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Effective programs have reduced Baltimore infant mortality
Kudos to all the programs that have contributed to the reduction in infant mortality in Baltimore. ("Md. infant mortality hits record low," August 24). I would like to mention two highly effective programs: Family Support Centers and Home Visiting...Tags: File Sharing, Mental Health, Abusive Behavior, Breastfeeding, Physical Conditions
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Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad
The Baltimore SunI am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day. But ... I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...Tags: Ashton Kutcher, High School Sports, Bravo (tv network), 60 Minutes (tv program), Reality Television (genre)
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Picking maternity ward has a serious side
As a family physician who delivers babies, I read the article regarding competition among maternity wards ("Baby Battle," Sept. 25). Although the focus of the short piece was clearly on the style of local labor and delivery facilities, it seems remiss...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Breastfeeding, Obstetrics, General Practitioners, Cesarean Section
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Pregnant women will join the running crowds in Baltimore
Sitting in the doctor's office in August, elated to learn she was pregnant for the first time, Amanda Weeks had a question.
Could she still compete in the half-marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival?
"I've raced all 10 years (of the event)," said...Tags: Gynecology, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Chicago Marathon, Track and Field, Entertainment Events
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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: Mental Health, Flu, Breastfeeding, Healthy Diet, Preventative Medicine
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Baltimore aims to stop smoking around pregnant women and babies
In the continued effort to reduce infant mortality in Baltimore, health officials and the Family League of Baltimore City have launched an effort to reduce secondhand smoke near babies and pregnant women.
The campaign, called "Just Hold Off," is the...Tags: Family, Quitting Smoking, Demographics, Prince George's County
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Motorcycle, cars in two fatal crashes in Balto. Co.
A Philadelphia man was killed early Saturday when he was thrown from his motorcycle in Chase. Cpl. John Wachter, of the county police, said Fred Sturgill, 57, of Philadelphia, was driving his motorcycle shortly after midnight on Graces Quarters Road near...Tags: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Motorcycling, Physical Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Obama has it right on birth control
I can't believe that I actually agree with something President Barack Obama has done. Granted, I'm one of those conservatives who has never subscribed to the full-meal-deal checklist, preferring to critically consider whether each of my positions is the...Tags: Facebook, Erectile Dysfunction, Birth Control, Family Planning, Viagra (drug)
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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: Companies and Corporations, Employment Opportunities, Birth Control, Health Insurance, Employment
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'Glee' recap: Episode 4, 'Pot o' Gold'
In case this cruel and unusual four-week break has left you totally baffled on what’s going on and who’s zoomin’ who and what Sue’s up to …. here’s what you missed on Glee!
So the newest Glee addition is Rory the faux...Tags: Facebook, Glee (tv program), Katy Perry
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Eventually, the Catholic hierarchy will come around to the idea of birth control
As usual, the latest dust up over the Obama administration's decision to require church-affiliated employers to offer health-care insurance that covers contraceptives at no charge has generated more heat than light ("Obama's 'accommodation' wins support...Tags: Employment Opportunities, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Birth Control, Health Insurance, Employment
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As the population of Howard County has grown, so have the health care resources available to residents. Over the past decade, Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest health maintenance organization, opened a 17,500-square-foot center in Columbia...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Health, Internal Medicine, Senior Health, Oncology
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