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Weems Creek OK for swimming
It's safe to swim and wade in Weems Creek in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County health officials said Thursday. Water quality tests showed the creek meets water quality guidelines for bacteria. The creek had been off-limits from the headwaters to Rowe...
Tags: Annapolis
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Angelina Jolie among growing number of women choosing mastectomy before cancer
Actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy rather than risk developing breast cancer hit close to home for Melissa DeSantis, a Bel Air mother of three children. As DeSantis read about Jolie's experience, she began to feel a sense of...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Oncology, Women's Health, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Franklin Square Medical Center
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Construction contract awarded for new HCC nursing, allied health building
Kinsley Construction Company of York, Pa., was recently selected as the builder of Harford Community College's new Nursing and Allied Health Building. Kinsley was selected for the $13.9 million contract after members of the HCC Board of Trustees reviewed...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Nursing, Medical Research, Students
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High health care costs are killing America
The health care industry — doctors, hospitals, medical facilities and pharmaceuticals — will do this country in and only the rich will survive ("Costs vary for same treatment," May 9). It does not make sense for hospitals to charge varying...Tags: Health Insurance Cost
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Remembering Bear, a little boy whose life was way too short [Commentary]
"Where do you even start? Bear was a very energetic, very loving kid. Everything he did, he just had fun with it." - Patrick Brzozowski When I asked Patrick and Stacy Brzozowski to describe their son, that's the first thing they said. "He was always...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Breast cancer: Angelina Jolie starts the conversation
"Mom. Do you have that gene? Do I? Have you been tested? I thought Grandma had breast cancer. Why weren't you ever tested?" The questions from my 27-year-old daughter were coming fast. Angelina Jolie published an essay in The New York Times on Tuesday,...
Tags: People (magazine), High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Health Treatments
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Harford fire, EMS service needs fixing [Editorial]
Harford County's fire and EMS service is a mess. As one Old-Timer used to say, "Rome wasn't built in a day." Nor was the mess that fire and EMS service has become. Let's get this straight before we go any further: This is not an attack on the men and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Havre de Grace
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Alexi Casilla experimenting with batting right-handed against righties
The Baltimore SunInfielder Alexi Casilla, who has been a switch-hitter since he was 16, said hitting coach Jim Presley approached him about concentrating on hitting from the right side only, and he has been working on that for a few weeks in the cage. “They think I...Tags: Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Jones (baseball), Chris Dickerson, Minnesota Twins, Minor League Baseball
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Celebrating 35 years, Laurel Regional Hospital plans changes
Beltsville native Pat Penkala doesn't remember much about May 4, 1978, her first day as an employee at Greater Laurel Beltsville Hospital and just three days after the hospital admitted its first patient. "I was young, the hospital was quiet," Penkala...
Tags: Culture, Hospitals and Clinics, Ceremonies, Prince George's County, House Building
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Should doctors get random drug tests?
What if you're doctor smoked marijuana and then performed surgery on you? Not a comforting thought, but it could happen. That is why two Johns Hopkins doctors and patient safety experts say hospitals should make alcohol and drug tests mandatory for...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Maryland hospitals oppose state plan to update waiver
The Maryland Hospital Association has sent a letter to state health officials saying it will not support a proposal that would link medical spending to the state's economic growth. The state presented the proposal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Medicaid, American Enterprise Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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State settles condemnation case with Maryland Green Marble
As taken from the pages of The Aegis dated Thursday, May 9, 1963: One of the longest condemnation cases ever heard in the Harford County Circuit Court was settled. The Maryland Green Marble Corporation of Cardiff signed an option with the State Roads...Tags: X-rays, Radio, Havre de Grace, Harford County, Radio Industry
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