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Column: What could have been had The Graw stayed open
It's Armed Forces Day dear readers. Saturday is also the running of the 137th Preakness, part of the Triple Crown. After the Kentucky Derby, now Maryland gets to shine. Lots of hoopla and black-eyed Susans will be the fare at the Pimlico Racetrack....Tags: Christianity, Kentucky Derby, Fine Artists, Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Artists
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Virginia man receives face transplant at Maryland Shock Trauma
When Richard Lee Norris opened his eyes after a marathon 36-hour surgery to give him a new face, he immediately wanted a mirror.
A natural reaction for a man who had been practically living as a recluse since a 1997 gun accident took off his nose, chin,...Tags: Richard Lee, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Bone Marrow, University of Maryland, College Park
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Hopkins surgeon performs 2,000th Whipple
Early Friday in a small, brightly lit operating room in Johns Hopkins Hospital, a half-dozen doctors and nurses huddled over the gut of a cancer patient, quietly passing metal instruments and surgical sutures.
After more than four hours of cutting and...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Johns Hopkins University, Prostate Cancer, Chemotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer
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St. Agnes opens liver and pancreas center
Saint Agnes Hospital is proud to announce the launch of The Hodes Liver & Pancreas Center, Saint Agnes Hospital’s newest expansion of services. The Center will be led by Dr. Mark Fraiman, a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon, who is one of the...Tags: Oncology, St. Joseph Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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Blood drive will honor Scotchtown Hills Elementary student
Staff and faculty at Scotchtown Hills Elementary are rallying around fifth-grader Marisol Ramirez, honoring her for showing bravery during repeated surgeries, blood transfusions and chemotherapy after being born 10 years ago with a blocked small intestine...Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations, Georgetown, Chemotherapy, Lymphoma, Charity
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: St. Joseph Medical Center, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Respiratory Disease, Lungs and Airways, Asthma
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Celebrity deaths of 2011
1. Steve Jobs On Oct. 5, the 56-year-old Apple co-founder and CEO died of a rare form of cancer on his pancreas. Following his passing, President Obama said "There may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world...Tags: Starz, LLC, Iraq War (2003-2011), The E Street Band (music group), Stroke, Elizabeth Taylor
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A death from cancer, and a search for answers
Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...Tags: Bioterrorism, Tampa, Medical Procedures and Tests, Anthrax, Government
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Doctors aim to stop pancreatic cancer before it forms
Seeing a chance to stop one of the most deadly kinds of cancer before it forms, doctors at Johns Hopkins and at other hospitals around the nation are focusing on the common pancreatic cyst.
Up to 20 percent of pancreatic cancer begins as one of these...Tags: Oncology, Medical Research, Genes and Chromosomes, MRI (imaging), Tumors
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Medical bungling most likely killed Garfield
Baltimoreans were astonished to find resting on their porches and steps early on the morning of July 3, 1881, an "Extra" edition of The Baltimore Sun. This was a first time in The Sun's 44-year history that the paper had been printed on a Sunday, and...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), William McKinley, Defense, Railway Transportation, Transportation
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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: Medical Procedures and Tests, Renal Failure, Meningitis, Heart and Circulatory System, Lungs and Airways
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WBAL's Ron Smith announces on-air that he has pancreatic cancer
The Baltimore SunLongtime WBAL talk-show host Ron Smith announced Monday on-air that he has pancreatic cancer. The 69-year-old Smith, who has been at the radio station since 1984, said he plans to stay on at WBAL as he seeks treatment. Smith told listeners Monday at the...Tags: Radio Industry, Talk Shows (genre), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Biotechnology, WBAL-TV
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