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Don't let the sun catch you tanning
I am a member of the baby oil generation. Half a century ago, we spent our summers at the pool, slick with a kind of fluid magnifying glass that turned our skin red, then brown. You wouldn't have been caught dead without a suntan back in the day. And...
Tags: Internists, Dermatology, Flu, Medical Specialization, Dermatologists
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Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase
Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90. The son of Harry...
Tags: Loyola University Maryland, National Institutes of Health, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Medical Professionals
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College Lines
Eric S. Christenson, of Joppa, graduated from Drexel University College of Medicine on May 17, earning a doctor of medicine. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical honor society, and received the William Likoff, M.D. Award "for distinction in...Tags: Internists, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Medical Professionals, Drugs and Medicines
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Vegans and vegetarians live longer
Time magazine reports that vegetarians live longer than their meat-chomping friends. Meanwhile, a six-year study of 70,000 Seventh-Day Adventists, published in the current issue of the American Medical Association's Journal of Internal Medicine, found...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Disease, Vegan Diet, University of Oxford
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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: Georgetown University, Oncology, Erectile Dysfunction, General Electric Company, Prostate Cancer
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Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, cardiologist
Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), U.S. Public Health Service, Cardiologists, Colleges and Universities, Cardiac Catheterization
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Health and Medical Professionals
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Philip Nivatpumin named medical director of Kaufman Cancer Center at Upper Chesapeake
Upper Chesapeake Health (UCH) is pleased to announce that it has named Dr. Philip Nivatpumin has been named by Upper Chesapeake Health as medical director of the UCH Patricia D. and M. Scot Kaufman Cancer Center. The Kaufman Cancer Center is currently...Tags: Harford County, Oncology, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, University of California, Los Angeles
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Bel Air man advocates against eating meat [Letter]
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Hazen's...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Internists, Diseases and Illnesses, Carnitine (dietary supplement), Vegetarian Diet
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Family of injured GBMC doctor providing updates online, reports 'excellent progress'
A webpage updated by the family of Dr. Theodore Houk of Lutherville has detailed the injuries suffered when the doctor was hit by a car on his run to work last week, and reported "excellent progress" as of Tuesday evening. A spokesman for Greater...
Tags: Internists, Broken Leg, Charles Street, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Condition improves for Lutherville doctor struck by car
Dr. Theodore Houk's condition after being struck by a car on North Charles Street on Thursday was upgraded from critical to serious over the weekend, according to a Maryland Shock Trauma Center spokeswoman. Houk, 50, is well-known for jogging 5.5...
Tags: Internists, Charles Street, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics
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Lutherville doctor known for running habits critically injured in Towson accident
Shirtless, hair flowing, legs pumping, Dr. Theodore Houk is a familiar sight running along North Charles Street on his twice-daily, 5.5-mile trek between his Lutherville home and his job at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. "You always see him out...
Tags: Internists, Charles Street, Tropical Storms, Baltimore County, Greater Baltimore Medical Center
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