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Victory for smog
It's been a crummy summer for breathing in Maryland. August has seen five Code Orange days, where ozone has been so bad that the air poses a health risk for sensitive individuals, including children, the elderly and the infirm. But that's a big...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Environmental Politics, Annapolis, Metal and Mineral, George W. Bush
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Organ donors, recipients head to athletic competition
Twenty-nine athletes who have received a donated organ or have donated one will represent Maryland in the 2012 Transplant Games of America, an annual awareness raising event. The games aim to highlight the importance of organ and tissue donation, while...
Tags: Charity
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Maryland Shock Trauma seeks community consent on blood plasma study
Many patients taken to the University of Maryland's Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore cling to life, barely able to breathe, much less consent to participate in a medical trial, a reality that makes trauma research extremely difficult. With life-saving...
Tags: U.S. Army, Research, Food and Drug Administration, Human Rights, Health and Safety at School
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Commentary: Former Laurel businessman Bill Schmidt Sr. takes it one day at a time
For Bill Schmidt Sr., the recipe for life consists of its simple pleasures. They begin with his nine kids, 19 grandchildren, 12 greats. Then comes his health. Schmidt, who lived in Laurel for decades and ran a flooring business on Main Street, endured...Tags: Pancreas, Heart Attack, Dick Cheney, Cardiologists
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North Laurel/Savage: Family of boy with chronic illness appeals for help
At 8 years old, Mason Roberts has struggled his entire life. Mason was born with pneumonia and meningitis. They were not sure he would live, but he proved them wrong. He has three lung diseases that have caused many problems, including many more trips...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Preschools, Schools, Diseases and Illnesses
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Southwest loses No. 1 customer rating to rival JetBlue Airways
For the first time in nearly two decades, Southwest Airlines, the biggest commercial carrier at BWI, does not sit atop the annual American Customer Satisfaction Index.
The top spot was claimed by JetBlue Airways, with a satisfaction score of 81 on a 100-...Tags: Southwest Airlines Co., Satellite and Cable Service, AirTran, JetBlue Airways, Television Industry
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Editorial: Ban on smoking at community college follows a campus trend
"One of these days, they'll ban outdoor smoking." That was a rueful refrain heard a decade or so ago from smokers as they were banished from indoor public spaces and relegated to lawns and building stoops if they wanted to light up. That was prophetic,...Tags: Baltimore County, Towson University, Catonsville, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Community College of Baltimore County
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Toxic mystery surrounds Salisbury-area wells
In the 20 years she's lived on the outskirts of Salisbury, Arlene White said she'd never noticed anything unusual about her tap water.
Now, though, White and dozens of neighbors are drinking bottled water and limiting their bathing after tests found...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Environmental Politics, Headaches, Medical Procedures and Tests
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At Relay for Life, emotions on display in battle against cancer
Donna Holt was healthy and strong, a breast cancer survivor. But while training for the Iron Girl Columbia Triathlon in 2009, she was surprised to find she couldn't complete the practice swim. Turns out, the breast cancer she had conquered in 1998 had...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Chemotherapy, Netherlands, Cancer, Breast Cancer
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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: University of Alabama, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Opera (genre), Health and Safety at School
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St. Agnes Hospital offers help for sleep-related problems
While health professionals encourage people to get from seven to eight hours of sleep nightly, millions of Americans are falling well short of that mark. Many are getting just five to six hours and recent studies have shown that more than 20 percent of...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Disease, Sleep Apnea, Obesity, Saint Agnes Hospital
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Hooters waitress allegedly contracts tuberculosis at Inner Harbor restaurant
Over the past seven months, Jheri Stratton has been quarantined in her house for a while, ordered to wear a mask to walk her dog, and monitored twice a week by a city Health Department official who watches to ensure that she swallows a handful of pills....
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chemical Industry, Inner Harbor, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore
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