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Eileen M. O'Hagan, advocate
Eileen M. O'Hagan, a homemaker and advocate for children with cleft lips and cleft palates, died of cancer May 18 at her Cockeysville home. She was 73.
Born Eileen Gayo in Baltimore and raised on Eierman Avenue, she attended the Shrine of the Little...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cleft Lip and Palate
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Eggs and nutrition
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Elaine Pelc weighs in on eggs....Tags: American Heart Association, Hospitals and Clinics, Weight, Health Treatments, Heart Disease
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Emiline D. Lazzeri, survivor of rheumatic fever
Emiline D. Lazzeri, a Baltimore County native who as a child lived for a year in a glass-encased room at Johns Hopkins Hospital while being treated for rheumatic fever, died of congestive heart failure March 14 at her home in Largo, Fla.
She was 80....Tags: Dundalk, Cardiologists, Hospitals and Clinics, Bones and Joints, Baltimore County
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A growing thirst in Damascus
Stop by the Red Rooster, a 10-seat joint just off Main Street in this rural community an hour west of Baltimore, and you can order a burger, some barbecue or the fried chicken that some locals claim is the best on the East Coast. But don't bother...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Voting, Montgomery County (Maryland), Kensington, Referenda
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Tatyana McFadden: Howard County's 'Lady Velocity'
World-class track athlete Tatyana McFadden is not a flashy person. Soft-spoken with a thin face, dark brown eyes and a deceptively muscular frame, she is not the type to speak of her accomplishments without some prompting. But when she does talk about...
Tags: College Sports, Spina Bifida, Sports Illustrated, Paralympic Games, Girl Scouts of the USA
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Pregnancy not as easy for older women as it may seem
Middle-aged Hollywood stars and their newborns may make it seem like a fountain of youth has been discovered for women's fertility. But researchers at Yale University School of Medicine say these stars may be giving women the wrong perception. Many...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Biotechnology, In Vitro Fertilization, Obstetrics, Gynecology
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Americans mostly getting enough nutrients
Americans have good levels of many important vitamins in their bodies, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There still are some stark disparities, such as a 31 percent vitamin D deficiency in African...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Cancer, Health Treatments, Vitamin D, Vitamin Therapy
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The right to birth control
Each year in Maryland, approximately 75,000 women unintentionally become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, about 36,000 end in abortions and 8,000 end in miscarriages. Additionally, many unintended pregnancies lead to premature births, low birthweight...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Companies and Corporations, Employment, Johns Hopkins University, Abortion Issue
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Plan B is overruled
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision this week to overrule the Food and Drug Administration commissioner and refuse to authorize girls under age 17 to have over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive pill known as...Tags: Abortion, Acetaminophen (drug), Health Treatments, Drugs and Medicines, Kathleen Sebelius
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Family awaits cleft palate surgery for infant son
All of her training as a nurse couldn't prepare Vipra Patel, 28, for the shock of learning that her first baby, a boy, likely would be born with a cleft lip and palate.
"I was in tears" when doctors at Greater Baltimore Medical Center showed her the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Cleft Lip and Palate
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Health disparities found for Baltimore Latinos
Many Latinos in Baltimore lack medical coverage, which contributes to problems such as fewer mothers getting prenatal care, according to a new report that takes the first comprehensive look at the group's health.
The report, released Thursday by the city...Tags: Immigration, Hospitals and Clinics, Minority Groups, Government Health Care, Health Insurance
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A Thanksgiving pledge
For most Maryland residents, Thanksgiving means large quantities of turkey and dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and sauerkraut (it's a Baltimore thing). But it is also a fitting time to remember those who do not have enough to eat....Tags: Thanksgiving, Poverty, Conservation, Entertainment Events, Charity
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