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Early menopause linked to heart disease
Early menopause may mean a higher risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins Medicine. The researchers say the risk can be twice as high, and doctors should help women avoid early menopause if possible. “If...Tags: Medical Research, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Internists, Drugs and Medicines
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Fertility preservation for women with cancer
When a young woman is diagnosed with cancer, getting pregnant is probably the last thing on her mind. But if she wants children in the future, it's something she should think about. The chemotherapy and radiation treatments used to treat cancer can hurt a...Tags: Health Treatments, Infertility, Reproductive System, Biotechnology, Oncology
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Laurel delegate's fight for transgender anti-discrimination legislation to continue in 2012 session
Laurel Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk sponsored transgender anti-discrimination legislation in the 2011 General Assembly session, pushing the bill through the House of Delegates and all the way to the Senate floor, but her efforts weren't enough. In the 2012...Tags: U.S. Senate, Minority Groups, Baltimore County, Marriage, Family
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Advocates hope passing of Howard transgender bill will spur statewide movement
As a bill to make gender identity a protected classification under Howard County's anti-discrimination law received its expected approval from the County Council this week, advocates are hoping state lawmakers will support a similar measure to be...Tags: U.S. Senate, Minority Groups, Baltimore County, Allan H. Kittleman, Justice System
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Tougher pesticide regulation critical to health of the bay
Senator Ben Cardin's fight to protect EPA authority over pollution discharge permits controlling many of the pesticides in our waterways ("Cardin Leads Fight Over Pesticides," July 3) is critical to the health of the Chesapeake Bay and to all of us who...Tags: Rivers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bodies of Water, Chesapeake Bay
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Transgender advocates see McDonald's beating as a turning point
School kids call Catherine Hyde's teenage daughter "freak" and "pervert," or "homo." She's forced to change for gym in a closet and use the teacher's restroom.
Hyde knows her daughter, who was born male, has had it easy in a world where transgender...Tags: Television, U.S. Army, Robert A. Zirkin, Maryland, Human Rights
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Spay us now or spay us later
I signed another sympathy card last week for the family of a wonderful female golden retriever that died from mammary adenocarcinoma (breast cancer). This type of cancer would most certainly have been prevented if she had been spayed at an appropriate...Tags: Colonoscopy, Hormones and Metabolism, Medical Procedures and Tests, FBI, Breast Cancer
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On the Town: A musical celebration of Thanksgiving Eve
Presented for several decades, the Thanksgiving Eve service at All Saints Church attracted about 200 Pasadena residents with a spiritual bent. Rector J. Edwin Bacon Jr. led the service. On Nov. 21 the church's sanctuary was full of candles, flowers and...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Cleft Lip and Palate, Thanksgiving, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mother Beheads Alleged Rapist; Now Awaiting Trial
CNNA woman in Turkey is awaiting trial after beheading a man who she says raped her repeatedly for months and is the father of her unborn child. Her lawyer says the woman killed the man to protect her honor. Nevin Yildirim, a 26-year-old mother of two,...Tags: Abortion, Trials, Justice System, Turkey, Civil Rights
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Body of research
So you think you know about your sexual anatomy. Naomi Wolf thought she did too. But then the Yale-educated feminist began poring over medical research for her new book, "Vagina: A New Biography." Among the things she learned: The clitoris isn't just an...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Rutgers University, Erectile Dysfunction, Newspaper and Magazine
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Are bladder infections contagious?
The Medicine CabinetQ: If a woman has a bladder infection, should her partner be evaluated, as well? A: It's usually not necessary for a woman's partner to be evaluated when she has a typical urinary tract infection (UTI), such as a bladder infection. Women are much more...Tags: Boston, Urinary Tract Infection, Internists, Medical Procedures and Tests, Urinary System
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Worth their weight in words
“Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things” only slightly exaggerates. It is 100 stories about 100 things, though only a handful of the stories are extraordinary. In fact, fewer are memorable. Not that it matters;...
Tags: James Dean, Stewart O'Nan, Consumer Issue, The New York Times, Neil LaBute
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Aug 17, 2012
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