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Did McClellan get a bad rap? Debate goes on
The argument over the performance of the Union commander on the nation's bloodiest day is far from settled. Major Gen. George B. McClellan was sacked by President Abraham Lincoln less than two months after the Battle of Antietam. For more than a...Tags: Battle of Antietam, Lake County (Illinois), Wars and Interventions, Ulysses S. Grant, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia)
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Health officials set 'low threshold' for treatment to battle meningitis outbreak
Hundreds of Marylanders may need spinal taps as public health leaders seek to rein in a fungal meningitis outbreak that continues to expand as more is learned about the unusual cases.
Health officials said Wednesday that they still are working to contact...Tags: Brain, Steroids, Harford County, Back Pain, Headaches
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Bernard J. 'B.J.' Land, Coca-Cola executive
Bernard J. "B.J." Land, a Coca-Cola executive and physical fitness buff who coached youth soccer and lacrosse teams, died Monday of a cardiac arrest at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Hunt Valley resident had recently celebrated his 53rd birthday....Tags: Football, Coca-Cola Co., Christianity, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Family
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Eyewitness account of Jerry Lawler's heart attack, collapse at WWE Raw
Last night I was at the Bell Centre in Montreal when Jerry Lawler suffered a heart attack. It was both uncomfortable and concerning. After Lawler had already competed in a tag-team contest on Raw, he was performing his usual commentary duties with...
Tags: World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Bell Centre, Emergency Health Procedures, USA Network (tv network)
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Harford epidural patients could be at risk for rare meningitis
Patients who received epidural spinal injections at three Harford County facilities could be at risk of developing a rare fungal meningitis, according to a new warning from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Two Maryland residents have...Tags: Meningitis, Symptoms, Harford County, Headaches, Diseases and Illnesses
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Smith Island kidney patient waiting on a new 'gift of life'
Joan Corbin's day is governed by the humming box in the alcove off her living room. For nearly an hour in the afternoon and nine hours at night, the Smith Island resident must tether herself to a suitcase-sized dialysis machine to get rid of the waste...Tags: Kidney, Charity, Kidney Disease, Dialysis, Heart Attack
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Wellness program making inroads in Howard County
Each day while getting dressed, Elkridge Elementary School para-educator Adrienne Grein slips on one of the most important items of her wardrobe — a pedometer, which is part of a popular health and wellness program that has become a hit in the...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Physical Fitness and Exercise, Employees, Body Mass Index, Sykesville
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Community health worker helps lower barriers in sickle cell treatment
Sharon Johnson is not a physician or scientific researcher. She has never been trained as a nurse. Her most recent prior occupation was as office manager in a dental practice.
Yet colleagues say she's a bundle of compassion, a quick study and a genius at...Tags: Blood Cells, Vaccines, Medical Research, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses
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Early menopause increases risk of stroke
Women who enter menopause before their 46th birthday are twice as likely to suffer a stroke or coronary heart disease, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. The risk from early menopause is true no matter the ethnic or racial background of a woman, the...Tags: Internists, Heart Disease, Physical Conditions, Johns Hopkins University, Health and Medical Professionals
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Baltimore nursing home closes, displaces nearly 70 residents
Nearly 70 elderly patients and vulnerable adults must find new homes because of the planned closure of Harborside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, a sprawling facility with numerous fire hazards uncovered in a recent state inspection....
Tags: Health Insurance, Nursing Homes, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Multiple Sclerosis, Medicaid
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Theodore S. Moyer, state police major
Theodore S. "Ted" Moyer, a retired Maryland State Police major who was Harford County sheriff in the early 1980s, died Monday of pulmonary disease at his Edgewood home that overlooks the Bush River. He was 83.
"We lost a great man in Sheriff Moyer," L....Tags: Maryland State Police, Football, Christianity, Baltimore Ravens, FBI
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Baltimore wants your mobile app to help fight heart disease
Baltimore city is looking for someone to develop a mobile app that helps people reduce their risk of heart disease. The city is one of four chosen by the theU.S. Department of Health and Human Servicesto take part in a contest dubbed The Million...
Tags: Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Heart Attack
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