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Donald J. Artes, pediatric respiratory therapist
Donald J. Artes, a Sinai Hospital pediatric respiratory therapist who was known as a skilled clinician and administrator, died May 24 of complications from an infection at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The Fullerton resident was 54. "He was...
Tags: Advanced Training, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Medical Professionals, Kidney Disease, Community College of Baltimore County
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Keep Planned Parenthood open
As a longtime supporter of Planned Parenthood, I wholeheartedly disagree with letter writer Gary Gamber's view ("Shut Planned Parenthood," May 31). At this time in our community when health care facilities are shutting their doors, it is more important...
Tags: Family Planning, Family, Healthcare Provider, Planned Parenthood
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Outlook changing for PSA screening
For nearly a quarter-century, doctors have ordered annual PSA tests for men of a certain age to screen for prostate cancer, despite a lack of evidence that its benefits outweigh the risks — especially when tiny, slow-growing tumors were detected....
Tags: General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Prostate Cancer, Symptoms, Oncology
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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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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: Ovarian Cancer, Chemotherapy, Angelina Jolie, Symptoms, Celebrities
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Abortion clinics lose licenses again
State health regulators suspended the licenses of several abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore...
Tags: General Practitioners, Common, Planned Parenthood, Procedural Sedation, Family Planning
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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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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: Havre de Grace, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Ovarian Cancer, Angelina Jolie, Franklin Square Medical Center, Oncology, Breast Cancer
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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: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Research, Harford Community College, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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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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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: X-rays, Chris Dickerson, Ray Flaherty, Baltimore Orioles, Minor League Baseball
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