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Know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke
February is American Heart Month. I couldn't let this month go by without researching and writing about heart disease. The warning signs of heart attack and stroke always bear repeating. The first paragraph of the Presidential Proclamation for American...Tags: Physical Conditions, Shortness of Breath, Fatigue, Stroke, American Heart Association
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Ellicott City
Science and art Lynn Roberts will speak on how science and art are related at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the American Association of University Women's monthly meeting at the Ellicott City Senior Center, 9401 Frederick Road. Light refreshments will be...Tags: Ellicott City, Science
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Seeing more than just blurred vision in your eye exam
When people come to the Reisterstown office of Drs. Eickhoff & Rowe for eye exams, the optometrists do more than simply ask which line of letters they can read on the eye chart.
Like other eye doctors, James Eickhoff starts with a "complete case history,...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Companies and Corporations, Health Insurance Cost, Companies and Corporations, Human Body
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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Stroke, Plavix (drug), Human Body, Mystery (genre), Baltimore City Community College
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Towson Town Center seeing red on Feb. 3 for national heart disease awareness event
Towson Town Center is hosting National Wear Red Day on Friday, Feb. 3, in conjunction with Go Red For Women, a program of the American Heart Association. The event is designed to increase awareness of the threat to women of heart disease and heart...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, American Heart Association, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: Suboxone (drug), Recipes, Anne Arundel County, Stroke, Glen Burnie
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The power of sleep
Are you tired, run-down, listless? The answer to your problem is probably not in a little brown bottle. It could be as simple as a good night’s sleep. But for 45 million Americans, that’s an elusive dream. Even worse, sleep deprivation,...Tags: Obesity, Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, Quitting Smoking, Chemicals
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Home birth supporters seek to ease midwife rules
More than 500 Maryland moms delivered babies at home last year, but as such births become more popular, a dispute is brewing over whether to make the process a more viable option in the state.
Home births are on the rise in the United States with...Tags: Music, Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Pikesville, Behavioral Conditions
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Tobacco, smoked or smokeless, still a health concern
In response to the recent letter defending smokeless tobacco use ("All tobacco products are not equally harmful," Jan. 24), the risk of tobacco trumps all others. Fifty cigarettes a day increases the risk of end-stage lung disease and lung cancer 150-...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Human Body, Heart Attack, Human Body, Lung Cancer
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Teacher raises, 'overcrowded' schools get blood boiling
When I gave blood about 10 days ago, my blood pressure was surprisingly low (for me) at 90/60. But a few things have gotten my blood boiling in the last few days, particularly as I read them on the pages of The Aegis. I think what's got me most riled...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Unemployment, Unemployment, Teaching and Learning, Companies and Corporations
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Health Enterprise Zones to target disparities in state
Frustrated by Maryland's high rate of health disparities, state leaders are proposing a new attack — one more commonly associated with economic development.
Gov. Martin O'Malley's 2012-2013 budget will include funding to create Health Enterprise...Tags: Tax Credits, Diabetes, Taxation, Health Insurance Cost, Diseases and Illnesses
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Blood pressure drug could fix lung damage in smokers
A new study from Johns Hopkins shows that commonly used blood pressure drugs can prevent the most serious smoking-related lung damage in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the nation's third leading cause of death.
The study involved...Tags: Lungs and Airways, Genes and Chromosomes, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Human Body
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