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Harford March for Babies on Sunday raises more than $100,000
More than 600 Harford County residents joined to support the nation's smallest citizens at the 2013 March for Babies on Sunday along Route 23 in Forest Hill, raising in excess of $100,000 to improve and protect the health of infants. Now in its 43rd ...
Tags: Cigna Corporation, Animals, Water Tower, Kmart, Birth Defects
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Edgewood family leads March for Babies walk Sunday
The Pennel family of Edgewood, is serving as the 2013 Harford County March for Babies Ambassador Family to help raise awareness about the lifesaving research and support of the March of Dimes and their team, Two Tiny Blessings, will participate in the...Tags: Cigna Corporation, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Birth Defects, Asthma, Vaccines
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Medical technology will trump pro-abortion position [Letter]
I just finished reading the My Word segment in the Feb. 28 issue of the Columbia Flier. I don't think that I have ever seen the issue of abortion presented in such an elegant, thoughtful and straight forward manner. For many years, I have watched as...Tags: Abortion, Technology
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Dr. John L. Pitts
Dr. John Leake Pitts, a retired pediatrician who during a long career in public health had been the acting Anne Arundel County health officer, died of cancer Wednesday at his Annapolis Roads home. He was 85.
Born in Roanoke, Va., he was the son of John...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners, Annapolis, Colleges and Universities, Cardiologists
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Local doctor was classmate of Whitney Houston
It wasn't scandalous by tabloid standards, but it was a rebellious act for the young women at the Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a small all-girls Catholic high school in New Jersey. Whitney Houston, class of 1981, sometimes wore mismatched socks and rolled...Tags: Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Duke University, Folklore and Mythology, Johns Hopkins University
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St. Joseph Medical Center caring for tiniest Ravens fans
This week St. Joseph Medical Centerin Towson can make the claim of having the "tiniest Ravens fan in the world" — make that exactly 1 pound, 13 ounces, according to Nancy Sumpter, a nurse practitioner at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit....Tags: Medical Specialization, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Specialization, Joe Flacco, Football
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Breast milk donations accepted in Oak Park
An Oak Park doctor has started accepting donations of breast milk, largely for use by intensive care units in hospitals that treat premature babies whose mothers can't provide the milk on their own. Milk is donated by mothers who pass a screening that...
Tags: Park Ridge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Women's Health
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Dealing with premature births
In recent weeks, the March of Dimes has held its annual March for Babies walks across the Chicago area. The walks benefit community programs and research aimed at helping pregnant moms reach full-term pregnancy. According to the March of Dimes, 1 in 9...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Personal Service, March of Dimes Foundation
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READER SUBMITTED: West Hartford Students Raise Over $6,300 To Give Every Baby A Healthy Start
West HartfordFifth grade students from Renbrook School in West Hartford raised over $6,300 for the March of Dimes by earning dollars with every book they read in March. The students read books in school and at home as participants in the March of Dimes Reading...Tags: West Hartford, Teaching and Learning, Birth Defects, Culture, March of Dimes Foundation
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Which NC bills survived crossover?
The News & ObserverLawmakers in the House and Senate raced this week to meet their Thursday crossover deadline -- when bills that don't deal with money or constitutional amendments must pass at least one chamber. Of course, that deadline has always been a bit artificial...Tags: Wake County, Medical Research, Health and Medical Professionals, Abortion, Labor Legislation
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March for Babies fundraiser to be held Saturday at ORU
Tulsa WorldDings and beeps and flashing lights kept Sara Smith busy for about half an hour Monday afternoon. "This baby keeps acting up for me," said Smith, a nurse at St. John's neonatal intensive care unit. Smith was talking about Piper Williams, one of the...Tags: Medical Specialization, Birth Defects, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, March of Dimes Foundation
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Insurance, Rentals, Rivers, Small Businesses, Federal Housing Administration
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