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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Prostate, Lung Cancer, Diabetes, Health Insurance Cost, Mental Health
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Dr. Solbert Permutt, physiologist
Dr. Solbert "Sol" Permutt, a retired physiologist and teacher who helped expand the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's division of pulmonary and critical care medicine, died of esophageal cancer May 23 at Roland Park Place. The longtime Mount...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Southern California, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Asthma, Respiratory Disease
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A new dress, and set of lungs, for prom
For the first time in the six years since Victoria Chakwin was diagnosed with a deadly lung disease, the gown she wears won't be hospital issue.
The 18-year-old from Martinsburg, W.Va., will go to her senior prom Saturday night in a red-and-black...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Asthma, Charity, Respiratory Disease, Concerts
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EPA keeps heat on to reduce summer smog
Just in time for the start of ozone season, the Environmental Protection Agency officially reminds us that Baltimoreans are still breathing unhealthful levels of pollution in their air in late spring and summer. The city and its suburbs were among 45...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution, Standards, Environmental Politics, Lobbying
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Hernias in women can be hard to diagnose
Hernias are a common ailment among Americans; more than 4 million people develop the painful condition. And although both men and women develop hernias, female patients may be harder to diagnose. Doctors and patients may not realize the abdominal pain a...Tags: Obesity, Healthy Diet, Abdominal Pain, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hernia
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Report: Baltimore's air cleaner, but still among most polluted
Baltimore's air is healthier to breathe than it used to be, but the region still has some of the nation's worst smog and soot pollution, according to the American Lung Association. In its annual report on the state of the nation's air, the advocacy group...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Metal and Mineral, Air Pollution, Mining, Standards
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Report Cards, Lung Cancer, Diabetes, Health Insurance Cost, Mental Health
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Woman pleads guilty in silicone buttocks injections case
A 45-year-old Atlanta woman admitted Wednesday that she used a downtown Baltimore hotel room to inject exotic dancers with commercial-grade silicone, commonly used in furniture polish, to enlarge their buttocks, according to federal prosecutors. As...Tags: Rod J. Rosenstein, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Dance, Court Preliminary
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Funeral held for Calvert County family stricken with flu
Lou Ruth Blake was the family's matriarch who sang in the church choir and organized gospel shows. Lowell Frederick Blake liked to make people laugh. Venessa Marie Blake was the ardent churchgoer with a contagious smile.
All three family members died...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Calvert County, Family, MRSA, Washington Hospital Center
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Heart-healthy 'Kathy's Cookbook' was labor of love for late cardiac patient
Kathy Brown wasn't always much of a chef — but she was an educator.
When Brown, the former head of Grace Christian School, was diagnosed with amyloidosis of the heart in April 2008, she began experimenting with recipes to suit her new low-fat, low-...Tags: Healthy Diet, Hospitals and Clinics, Onions, Mushrooms, Cardiologists
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Friends, family struggle with illness of Ellicott City gallery owner
In 1973, Marian Berman saw a newspaper ad for an art gallery for sale in the Baltimore suburbs. With an asking price that was exactly the amount of money she had recently inherited from her grandfather, the 23-year-old knew she was meant to own it.
But...Tags: Ellicott City, Hospitals and Clinics, Dentistry and Dental Health, Abusive Behavior, Pneumonia
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Federal agency investigating sand-blasting hazards
For years, the wastes from burning coal and producing copper have enjoyed a second life, used in sand-blasting to remove paint, rust and grime from ship's hulls, storage tanks, bridge trusses and other surfaces. Painting contractors, shipyard workers...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Shipbuilding, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, New Products, Coal
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