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Jan Chapin, social worker
Jan Chapin, a social worker who enjoyed the arts and sports, died March 14 from metastatic melanoma at her Cockeysville home. She was 65.
The daughter of a career Army officer and a homemaker, the former Elizabeth Jan Iaderosa, who was known as Jan,...Tags: Skin Cancer, Colleges and Universities, Charles Village, Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Former Orioles VP's gift helps daughter survive
To use a baseball metaphor, former Baltimore Orioles vice president Jim Duquette will always be the Most Valuable Player in daughter Lindsey's battle to defeat Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a rare and debilitating kidney disease. The...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Ear Infection, Awards and Prizes, R.A. Dickey, David Price
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Digest: Danny Wiseman elected to PBA Hall of Fame
Bowling Wiseman elected to PBA Hall of Fame Danny Wiseman of Baltimore, a 12-time PBA Tour winner, was elected to the PBA Hall of Fame along with Doug Kent, the Professional Bowlers Association announced Friday. They will be inducted during the Hall...
Tags: Tom Poti, Walter Johnson, Football, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Manhattan Jaspers
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Former Orioles executive Jim Duquette to donate kidney to daughter
The problems of a 10-year-old sound something like this. "Can I pleeeaaase have an email account?" pleads Lindsey Duquette, jumping up and down in front of her mom, Pam Duquette, in the family kitchen in Sparks. "All my friends have email." It's...
Tags: Radio, Omar Minaya, Steroids, Hospitals and Clinics, Immune System
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Patrick J. Mongeon, construction superintendent
Patrick J. Mongeon, a retired construction superintendent and Vietnam veteran, died Oct. 20 from kidney failure at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was 60.
Mr. Mongeon was born in Baltimore and raised on Marshall Street. After graduating in...Tags: Cancer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel Medical Center
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Smith Island kidney patient waiting on a new 'gift of life'
Joan Corbin's day is governed by the humming box in the alcove off her living room. For nearly an hour in the afternoon and nine hours at night, the Smith Island resident must tether herself to a suitcase-sized dialysis machine to get rid of the waste...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Charity, Kidney Disease, Hospitals and Clinics, Stroke
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Freedom for dialysis patients
On Tuesday, I'm lucky to be speaking at Home Dialyzors United's third-annual meet up and conference in Baltimore. As an end stage renal disease patient currently doing home hemodialysis treatment, this is an issue I am passionate about. And, mostly...Tags: Government Health Care, Renal Failure, Medicare, Kidney Disease, Kidney
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City pays $500,000 to settle suit over grandfather's arrest, beating
Baltimore's spending panel agreed on Wednesday to pay $500,000 to two grandparents after police arrested them on dubious charges of kidnapping their own grandson — and the grandfather was severely beaten in the city's Central Booking and Intake...Tags: Kidnapping, Police Arrests, Injuries and Wounds, Justice System
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A caretaker is taken care of
When you grow up taking care of other people, it's understandable that you might put taking care of yourself last on the list. Until, of course, you absolutely have to put yourself on the list. The kidney transplant list. A colleague, Carla Hubbard,...Tags: Diabetes, Johns Hopkins University, Genes and Chromosomes, Charity, Newspaper and Magazine
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Tips for hydration during summer heat
With the extreme heat, and even in less extreme temperatures, those who spend any time outside must stay properly hydrated. Some drinks are better than others, and some people need more fluids than others, says Dr. Marc I. Leavey, an internist at Mercy...
Tags: Dietary Supplements, Heart Disease, Asthma, Kidney Disease, B Vitamins
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Catonsville man to descend from hotel to raise money for National Kidney Foundation of Maryland
A fear of heights usually keeps Billy Stapleton grounded. Only once in the past dozen years has the Catonsville resident ever flown on an airplane and that caused the same reaction he usually has when he confronts his fear: his body temperature rose...
Tags: Harbor East, Renal Failure, Charity, Back Pain, Kidney Disease
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Study reveals strongest link yet between organ transplants, cancer
The most comprehensive study ever on the link between organ donations and cancer is arming physicians with new data that could help make the procedures safer.
Organ transplant patients get new kidneys, livers and lungs that save their lives, but they...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Skin Cancer, University of Maryland, College Park, Lymphoma, Kidney Disease
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