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Progress in Hepatitis C research
Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland), Cancer, African Americans, Chemicals
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We don't know enough about childhood vaccines
The topics of vaccines and vaccine safety spark emotional outbursts at scientific meetings and family dinner tables alike. But many of these debates are remarkably fact-free. Surprisingly few people — not just concerned parents but also doctors,...Tags: Chemicals, Physical Conditions, Chickenpox, Mumps, George Washington University
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Project Runway: It's up to you, New York!
Reality CheckWhat up project Runway peeps? I feel like we're getting back together with an old flame after dating that person's evil doppleganger last season, trying to pretend their awful beach tall wasn't bothering us and that they didn't smell like......Tags: Breads, Central Park, Minority Groups, Television Industry, Celebrities and Health Issues
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Marvin Webster dead at 56
Marvin Webster lived the good life at Morgan State University in the early 1970s. He was the "Human Eraser," a 7-foot-1 shot blocker who intimidated opponents on the basketball court and who charmed friends and teammates off it with his caring, selfless...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Morgan State University, Charles V Bennett, National Basketball Association, Atlanta Hawks
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Army medicine: Untested in battle
Baltimore Sun reporterThe U.S. Army has quietly altered or abandoned some of its more experimental medical treatments for troops injured in combat, as advances it once hailed as groundbreaking are foundlargely ineffective or perhaps even dangerous. Advanced battle dressings,...Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Military, Censorship, Defense, Assault
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An epidemic's unseen cause
Sun reporterWhile just a teenager in the 1970s, she danced on The Block, where she snorted cocaine and heroin and sold sex in back rooms. Later, with her addictions firmly rooted, she set out on her own, offering her body on the streets of West Baltimore as a...Tags: Immune System, Health Organizations, Industrial Accidents, Behavioral Conditions, Drug Use
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U.S. inspectors subpoena files from hospital
Sun StaffThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' investigative arm has subpoenaed documents relating to laboratory testing at Maryland General Hospital, which is under state investigation for Medicaid fraud. The 243-bed Baltimore hospital confirmed...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Anesthesiology, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicaid
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Hepatitis C fatality shrouded in mystery
Sun StaffLike thousands of other patients do every year, John Leto walked into a Glen Burnie cardiology clinic last October for a routine cardiac stress test. But what happened over the next two months wasn't so routine: The 79-year-old retired ironworker...Tags: Timonium, Brooklyn Park, Jaundice, Hospitals and Clinics, Liver Disease
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Smoot's struggle with his 'demon' ended in tragedy at Baltimore jail
Sun StaffIn life, Raymond K. Smoot was typical of the drug addicts on Baltimore's streets - he tried heroin at age 12, was arrested 20 times and used nearly as many aliases. The 51-year-old frequented a Fells Point homeless shelter, struggled with hepatitis C and...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Trials, Memorial Stadium
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Ailing system struggles with inmate care
Sun StaffIn mid-March 2002, Marcella N. Leski, 39, was jailed for failing to appear in court on a drug-possession charge. Twelve days later, she was so ill that her legs were amputated below the knees. Her family alleges in a lawsuit that the prison contractor'...Tags: Civil Rights, Mental Health, Arts, U.S. Department of Justice, Plastic Surgeons
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Hospital report notes troubles
Sun StaffA report last year by a national accreditation agency on the error-plagued laboratory at Maryland General Hospital gave the facility generally high marks even though inspectors found that it had not been following a required quality assurance plan for a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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Hearing to probe hospital errors
Sun StaffU.S. Rep. Elijah E. Cummings says major changes may be needed in the regulation of laboratories in light of the serious problems at Maryland General Hospital. Cummings has arranged a congressional hearing tomorrow on the issues arising out of the lab...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Medical Procedures and Tests, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park
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