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Shaving heads is growing fundraiser in Annapolis
Bernie O'Brien is a big burly guy with a crop of red hair. But sometime after noon Sunday, he'll be sporting a shiny bald head. So too will at least 80 other people milling about Fado Irish Pub, the Annapolis bar that O'Brien manages. It's for a good...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Bars and Clubs, Annapolis, Dining and Drinking, Research
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Sequestration will hit health care in Maryland
The chief financial officer at Anne Arundel Medical Center is watching the fight over federal spending closely. If the federal government goes through with sequestration cuts beginning today, Maryland stands to lose millions of dollars in health-...
Tags: Anne Arundel Medical Center, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Annapolis, Medicare
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Police in Md. holding DNA on people not convicted of crimes
Even as the U.S Supreme Court reviews Maryland's law on police collection of DNA samples, many law enforcement agencies in the state are collecting and holding genetic material from murder victims and people never convicted of crimes. The practices...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Identification Technology, Baltimore County, Wicomico County, Prince George's County
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Mediterranean diet linked to heart health
A new study provides the best evidence to date that a Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, fish, vegetables and nuts can reduce heart disease. The research, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine online edition, found that the diet can...
Tags: Mediterranean Diet, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Stroke, Diseases and Illnesses
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Margaret H. Abbott, genetics researcher
Margaret Hawkins Abbott, a retired Johns Hopkins Medical School genetics researcher who investigated families with inherited conditions for nearly five decades, died of dementia complications Feb. 1 at Keswick Multi-Care Center. She was 89 and lived in...Tags: Health and Safety at School, St. Mary's City, Psychiatry, Biology, Anglicanism
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U.S. cuts could lead to 'brain drain' in medicine
Scientists at the nation's leading research institutions are warning that continued uncertainty over federal funding could lead to a brain drain that will undermine the country's global status in medicine. With funding at the National Institutes of...
Tags: Biology, Entertainment Events, Colleges and Universities, Alzheimer's Disease, Chemotherapy
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U.S. lags world, fails women with lack of paid leave
This month marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act. The 1993 act is a federal law requiring employers to provide employees 12 weeks of unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons, including pregnancy. On this...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Childhood Diseases and Illnesses, Family, Labor Legislation, Ear Infection
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Notebook: Terps' Carlson and Amato, UNC's Emala earn ACC honors
North Carolina senior midfielder Davey Emala (Gilman) and Maryland sophomore attackman Jay Carlson (St. Paul's) were named Atlantic Coast Conference men's lacrosse Co-Offensive Players of the Week, as announced Tuesday by the conference, while Terps...
Tags: Chesapeake Bayhawks, Major League Lacrosse, Florida Gators, Memorial Stadium, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Accused Hopkins gynecologist suffocated himself with helium
Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita A. Levy wrote an apology letter to his wife before wrapping a plastic bag around his head Monday and pumping it with helium, killing himself in the basement of his Towson-area home, according to multiple sources...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Police Investigations, General Practitioners
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Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists
Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...
Tags: Science, University of California, San Diego, Entertainment Events, Princeton University, Colleges and Universities
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HPV may reactivate in older women
Scientists have always thought the HPV virus clears most women after a couple of years, but new evidence suggests it may linger in the body undetected and reappear later in life. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Malaysia, Human papillomavirus, Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses
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Hearing loss linked to memory loss in the elderly
Adults who lose their hearing later in life also are more likely to have a hard time concentrating on a book or remembering a simple conversation, Johns Hopkins research has found.
The same brain functions that affect hearing also may cause problems...Tags: Hearing Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes, Medical Procedures and Tests, Johns Hopkins University
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