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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: Research, Charles Street, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Johns Hopkins University
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Hopkins team creates device to screen for anemia
Every year, health organizations spend millions in the developing world attacking the iron-deficiency disorder known as anemia. They pay special attention to pregnant women, a population highly vulnerable to the disease.
Every year, though, 115,000 of...Tags: Dietary Supplements, Chemical Industry, Students, Invention and Innovation, World Bank Group
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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: Heart Attack, Dietary Supplements, Tomatoes, Healthy Diet, Hemorrhoids
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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: John Paul II, Christianity, China, Baltimore County, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Timonium: Dulaney High musicians will soon strike up the band
Soon local residents may hear music being performed outdoors in the vicinity of Padonia Road. Dulaney High School's marching band, under the direction of Barry Chesky, will hold band camp at the school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the two weeks beginning...Tags: American Red Cross, Timonium, Charity, Music Industry, Music
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Facial acupuncture comes to Laurel's Main Street
A growing number of people looking for less invasive procedures than plastic surgery or Botox injections to do away with wrinkles and sagging jawlines are turning to the ancient Chinese-rooted practice of acupuncture. And they are starting to come to...
Tags: Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Legs, Botox (drug), AIDS
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Researcher hunts for sickle cell anemia cure with gene targeting, stem cells
Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for gene therapy that he hoped to integrate with stem cells to cure diseases.
After getting a doctorate in biochemistry in...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Genetic Engineering, Research, Chemical Industry, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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Robin Roberts, Nora Ephron bring MDS into spotlight
The underlying medical condition that contributed to the death of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron and is forcing ABC news anchor Robin Roberts to get a bone marrow transplant is a rare and complicated disease that scientists are still trying to figure...Tags: Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Oncology, Good Morning America (tv program), Nora Ephron
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Cancer prevention study signs up participants
The American Cancer Society is launched a major, long-term prevention study across the country and is looking for people in the Baltimore area to participate. The society says 12 million people have survived cancer and many more have avoided it. This...Tags: Cancer, MedStar Health, Medical Research, Hospitals and Clinics, Genes and Chromosomes
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Prognosis good and spirits high for NFL ref who found he had cancer after injury at Ravens game
If he's doing his job, an NFL official will largely go unnoticed. He will make sure the rules are followed, of course, yet blend into the background as much as possible. Tony Corrente is anything but invisible. The longtime NFL referee learned that as...
Tags: Peyton Manning, Matt Birk, Biotechnology, Baltimore Ravens, Throat Cancer
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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: Cancer, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Skin Cancer, Superman (fictional character), Medical Research
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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: Cancer, Arable Farming, Timonium, American Red Cross, Catonsville
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