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Teaching about HIV/AIDS in the church
When the Rev. Keron Sadler of the NAACP tried to persuade churches around the country to play a more active role in HIV/AIDS education, she drew some hostile reactions. One pastor said his congregants might think he was gay. Another said AIDS is a curse....Tags: AIDS, NAACP, University of Maryland, College Park, Judges, Drug Use
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Young football players at greater concussion risk than pros
From what he remembers, and it isn't much, Cameron Williams was cold. On a steaming autumn day last year in Burtonsville, the 13-year-old shivered as he walked back to his Unity Thunder football team's huddle, barely able to keep his eyes open. Dizzy,...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Chicago Bears, College Sports, Advanced Training, Martin O'Malley
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Life-threatening sepsis appears to be on rise
Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and breast cancer and AIDS, according to the National...Tags: Dialysis, Hospitals and Clinics, Urinary System, Sepsis, Immune System
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Team effort saves Baltimore half-marathon runner in cardiac arrest
Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock.
"I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier before."
The 55-...Tags: Science, Hyperthermia, Hospitals and Clinics, Genetics, Cardiac Catheterization
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One former Terps player's loss brings another renewed health
Too much was happening at once.
It seemed that years worth of life-altering news — some good, some tragic — was being compressed into a single, unforgettable day.
Remarkably, the thread that tied the day's events together was football.
It...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Dialysis, Ralph Friedgen, Dining and Drinking, Football
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Four recent graduates receive $5,000 'Amanda Wins' scholarships
Tim Higgins and Daniel Shi are the recipients of the Amanda Post "Amanda Wins" River Hill High School Student-Athlete Scholarships. Tim, a lacrosse player, will be attending the University of Maryland and majoring in biology with the hope of attending...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hobbies, Columbia University, Cardiac Rehabilitation, University of Maryland, College Park
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St. Joseph Medical Center replaces chief executive
St. Joseph Medical Center tapped a veteran health care manager Friday to replace its president and chief executive, who resigned two weeks ago without explanation.
Charles W. Neumann comes to St. Joseph via FTI Consultants, a firm that specializes in...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, St. Joseph Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Organizations, Management Change
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Learning to navigate the grocery store's wheels of torture
By computing years of data — including the season, day of the week, time of day and wind speed — I've calculated the following statistic: My chance of getting the grocery store cart with the crazy wheel is 100 percent. The odds that it...Tags: Vehicles, High Blood Pressure, Physical Conditions, Weather Statistics
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Family ties drive Wilfong's work with heart association
It's only natural that J. Scott Wilfong, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank for the Greater Washington/Maryland area, would want to give back to the American Heart Association. After all, heart disease runs in his family. His wife, Susan, suffers from...Tags: Rash Field, American Heart Association, Employees, Political Fundraising, Companies and Corporations
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'True Blood' recap: Season 4 finale, 'And When I Die'
Lots of death, sex and one huge cliffhanger in this insanely good end to an uneven season.
I can't think of an episode in recent memory that packed so much goodness into one hour. Perhaps it was the similarily paced finale to Season 2. So let's get right...Tags: True Blood (tv program), Climbing, Scott Foley, Vampires (supernatural entitiess), Human Body
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New sleep wellness center at Laurel Regional offers expanded services to the sleep deprived
Beginning in 1995, 46-year-old Anita Sills of Laurel developed sleeping problems that worsened to the point that she would wake up in the middle of the night every two or three hours.
"I thought I was having nightmares because my heart would be beating...Tags: Weight, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Sleep Apnea, National Institutes of Health
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New study scrutinizes heart stent procedures
A new study of more than 500,000 cardiac patients who underwent recent cardiac stent or angioplasty procedures in the United States has found that up to 15 percent were either unnecessary or appeared to be of uncertain medical benefit.
However, nearly...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiologists, Towson, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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