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Weird Science: Hopkins physics lab celebrates 70 years
Some of the world's greatest innovations were conceived in the humblest of places, and that was certainly true of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. When it opened its doors in 1942, in a former used-car dealership in Silver Spring,...
Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Research, Technology, Missile Systems, Companies and Corporations
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Lake Evesham girl raises money to help amputee teacher drive again after losing arms and legs
Casey Brown's handshake was warm, but shy, as if the 10-year-old Lake Evesham girl was surprised anyone would want to shake her hand. Anne Mekalian's handshake was more confident, but understandably colder, more of a spongy fist bump with the palm open,...
Tags: Movies, Cell Phones, Hospitals and Clinics, Students, Harford County
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Gold Star Mothers continue the service of their fallen children
BETHESDA — A mother arrives at the Red Cross office at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on a mission for her son, a 23-year-old soldier and double amputee. He needs a back scratcher. With her bright eyes and wide smile, volunteer Janice...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Iraq, Memorial Day, Afghanistan, Veterans Day
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Young girl loses feet in mower accident
It's a parent's worst nightmare. A father from Forest Hill accidentally backed his lawn mower into his five-year-old daughter, severing her feet. The accident happened at about 6:30 p.m. Monday when many in the neighborhood were out doing evening yard...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Kensington
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Lawnmower accidents common in the summer
I wrote today about a 5-year-old Harford County girl who lost her feet after her father accidently backed into her with a lawn mower. It is an accident that could have been prevented, but one that is not all that uncommon in the summer months....
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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A night different from all other nights at Center Stage
The three Jewish characters preparing for a Passover Seder spend a night different from all other nights in "The Whipping Man," and Matthew Lopez's drama is also an unusual night for the audience at Center Stage. Although the three men adhere to the...Tags: Theft, Wars and Interventions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Judaism, Slavery
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At Fort Meade, tryouts for Warrior Games show 'ability over disability'
When it happened, he didn't feel a thing. Within 30 seconds, "all the pain in the world" coursed through his body. And U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Curtis Winston recalls thinking, among many other things, that he'd never play sports again.
Wilson, a former high...Tags: U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Afghanistan, Injuries and Wounds, Fort Meade (military base)
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Tatyana McFadden: Howard County's 'Lady Velocity'
World-class track athlete Tatyana McFadden is not a flashy person. Soft-spoken with a thin face, dark brown eyes and a deceptively muscular frame, she is not the type to speak of her accomplishments without some prompting. But when she does talk about...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Girl Scouts of the USA, Birth Defects, College Sports, Paralympic Games
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Nutrition and type 2 diabetes prevention
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Amanda Tauber weighs in on type 2...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Insulin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Kidney Disease, Heart Disease
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Mississippi biotech startup moves to Baltimore
Ken Malone and the board members of his startup biotech company gathered in a conference room at the University of Southern Mississippi last October to make a gut-wrenching decision.
Ablitech Inc.'s funding was slowly drying up, and it couldn't find...Tags: Cancer, Research, University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi Legislature, Credit and Debt
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Glyndon couple flies wounded warrior home
Like any prospective son-in-law, Sgt. Michael Frazier admitted to jitters about meeting his fiancee's father for the first time. Unlike most, the 29-year-old Marine flew to Miami Wednesday on a private jet with his own cheering section.
"Not to worry...Tags: Dog (animal), Hospitals and Clinics, Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics, Christmas
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Shirley L. Tansey, clinical social worker, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterShirley L. Tansey, a retired mental health counselor and licensed clinical social worker who had worked at Taylor Manor Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University, died Saturdayof Alzheimer's disease at the Charlestown retirement community. She was 92....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mental Health, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Ellicott City
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