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A caretaker is taken care of
When you grow up taking care of other people, it's understandable that you might put taking care of yourself last on the list. Until, of course, you absolutely have to put yourself on the list. The kidney transplant list. A colleague, Carla Hubbard,...Tags: Catonsville, Kidney Disease, Newspaper and Magazine, Johns Hopkins University, Diabetes
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Short plays add up to a short evening at Spotlighters
The Baltimore Playwrights Festival is a chance for local writers, directors, actors and audiences to test brand-new plays. This annual festival's full-length plays have the luxury of time to prove themselves, but its one-act plays have to deliver the...
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DNA ruling jeopardizes Maryland rape convictions
When she came home from working a shift at Subway and found Detective Caprice Smith's business card stuck in the front door with the words "Please call" scribbled on the back, the 10 life-changing minutes she had spent in the back seat of a Cherry Hill...Tags: Rape, Cherry Hill, Prosecution, Douglas F. Gansler, Justice System
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Maryland DNA sample collection can resume temporarily, Roberts says
The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Maryland to resume the collection of DNA samples after arrests for violent crimes, an indication that the justices might decide the issue that has divided lower courts and pitted tough-on-crime state officials against...Tags: Douglas F. Gansler, Justice System, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Maryland State Police, Chemical Industry
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Getting educated on GMOs
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is printed here. This week, Karen Kolowski weighs in on...Tags: University of Maryland Medical Center, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations, United Nations, Chemical Industry
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Maryland law enforcement agencies resume DNA collections
Suspects arrested for violent crimes or burglaries will again have to submit to DNA collections, officials with several Maryland law enforcement agencies said Thursday. A day after U.S. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. authorized the practice to resume,...
Tags: Howard County, Prisons, Safety of Citizens, Wicomico County, DNA
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'Ultimate sleepover party' for patients and siblings
The scene at Hashawha Environmental Center in Westminster Friday evening was filled with the friendly chaos typical of the start of summer camp. Parents unloaded gear and gave last-minute instructions. Ubiquitous counselors welcomed visitors and ushered...Tags: Cancer, Allergies, Carroll County (Maryland), Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome
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Maryland public defender argues against Supreme Court intervention in DNA case
Maryland is exaggerating the value of collecting DNA samples before suspects are convicted, the state's top public defender argued in a filing Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court. The state asked the nation's highest court to decide whether collecting...Tags: Wicomico County, DNA, Prosecution, Douglas F. Gansler, Justice System
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Chief Justice signals high court will hear Md. DNA case
Calling DNA collection from those arrested for certain felonies a "valuable tool for investigating unsolved crimes," Chief Justice John G. Roberts on Monday said there was a "fair prospect" that the nation's high court would overturn a Maryland ruling...
Tags: Safety of Citizens, Prosecution, Justice System, Douglas F. Gansler, Harford County
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Keeping your sugar in check
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Mindy Athas weighs in on sugar.
The term sugar is used for a...Tags: Nutrition, Pizzas, University of Maryland Medical Center, American Heart Association, Diabetes
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More younger people getting colorectal cancer
Carol Carr showed all the signs of colorectal cancer seven years ago, but doctors thought the 44-year-old Glen Burnie woman was too young to have the disease and never tested her for it.
Instead, they said her diarrhea, vomiting, cramping, iron...Tags: Colonoscopy, Health Treatments, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cancer, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Zinfandel defines authentic wine in U.S.
Joel Peterson, founding winemaker at Ravenswood, asked some of the country's leading sommeliers and wine educators about the characteristics of an authentic wine. The responses were heady and varied, but Debbie Zachareas, owner of the Ferry Plaza Wine...Tags: D.H. Lawrence
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