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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Mental Health, Preventative Medicine, Flu Vaccine, Behavioral Conditions
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Howard County health briefs
Blood donations The Greater Chesapeake and Potomac Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross is requesting blood donations. Eligible donors can call 800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule an appointment. Platelet donors should call 800-272-2123. Calendar...Tags: Cancer, Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Bipolar Disorder
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New defensive coordinator Dean Pees says Ravens can overcome injury to Terrell Suggs
Dean Pees has been through this before.
He was the linebackers coach for the New England Patriots when he learned that Tedy Bruschi, a Pro Bowl middle linebacker and one of the team's emotional leaders, had a stroke, putting both his 2005 season and...Tags: Courtney Upshaw, Bryan Hall, Mike Vrabel, Houston Texans, Bryant McKinnie
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The medical establishment is ill-suited to deal with America's obesity epidemic
You did a write up on HBO's documentary "The Weight of the Nation" in which you called our obesity epidemic a wake up call for America ("Salad bars take root," May 1). Nothing new here. The alarm bells have been sounding for a while now. I am an...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Heart Failure, Epidemics and Plagues, Sleep Apnea, Obesity
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Round-the-world sail raises awareness of CRAB, need for donations
Don Backe and Karl Guerra share more than a love for sailing: After their lives were transformed by tragedy, both men used the sport and the organization they now run to regain their sense of purpose. Backe helped found Chesapeake Region Accessible...
Tags: Europe Sailing, Hospitals and Clinics, Sailing, Physical Conditions, Skin Cancer
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Nutrition and stroke prevention
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center will provide a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth). This week, Debra Schulze, RD, LDN, weighs in on stroke prevention....Tags: Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Hospitals and Clinics, Nutrition, Heart Attack, Physical Conditions
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Orioles smart to tout Camden Yards anniversary over current team
I come today to praise the Orioles, not bury them.
No, really.
And here's why: this big hoo-ha about the 20th anniversary of Camden Yards is a stroke of marketing genius.
I'm dead serious about that, too.
If you're an Orioles fan, you know the club is...Tags: Ceremonies, Baseball, Central Intelligence Agency, Boston Red Sox, Buck Showalter
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CDC to launch anti-smoking campaign
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched an ad campaign to show the damage done from smoking to smokers and their families. The ads began March 19 on television, radio, online and billboards, as well as in theaters, magazines and...Tags: Throat Cancer, Online Advertising, Heart Attack, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Rights
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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: Prostate Cancer, Mental Health, Preventative Medicine, Flu Vaccine, Behavioral Conditions
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Stanley Harrison, Mencken scholar
Stanley Harrison, a communications and writing teacher who edited a scholarly journal about H.L. Mencken, died of cardiac arrest after a stroke April 5 at the home of a friend in Miami Beach, Fla. He was 81 and lived in Florida and Woodbine.
Born in East...Tags: The Pentagon, Colleges and Universities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Large doses of vitamin C lowers blood pressure, research finds
Large doses of Vitamin C may moderately reduce blood pressure, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. But the scientists don't recommend people start taking large amounts of the vitamin. Researchers led by Dr. Edgar "Pete" R. Miller, an associate...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Science, Physiology, Heart Disease, Vitamin C
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After mild heart attack, Salisbury's Berkman says 'rest of my life should be getting back to normal'
Five days after suffering what his doctor called a mild heart attack Sunday, Salisbury coach Jim Berkman has only the tender area on his leg where a catheter was inserted as physical evidence of that procedure.
“I feel all right,” Berkman,...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Cardiac Catheterization, Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Salisbury Sea Gulls
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