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Letter: Ever considered the possibility of organ donation?
Editor: Have you or your family ever considered the possibility of organ donation? It is not a subject that is easily discussed, but it is a very important issue and one that should be shared with all members of your family. There are 115,662 people...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Lungs and Airways, Charity
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker's diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel.
It's a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who increasingly are using the operation...Tags: Diabetes, Insulin, Linthicum, Weight Loss, Overweight
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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: Heart Attack, Dick Cheney, Cardiologists, Lungs and Airways
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Carroll transplant recipients rappel from 32-story building to raise fund for kidney foundation
Two Carroll County residents will help the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland reach new fundraising heights this week when they rappel off a building in downtown Baltimore for the foundation's third annual Rappel for Kidney Health event. The...Tags: Renal Failure, Carroll County (Maryland), Kidney, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Kidney Disease
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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: Common Cold, Jaw, Research, Immune System, Colleges and Universities
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Study reveals strongest link yet between organ transplants, cancer
The most comprehensive study ever on the link between organ donations and cancer is arming physicians with new data that could help make the procedures safer.
Organ transplant patients get new kidneys, livers and lungs that save their lives, but they...Tags: Diabetes, Research, Dialysis, Lymphoma, HIV
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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: Asthma, Quitting Smoking, Diseases and Illnesses, Respiratory Disease, Chantix (drug)
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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: Diabetes, Urinary System, Dialysis, Genes and Chromosomes, Inflammation
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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, Concerts, Music, Fine Artists
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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: Chemotherapy, Harvard University, Carrollton, Human Body, 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: St. Joseph Medical Center, Medical Procedures and Tests, Oncology, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Steve Jobs, Lymphoma, Starz, LLC, Ryan Dunn, Charlie Sheen
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