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Health officials set 'low threshold' for treatment to battle meningitis outbreak
Hundreds of Marylanders may need spinal taps as public health leaders seek to rein in a fungal meningitis outbreak that continues to expand as more is learned about the unusual cases.
Health officials said Wednesday that they still are working to contact...Tags: Brain, University of Maryland, College Park, Symptoms, Disease Prevention, Meningitis
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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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Kale, Turnips, Weight
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Robert J. Cotter, Johns Hopkins medical school professor
Robert James Cotter, a Johns Hopkins scientist and professor whose work in mass spectrometry has contributed to discoveries in health and science, died last Monday of heart failure at his home at HarborView in Baltimore. He was 69. His work, which earned...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Maryland, College Park, Teachers, Medical Specialization, Boston College
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Seniors and baby boomers mark expo's silver anniversary
The Baltimore County Baby Boomer Expo and Senior Expo 2012 will be held Wednesday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Thursday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Timonium. The two-day event, which is marking its silver...Tags: Agriculture, Pneumonia, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, High Blood Pressure
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NIH superbug outbreak a warning for local hospitals
Much of Johns Hopkins epidemiologist Jason Farley's recent research has focused on an evolving medical crisis: How to stop the spread of bacteria that have adapted immunity to most antibiotics. To stop it the medical community needs to track it. He's...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, National Institutes of Health, HIV, Heart Problems, Research
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Maryland braces for more meningitis cases
Maryland could see new cases of meningitis for a month or more as health officials continue to search for new and past cases of the disease, which has sickened 50 people in several states who received injections of a tainted steroid. In the cases...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, University of Maryland, College Park, Symptoms, Meningitis, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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: The New York Times, Research, Book, Ewan McGregor, Blood Cells
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Blood cancers affect people of all ages
Harford County Council joins the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in designating September as Blood Cancer Awareness Month issuing a proclamation at the Council meeting on Sept. 18. Leukemia, lymphoma (both non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma) and...Tags: Ceremonies, Chemotherapy, Research, Symptoms, Flu
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Howard County health briefs
Healthy kids clinic Howard County General Hospital in partnership with The Mall in Columbia will host a healthy kids clinic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, in the Center Court. The event will feature bone density, blood pressure, height,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, HIV, Health Insurance Cost, Vitamin D, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Transforming touch: Energy work helps animals heal themselves
Tammy Bowers left nothing to chance when Lexie, her 8-year-old Labradoodle, was scheduled to have several cancerous tumors removed two years ago. Before surgery and again after, the Howard County resident made appointments for Lexie to see Shari...
Tags: Cancer, Howard County, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Baltimore County
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Whooping cough making a comeback in Md., U.S.
Public health officials are warning adults and adolescents to get booster shots in the wake of an unusually large number of cases of whooping cough this year around the nation and in Maryland.
More than 20,000 cases of the respiratory disease were...Tags: Disease Prevention, American Medical Association, Common Cold, Health Organizations, American Academy of Pediatrics
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GlaxoSmithKline to acquire Human Genome Sciences
After spurning a hostile takeover bid from GlaxoSmithKline PLC in April, Human Genome Sciences Inc. said Monday it agreed to be bought by the biopharmaceutical giant for a more lucrative offer valued at $3.6 billion.
GlaxoSmithKline boosted its offer for...Tags: Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Heart Disease, MedImmune Inc., Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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