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Maryland seeks comment on low-level lead exposure
State health officials are seeking the public's advice on how to deal with new federal guidelines expanding the number of young children deemed at risk of harm from low-level lead exposure. The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Lead Poisoning, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Family, Disease Prevention
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Need for speed?
While there has been much talk from local school systems about keeping students safe, much of it focused on weapons brought to school, it appears one basic safety concern is frequently overlooked — making sure school bus drivers aren't speeding on...Tags: Photography and Video, Car Safety Tips and Advice, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Photography Supplies and Services, Health and Safety at School
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Research shows gay and lesbian couples are good parents
More than 30 years of scientific research have shown that children do best when raised by two loving, committed parents, regardless of gender. This is the conclusion reached by a comprehensive review of virtually every study on the subject conducted by...Tags: Children's Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elections, Culture, American Medical Association
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Harford family goes from despair to hope after son's harsh diagnosis
January 2001 was a happy time for Dan and Tina Carson, of Havre de Grace. It's the month their second child, and first son, was born. Mark Carson was welcomed not only by his dad and mom, but also by Dan and Tina's first born, daughter Sarah. The young...Tags: Medical Research, LEGO Group, Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Havre de Grace
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Laurel officials make safety priority on Halloween
City officials have declared Halloween trick-or-treat hours as Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m., and urge parents to take precautions to keep their children safe. Safety steps include having costumes that are flame resistant and reflect light to be...
Tags: Holidays, Halloween, Government, Public Officials, Safety of Citizens
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Dr. Alice Heisler Hissey, behavioral pediatrics clinic director
Dr. Alice Heisler Hissey, medical director of the University of Maryland Medical Center's Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic who also was a consultant to city public schools, died Oct. 18 of pancreatic cancer at her Columbia home.
The former Catonsville and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Teachers, Pancreatic Cancer, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Security Agency
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Balto. Co. schools get hand-held metal detectors
Since a shooting in the Perry Hall High cafeteria on the first day of the school year, parent Di Ciccotelli says she believes school leaders have taken steps to show they care about protecting kids. Still, as Ciccotelli dropped her freshman son off at...
Tags: Conservation, Students, Xbox 360, Health and Safety at School, Kevin Kamenetz
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Perry Hall High could have used cellphone app to summon police quicker
Regarding your article on school safety, I believe the cellphone app you describe will be a great success ("Anne Arundel police develop app for reaching officers in schools," Oct. 15). I am a graduate of Perry Hall High School, where there was a recent...Tags: Shootings, Health and Safety at School, Perry Hall High School
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Columbia couple write children's book about food allergies
Jack Wethington, now 7, was 18 months old when he had his first serious allergic reaction. At a play group, he sipped from another child's cup, which contained milk. "Within minutes, his throat was closing, he was turning red, he was gasping," recalled...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Howard County General Hospital, Allergies, Book
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By forgoing vaccines, adults leave themselves vulnerable to diseases and viral infections
As children, our parents take us to the doctor every year, like clockwork. As we get older, regular checkups often fall by the wayside. But they shouldn't. For adults, checkups, preventative screenings and vaccinations are vital to living healthy,...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Flu, Drugs and Medicines, Disease Prevention
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Gifted students underserved, parents tell Harford school advisory panel
Parents told a Harford County Public Schools advisory committee on gifted and talented programs that they feel their children are "greatly underserved" and cited poor communication when it comes to such programs, according to the committee's annual report...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Photography and Video, Students, Photography Supplies and Services, Family
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Balto. Co. police find bullets in boy's jeans at Deer Park Middle
Two Baltimore County boys traded a Bersa .380-caliber gun for an Xbox 360 in a swap that ended when officers found a handful of bullets in jeans left in a school locker room, police said Friday. The exchange between the 12-year-old students at Deer...
Tags: Firearms, Conservation, Students, Interior Policy, Xbox 360
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