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Big plans for this year's African American Festival
Shelonda Stokes has a vision for this year's African American Festival — and it's a whopper.
In her second year producing the festival, she's already excited about one of its new features: a fitness-craving flashmob, with enough people to earn a...Tags: Festive Events, Big Daddy Kane, Beyonce, Slick Rick, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Farming grows Baltimore's quality of life
Recently, my neighborhood convened to discuss whether to host a weekly, open-air farmers market for producers from within 50 miles of our Central Pennsylvania town. After ironing out concerns about traffic, zoning and location, we decided to give it a go....
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Washington, DC, Healthy Diet
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Considering bariatric surgery? Read this first
Often, those who are very overweight have tried dieting for years before giving up in frustration. But more obese people are turning to bariatric surgery to jump-start their weight-loss programs. The surgery is low-risk but isn't for everyone. It...
Tags: Weight Loss, Food and Drug Administration, Gallbladder Removal, Diseases and Illnesses, High Blood Pressure
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The key role of nursing homes
Many people think of nursing homes as places to go to die. But here in Maryland, skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers are in fact places people go to live. They are a big part of the solution to the state's health care challenges, providing...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Long Term Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
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CA youth fitness programs strive to put 'kids in action'
With childhood obesity on the rise, Columbia's primary provider of health and fitness programs, the Columbia Association, is striving to combat the disease with a pair of fitness programs for children. The two pilot programs, YouthFit and Kids in Action,...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Demographics, Overweight
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Getting doctors to practice what they preach
It's ironic that the year we, both new medical students, moved across the street from the nation's best hospital and began learning how to manage the health of others is the same year we stopped taking care of our own. It was a year of ups and downs....Tags: American Medical Association, Entertainment Events, Diseases and Illnesses, Diets and Dieting, Health and Safety at School
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Study shows boys are starting puberty earlier
For The Baltimore SunWe have a joke in my house that whenever the boys are out of sorts, we attribute it to puberty. It turns out, this might not be so funny. New research shows that boys, like girls, are reaching puberty earlier—as young as 9 in some cases. A study...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, American Academy of Pediatrics
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At Riderwood, elementary students run in footsteps of high school mentors
A beautiful fall afternoon provides youngsters with many options. Last week, more than 100 area schoolchildren chose to steer clear of video games and stay outside instead after they got out of class. Riderwood Elementary School was awash in runners on...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, High School Sports, Timonium, Students, Road Running
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Hillcrest students in running for healthy lifestyle
The fifth-graders lined up anxiously along the starting line behind Hillcrest Elementary School and focused intently on the woman talking to them through a bullhorn. Their Impatience with the commands for pre-race stretching had been apparent. Their...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Bleep (euphemism), Students, Pumpkin, Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Mark E. Molliver, Hopkins neuroscientist
Dr. Mark E. Molliver, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor emeritus of neuroscience and neurology, died of complications after cardiac arrest May 10 at Hopkins Hospital. The Canton resident was 75.
Colleagues said his discoveries had...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Medical Research, Boston, Wetlands, Ecstacy (drug)
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Governor promotes Healthy Maryland Week
It’s Healthy Maryland Week, according to Gov. Martin O’Malley. The week, which runs from Mary 29-June 3, encourages residents to become more healthy through exercise, better food choices and preventive care. The O’Malley administration...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Regional Authority, Government, High Blood Pressure, Executive Branch
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Commentary: One less sugar sweetened drink can make a difference
Growing up in Texas, I played fast pitch softball. After playing in the hot Texas sun, our team, the Sweetpeas, had a snack of oranges and water, in containers brought from home. Today, my husband and I are new Howard County residents and we have...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Weight, Howard County, Cancer, Overweight
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