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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: Dialysis, Diabetes, Heart and Circulatory System, Chemical Industry, Physical Conditions
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Ask the Expert: MRSA in children
Staph infections didn't used to cause much of a fuss. They would irritate skin but could easily be treated with antibiotics. Recently, however, antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, have...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Symptoms, Physical Conditions, St. Joseph Medical Center, Chest
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Caring nurse can be the best medicine to ease our fears and doubts
"We're No. 1 in the nation," the nurse stated, pausing for emphasis. "And," she added, "We have a 99 percent healing rate." Her smile met my anxious eyes as she stood up to finish. "You are going to be fine," she assured me. I exhaled and looked at...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Services, Human Body, Health and Medical Professionals, Injuries and Wounds
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Care for cancer patients The Wellness House of Annapolis offers services and programs for those living with cancer and for their relatives, including children. Walk-in hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays. All classes...Tags: Methadone (drug), Behavioral Conditions, Diabetes, Breastfeeding, National Security Agency
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Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad
The Baltimore SunI am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day. But ... I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...Tags: Kristin Cavallari, Dermot Mulroney, Fine Arts, David Arquette, FIFA World Cup
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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: Tumors, MRI (imaging), Fort Lauderdale, Gallbladder, Health Treatments
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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: University of Maryland, College Park, Ice Hockey, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Obesity, Pain
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From 'Captain America' to 'Uncle Vanya,' Hugo Weaving stretches his acting chops
For actor Hugo Weaving, the distance between his farm in Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles isn't just 7,500 miles, give or take. It's the distance between his identities as a pop culture icon and as a conservatory-trained actor who revels in the classical...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, V for Vendetta (movie), A Streetcar Named Desire (movie), Hugo Weaving, Washington, DC
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Where medical masterpieces are made
As an oil painter in college, Elizabeth Cook expected to pursue the life of the typical aspiring American artist: get an advanced degree, move to a big city, embark on a future of creative struggle.
Then she attended an exclusive arts workshop in New...Tags: Physiology, American Medical Association, John Cody, Mayo Clinic, Animation (genre)
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Temperatures headed for 100 degrees
Temperatures in the mid-90s on Monday drove Marilyn Ramirez to the beach at Rocky Point Park, where her children splashed in the Chesapeake Bay. But they probably won't be back at week's end.
With temperatures forecast to rise to 102 degrees by Friday,...Tags: Baltimore Weather, Miami Beach, Kidney Disease, Heart and Circulatory System, White Marsh
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Triple-digit temperatures nothing new for these professionals
Tim McFadden stepped outside his glass-blowing studio to cool off. At 3 p.m., the temperature along that particular stretch of Eastern Avenue was only 96 degrees.
"It feels like it's about 70 out here," he says.
And no, McFadden wasn't joking. Inside...Tags: Physiology, Internal Medicine, Internists, Baltimore Weather, Yoga
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Sigmund Freud, William Halsted and cocaine addiction
Howard Markel's "An Anatomy of Addiction" starts, like a shot, on May 5,1884. A Bellevue Hospital orderly summons Dr. William Stewart Halsted to save the leg of a laborer who has fallen from a scaffolding.
Famous for the speed and virtuosity of his...Tags: Physiology, Behavioral Conditions, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cancer, New York City
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