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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: Lung Cancer, Diabetes, Health Insurance Cost, Mental Health, Recipes
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Doctors grapple with prostate cancer screening guidelines
For years, the PSA test has been the standard method for early detection of prostate cancer, which strikes one in six men.
But recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federal advisory panel, said the test that checks for prostate-specific...Tags: Death, Urinary Incontinence, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lung Cancer, Oncology
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Genetic mutation shown in some men with prostate cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have discovered an inherited mutation linked to significantly higher risk of prostate cancer development at a younger age. The discovery, after two decades of looking, provides insight into...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Medical Research
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Prostate screening: When more information is a bad thing
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's recommendation against routine use of a blood test that can offer early detection of prostate cancer has led to puzzlement and anger. The reaction has been similar to that following the group's suggestion two...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mammogram
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Brother, can you spare a prostate-specific antigen test?
Yesterday, I saw a urologist panhandling on York Road ("When more information can hurt," Oct. 12). The poor fellow can't make a living anymore since he can no longer do his bogus prostate biopsies and surgeries. Kerry B. Fisher, LuthervilleTags: Human Body
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New Maryland plan targets cancer deaths
State health officials released an ambitious plan Tuesday to reduce cancer deaths, using the latest strategies to prevent, detect and treat the disease — and save the lives of an additional 1,200 Marylanders a year. "Our goal in Maryland is to have...Tags: Pain, Healthcare Policies, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Skin, Medical Services
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Understanding the new prostate cancer screening recommendations
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent advisory panel, recently recommended that healthy men not be given PSA blood tests to detect prostate cancer. But that won't mean the end of diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the most common...Tags: Minority Groups, Hospitals and Clinics, Radiation Therapy, Testosterone, Chemotherapy
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Week of Father's Day puts spotlight on men's health
It's Men's Health Week, and public health officials are encouraging men to pay more attention to their bodies. Not only should they be paying more attention to little changes that don't seem right, they should be getting annual checkups. Diseases common...Tags: Low Fat Diet, Colon, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diabetes, Father's Day
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Cycling-only studio puts new spin on working out
Charlie "Spook" Hilgartner has gone all in for indoor, or stationary, cycling.
So much so, that he has opened InSync Cycle studio not far from his home in Hunt Valley.
A certified Spin instructor, Hilgartner, 67, first started to work out on...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Clubs and Associations, Cycling, Diseases and Illnesses, Prostate Cancer
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Hancock makes unfounded, uninformed allegations
I object in the strongest terms to the unfounded allegations in Jay Hancock's column "Self-referral rules or not, business as usual for clinic" (May 17). The column is a one-sided, uninformed attack on the integrity of those who practice and work at...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Radiation Therapy, Human Body, Maryland, Health Treatments
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Action taken against hospital
Sun StaffCiting serious and recurring deficiencies, the national organization that just last year rated laboratory operations at Maryland General Hospital "Accredited with Distinction" has now suspended its approval for two key testing areas at the 243-bed...Tags: Science, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities
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Mount's Phelan has cancer
Sun StaffEMMITSBURG - Mount St. Mary's men's basketball coach Jim Phelan, the winningest active college coach in the country, announced yesterday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Phelan, 71, has undergone a seeding procedure at Johns Hopkins...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, College Basketball, Colleges and Universities, Hodgkins Disease, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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