
Before she joined the sea of pink-clothed people who turned out for a breast cancer walk in Baltimore Sunday morning, Janet Warren filled out a medical history and gave a blood sample. It was a different way to show her commitment to the cause — one...
Tags: Cervical Cancer, American Cancer Society, Skin Cancer, Pikesville, Superman (fictional character)
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Timonium: Optimists celebrate past efforts, greet new leaders
The changing of the guard recently took place at the annual installation dinner of the Optimist Club of Timonium. The following members were installed: Skip Sheeler, president, Don Imwold, vice-president (youth programs); Jocelyn Sandy, vice-president...Tags: Timonium, Charity, Pumpkin, Abusive Behavior, American Red Cross
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Maryland Shock Trauma seeks community consent on blood plasma study
Many patients taken to the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore cling to life, barely able to breathe, much less consent to participate in a medical trial, a reality that makes trauma research extremely difficult. With life-saving...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Coca-Cola Co., Emergency Health Procedures, Trials, Blood Cells
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Breaking the breast cancer code
How many children have you had, and did you wait until after 30 to have the first one? Do you have more than one drink a day? Did you get your period before you were 12? Do you exercise? Have a low-fat, high-fiber diet? Did you breast-feed? Do you work...
Tags: Health Treatments, Medical Specialization, Leukemia, Chemotherapy, Biology
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Harford County participants sought for landmark cancer study starting in Nov.
As the American Cancer Society plans to recruit 500 people who live or work in the Harford County area, it has scheduled enrollment for Nov. 7-11. What if you could prevent even one family member from hearing the words: "You have cancer?" The American...Tags: Havre de Grace, Woodbridge, American Cancer Society, Lung Cancer, Christianity
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Embracing vegetables
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post. This week, Debra Schulze, RD, LDN, weighs in on vegetables.
Did you know there are more than 200 varieties of fruits and vegetables? While praised as a "good...Tags: Health Treatments, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Maryland Medical Center
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With 'Gold,' Chris Cleave braces for another reversal in fortune
When the British author Chris Cleave published his debut novel, "Incendiary," he fell victim to perhaps the worst historical coincidence ever to afflict an author. The book, about a terrorist attack in a London sports stadium, was released on July 7,...
Tags: Literature, Ewan McGregor, Drama (genre), Movies, Blood Cells
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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: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins University, Human Body
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ACLU asks Supreme Court to reconsider gene patenting case
The American Civil Liberties Union has asked for a second time that the Supreme Court invalidate Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, the latest salvo in a case with broad consequences for...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, Trials, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Breast Cancer
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Gene patent case could impact patients, research
Every time a woman is tested for gene mutations linked to significantly higher rates of breast and ovarian cancer, her blood is sent to a lab in Utah. That's because Salt Lake City-based Myriad Genetics Inc. owns the patents to the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Justice System, Trials, Biology, Diseases and Illnesses
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