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Pap smears can detect ovarian and endometrial cancers, Hopkins scientists find
Johns Hopkins scientists have found a way to screen for hard-to-detect endometrial and ovarian cancers in women using a routine Pap smear, a discovery they hope eventually could reduce the number of deaths caused by the deadly malignancies.
The...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Healthcare Provider, Gynecology, Endometrial cancer, Obstetrics
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Port strike averted as union, management resolve sticking point
A weekend strike by dockworkers from Maine to Texas was averted Friday after union and management negotiators settled a major sticking point and extended the contract deadline until Feb. 6 to hammer out the rest of a long-term deal. The announcement came...
Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Dundalk, National Retail Federation, International Longshoremen's Association
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Doctors leaving foreign objects in patients
U.S surgeons leave a foreign object in a patient at least 39 times a week. They perform the wrong procedure on a patient at least 20 times a week. And they operate on the wrong body part at least 20 times a week. That is what Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Malpractice
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Hopkins research offers Pa. woman new arm, 14 years after amputation
Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind.
Still, she had to relearn how to pull...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Amputation, Hospitals and Clinics, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Medical Research
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Marshal Yanda sprains ankle, Jameel McClain's neck X-rays are negative
The Baltimore SunIt was a painful loss for the Ravens even beyond the frustration of a 31-28 overtime setback against the Washington Redskins on Sunday at FedEx Field. Pro Bowl offensive guard Marshal Yanda sprained his right ankle badly enough that he was on crutches...Tags: Marshal Yanda, X-rays, Washington Redskins, Football, Dannell Ellerbe
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Dr. Ellen G. McDaniel, psychiatrist
Dr. Ellen G. McDaniel, whose distinguished career in psychiatry spanned more than 40 years and influenced patients, medical students and even juries, died of lung cancer Thursday at her home in Highland. She was 71. The former Ellen Garb was raised in...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Medical Professionals, Montgomery County (Maryland), Defendants, Mental Health
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In meningitis outbreak, fear lingers for patients with few answers
A national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to a tainted steroid killed two Marylanders. Nearly two dozen people living with the disease and hundreds of others who may have been exposed fear they may be next. Sheila Smelkinson began suffering in...
Tags: Symptoms, Dundalk, Back Pain, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lawyers
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Federal workers, others oppose poultry inspection overhaul
Federal workers' unions and food safety groups have joined to oppose new rules proposed by the Department of Agriculture to streamline federal poultry inspections. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the rules would "modernize"...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Bill Clinton, Food Industry, Tom Vilsack, National Government
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Redskins turn to their rookie quarterbacks to complete comeback
— The Washington Redskins captured their seventh win in 13 games on Sunday, but this win came with a rookie quarterback not named Robert Griffin III. Kirk Cousins, the organization's fourth-round pick in the NFL draft, hit wide receiver Pierre...
Tags: Pierre Garcon, Rex Grossman, NFL Draft, Haloti Ngata, X-rays
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No further precautions at school amid possible meningitis death
Anne Arundel County Public School officials said on Thursday the county Department of Health has not recommended additional cleaning steps to be taken amid the Tuesday death of a Glen Burnie High School junior, who had become ill the day before with...Tags: Students, Symptoms, Meningitis, Teaching and Learning, Glen Burnie
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Owen Brown resident advocates a healthy dialogue on wellness
Bob Duggan frequently refers to "our national disease-care system" when he talks about his new book, employing a term he has used across his 40-plus years as a healing-arts clinician and educator. As co-founder and former president of Tai Sophia...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Health Insurance Cost, Corporate Officers, Fiscal Cliff, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Baltimore VA using 3-D mammograms
The Baltimore VA Medical Center said Wednesday it has become the first hospital in Maryland to offer three-dimensional mammograms, a technology it hopes will better detect breast cancer in women. Approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year, 3-...Tags: Biopsy, Instrument Engineering, Veterans Affairs, Breast Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics
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