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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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As temperatures rise, Harford health officials warn of risks from heat-related illnesses
As temperatures climbed into the 90s around Harford County Memorial Day weekend, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene activated its state heat emergency website http://dhmh.maryland.gov/extremeheat to provide information about preventing...Tags: Salt, High Blood Pressure, Physical Conditions, Harford County, Memorial Day
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MedStar to open its first urgent care center
MedStar Health, among the largest health systems in the state, is entering the increasingly crowded urgent care market with its first facility on York Road. A ribbon cutting is planned for May 30. The MedStar system currently operates nine hospitals,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Allergies, Health Insurance Cost, Flu, Nursing Homes
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Researchers eye saliva for patient testing
No one likes to get stuck with a needle.
But it's the only way doctors can get blood to test for diabetes, anemia and numerous other health problems.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing say there is a much less invasive and...Tags: DNA, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed
The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection.
Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...Tags: Water, Hospitals and Clinics, Sepsis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Medical Research
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Warning about shellfish from South Korea issued by state health officials
State health officials are warning consumers not to eat any fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish from South Korea. Molluscan shellfish include fresh or frozen oysters, clam and mussels. Also on the list of foods to avoid are roe-on scallops, either...
Tags: Seafood, South Korea, Foods and Beverages
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An unpleasant wonder of the natural world
These days, the seconds no more tick away than the hours slip through the narrow part of an hourglass, but as the weather turns warmer and the days get longer, there's ever more reason to spend more time outside and that time is marked by different...Tags: Lyme Disease, Broken Foot, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis, Injuries and Wounds
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Rare disorder nearly takes Baltimore woman's sight
When Tamika Morgan developed red irritated eyes in the fall of 2010, she wasted no time heading to an optometrist at a local retail store who gave her drops for pink eye.
Her eyes got worse over the next few days so she went to a local hospital to see an...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Inflammation, University of Baltimore, Melanin
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Lawyers question Olenick's health prior to surgery death
The medical history of a 17-year-old Marriotts Ridge High School junior who died last year following routine wisdom teeth surgery is now being questioned by lawyers for the dental practitioners involved in the surgery, who are being sued by the girl's...
Tags: Lawyers, Mental Health, Trials, Health and Medical Professionals, Death and Dying Customs
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State biotech firms hope Congress will act
A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotech firms — including many based in Maryland — hoping that Congress will deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year.
Lawmakers are proposing a 6...Tags: Instrument Engineering, Cancer, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Bernard Sanders, U.S. House of Representatives
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Campaign aims to raise $1 million to benefit Camp Greentop
For eight years, Renee Gordon's son, Alex, has been attending Camp Greentop, a summer getaway in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for people with disabilities.
Now Gordon is now spearheading a campaign with Michael Hettleman to raise $1 million for the...Tags: Autism, Seizures, Health Treatments, Pikesville, Behavioral Conditions
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Nearly 3,600 participate in first Komen race in Ocean City
Nearly 3,600 people ran or walked in the rainy and slippery inaugural Susan G. Komen breast cancer race in Ocean City Sunday, despite early concerns that a controversy involving Planned Parenthood could hurt attendance.
Breast cancer survivors, their...Tags: Family Planning, Planned Parenthood, Cancer, Hunt Valley, Abortion Issue
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