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Alejandro Rodriguez
Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez, former director of the division of child psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who also conducted pivotal studies on autism and other developmental disorders in children, died Friday of heart failure at his...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Medical Specialization, American Medical Association
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Stress may cause brain to shrink
If you're stressed out from a divorce, a hard day at work or a fight with your girlfriend it might be causing your brain to shrink. A study by Yale University researchers found that stressful life events can reduce gray matter in regions of the brain...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Human Body, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Behavioral Conditions
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True friendships are good for the health of men and women
Most of the emails I receive that request forwarding to others, I don't pay much attention to, unless they have cute animal photos or some real meaning to me. One from my best friend Bev, who lives in Mesa Ariz., captured my attention. The subject line "I...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Game Playing, Medical Specialization, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities
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Dr. Joseph Vincent Brady, behavioral neuroscientist, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterJoseph Vincent Brady, a nationally and internationally known behavioral neuroscientist, behavioral pharmacologist and space researcher who established the department of behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Friday of...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Specialization, Anxiety, Tucson, Johns Hopkins University
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Perkins patients can be the toughest to treat
As a new chief executive at Clifton T. Perkins investigates what led to two recent slayings at the state's maximum security mental hospital, he will confront a facility full of patients who have become increasingly hardened and troubled.
The system of...Tags: Symptoms, Criminals, Prisons, Medical Specialization, Justice System
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Safety concerns raised after back-to-back patient killings at Perkins
After two patients were killed in the span of a week by fellow patients at the state's maximum-security mental hospital, mental health advocates say safety must be improved — but one warned against a clampdown. "It sounds counterintuitive, but...Tags: Symptoms, Justice System, Medical Specialization, Montgomery County (Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics
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O'Malley names new Perkins hospital CEO
State officials tapped a veteran psychiatric hospital administrator Wednesday to take over leadership of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, where two recent killings have sparked questions about the safety and therapy provided at Maryland's maximum-...Tags: Corporate Officers, Medical Specialization, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Martin O'Malley
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Dr. Betty W. Robinson
Baltimore Sun reporterDr. Betty W. Robinson, a psychiatrist who had been director of inpatient services at the Walter P. Carter Center in downtown Baltimore and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, died June 19 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Specialization, Armed Conflicts, Surgery
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Violence affected Marine's life long before his killing
March 23, 2011
It was after 1 a.m. on June 5, 2010. Tyrone Brown had already had plenty to drink. But he wasn't ready to go home.
The 32-year-old Baltimore native tried to drag his sister and a friend into Club Hippo, but they didn't want to go into...Tags: Medical Specialization, Justice System, Veterans Affairs, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Hooked on treatment: Marylanders pay clinic millions, but diagnoses questionable
Kevin Brown knew he was hooked on crack cocaine. That was obvious each time he set off on another smoking binge. But Brown says he never imagined that he also suffered from a mental illness until he walked into Baltimore Behavioral Health Inc.
A day or...Tags: Asthma, Lexapro (drug), Corporate Officers, Human Body, Medical Specialization
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Moms who planned C-sections report high satisfaction, study says
Dawn Cofiell was adamantly opposed to delivering her son Donovan by cesarean section three years ago, but a complication made it unavoidable.
The experience was so smooth, pain-free and convenient that she surprised her doctor with requests to plan the...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Medical Specialization, Surgery, Parkville, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Peering into the troubled mind of Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann heard so much music in his head, he felt compelled to compose.
"I cannot help it," he wrote to his wife, Clara, "and should like to sing myself to death, like a nightingale."
When he died at the age of 46 in an asylum, the only sounds he...Tags: Symptoms, Bipolar Disorder, Medical Specialization, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities
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