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Blasts lead to deaths, injury after Boston Marathon
The Baltimore SunBOSTON -- At least three people are dead and 100 injured after two bomb blasts shook the site of the Boston Marathon finish line Monday afternoon, with a third, possibly related incident an hour and a half later, reported at Boston's John F. Kennedy...Tags: Road Running, Deval Patrick, Running, Google Inc., Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Ryan Henderson finds 'new family' with Maryland Ravens wheelchair basketball team
A little more than five years ago, Ryan Henderson was nearing the peak of the sport he loved the most. He had won his race the night before, and he was just a day away from turning professional in motorcycle racing. But Henderson would never earn the...
Tags: College Sports, Renovation
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Injured soldier gets double arm transplant
Brendan Marrocco sometimes looks down at his arms and can't believe they really exist. Until six weeks ago, the 26-year-old didn't have arms. He lost both of his, as well as his legs, in the Iraq War when the armored vehicle he was driving ran over a...
Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Union Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Iraq
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Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant
A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Bombings, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Iraq, U.S. Army
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Hopkins research offers Pa. woman new arm, 14 years after amputation
Over the 14 years since losing her right arm to a hollow-point bullet, Dana Burke was convinced she could feel herself pointing, pinching or waving as she motioned with the 5-inch-long limb the attack left behind.
Still, she had to relearn how to pull...Tags: Johns Hopkins Hospital, U.S. Military, Medical Research, CBS Corp., Applied Physics
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Howard County Pets: The declawing debate
Q: Is it cruel to declaw a cat? A: Declawing cats has a long and controversial history. In some countries, this procedure has even been outlawed. For years at our practice, declawing was not highly thought of. In fact, it was a cruel and bloody mess... -
Dr. Gerhard Schmeisser, orthopedic surgeon, Hopkins professor
Dr. Gerhard Schmeisser, a retired orthopedic surgeon, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty member and an innovator in artificial-limb technology, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Sept. 23 at Roland Park Place. He was 86 and had lived on...
Tags: Princeton University, Graduation, Orthopedic Surgery, Diving, General Practitioners
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker's diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel.
It's a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who increasingly are using the operation...Tags: Physiology, Weight Loss Surgery, Linthicum, Diseases and Illnesses, Hormones and Metabolism
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One-on-one with A.J. Foyt
A.J. Foyt, Indy car racing's all-time winningest driver (67) and championship record holder (7), is now 77. He's had open heart surgery, and in January went through an illness that nearly killed him. But here he is, alive, opinonated and planning to get...Tags: Bones and Joints, Broken Bones, NASCAR, Vehicles, Open-Wheel Racing
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Morgan State wins, 30-27, over Sacred Heart in 4th OT
Standing on the Morgan State sideline, running back Travis Davidson couldn't bring himself to watch Sacred Heart's Chris Rogers attempt the game-winning field goal in the third overtime of Saturday's season opener. "I'm very superstitious," Davidson...Tags: Respiratory Disease, Football, Chris Rogers, Morgan State University, Lungs and Airways
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One-on-one interview with A.J. Foyt
The Baltimore SunA.J. Foyt, Indy car racing's all-time winningest driver (67) and championship record holder (7), is now 77. He's had open heart surgery, and in January went through an illness that nearly killed him. But here he is, alive, opinionated and planning to...Tags: Bones and Joints, Broken Bones, NASCAR, Open-Wheel Racing, Track and Field
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Pages from the Past: Doctors save lone finger left on the hand of a pioneer in X-ray research
An article in the Aug. 3, 1912, edition of The Argus reported on the pain and suffering endured by a local doctor in his quest to understand the new field of x-rays that eventually led to his undergoing more than 100 operations. After having lost the...Tags: Annapolis, X-rays, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Fishing, Catonsville
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