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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Mental Health, Flu Vaccine, Stroke, Lungs and Airways
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Doctors grapple with prostate cancer screening guidelines
For years, the PSA test has been the standard method for early detection of prostate cancer, which strikes one in six men.
But recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a federal advisory panel, said the test that checks for prostate-specific...Tags: Prostate, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lung Cancer, Medical Research
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Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco
Letter writer Gilbert Ross implies that there is no comparison between eating pizza and smoking ("Eating a slice a pizza is not the same as smoking a cigarette," May 10). As a physician, I disagree. Both tobacco and processed meats increase risk for...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cancer, Heart Disease, Diseases and Illnesses, Colon Cancer
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Free cookbook The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health has a new healthful eating kit that features a free cookbook and tips that will help you select foods high in fiber and low in fat and sodium. Recipes are also quick, easy and...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Mental Health, Flu Vaccine, Lungs and Airways, Stroke
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Legislation would set rules for use of frozen eggs, sperm
If you wanted to use your late husband's frozen sperm to have a baby, you would need his written permission under legislation that appears poised for approval in the Maryland General Assembly. The House and Senate have both passed bills that would make...Tags: Lawyers, Cancer, Twins, Regional Authority, U.S. Supreme Court
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New city data to help improve health in neighborhoods
More than half of the deaths in recent years in a quarter of Baltimore's neighborhoods were avoidable, according to a new set of assessments from city health officials that were released Friday. The data were collected in 55 neighborhoods and showed in...Tags: Murder, Cancer, Heart Disease, Conservation, Healthy Diet
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New Maryland plan targets cancer deaths
State health officials released an ambitious plan Tuesday to reduce cancer deaths, using the latest strategies to prevent, detect and treat the disease — and save the lives of an additional 1,200 Marylanders a year. "Our goal in Maryland is to have...Tags: Cancer, Healthcare Provider, Lungs and Airways, Genes and Chromosomes, Diseases and Illnesses
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Bay Theatre looks to build on successes in 10th season
Bay Theatre founder Janet Luby could not conceal her delight as she announced that the first celebratory event of the coming season, a fashion show and fundraiser, had sold out nearly two months in advance. She's hoping it will be the first of many...Tags: Cancer, The New York Times, Awards and Prizes, Luby's Incorporated, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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County council hopes to battle obesity with task force
Harford County is fairly healthy, though more than 60 percent of its adults and children are classified as either overweight or obese, a rate that has tripled since 1996, according to the health department. Harford also ranks worse than the rest of the...Tags: Overweight, Symptoms, Cancer, Weight, Land Resources
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Like I said: Santa, elves, reindeer to roam streets of Havre de Grace Sunday
If you see Santa Claus, or perhaps some elves or some reindeer, running through the streets of Havre de Grace, don't be alarmed. Chances are good they'll be trotting through town as part of the Running With the Reindeer 5K race. This is the inaugural 5K...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Amusement and Theme Parks, Diseases and Illnesses, Skin Cancer
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Tobacco sales compliance The health department's Learn to Live program offers to retailers a tobacco sales compliance kit. The kit includes a training guide that explains Maryland's tobacco laws. It's illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Flu Vaccine
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Towson cardiologist faces professional charges
The regulatory board responsible for licensing doctors in Maryland has filed administrative charges against a Towson cardiologist accused of performing hundreds of unnecessary procedures, beginning a process that could strip him of the authority to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Healthcare Provider, Plastic Surgeons, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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