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Treating menopause symptoms
Every woman will experience menopause, some in the normal course of aging and some before. It can bring on a host of symptoms in addition to hot flashes. But there are things that women can do, from improving their diet and exercising to finding the right...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Birth Control, Urinary System
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On medical marijuana, Maryland should go slow
With any new medical treatment, the primary consideration for doctors is the evidence — how effective is it, what are the side effects, what are the indications, what is the appropriate dose, and so on. That should go for lawmakers and regulators,...Tags: Symptoms, Health Treatments, Hospitals and Clinics, Drug Trafficking, Cancer
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Season's first lab-confirmed case of flu recorded in Baltimore area
The first laboratory-confirmed case of seasonal flu was reported Friday by state health officials, who are using the milestone to remind residents to get vaccinated for the virus. The case involves an adult in the Baltimore region, and comes two months...Tags: Symptoms, Coughing, Disease Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Ravens confirm Pollard missed Thursday's practice
The latest injury report for Sunday’s regular-season finale between the Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals is out, and the Ravens confirmed that strong safety Bernard Pollared joined right guard Marshal Yanda and inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe as...Tags: Dannell Ellerbe, Symptoms, Carlos Dunlap, Billy Cundiff, A.J. Green
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Hopkins to study genetics of asthma in African-Americans
Johns Hopkins researchers, in the largest study to date, will map the genetic code for asthma in people of African descent in hopes of better understanding why the disease and other allergy-related ailments disproportionately afflict that population....Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Research, Wheezing, Human Body
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Hopkins, Lockheed aim to modernize the ICU
Johns Hopkins intensive care nurse Nelly E. Lopez spends so much of her workday monitoring patient distress alarms that she sometimes hears phantom beeps even when she is no longer on the job.
Hopkins doctors say Lopez's "alarm fatigue" shows what is...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care, Government Health Care, Human Mishaps
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The power of light
It doesn’t look like much -- Janet Althen places what looks like a small flashlight with an inverted colored bulb on certain points of the body, holding it there for about 30 seconds -- but for Althen’s patients, as well as a growing number of...Tags: Symptoms, The Happiest News!, Chemotherapy, Mental Health, Lyme Disease
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Garden Q&A: Take steps to prevent fungus in fruit trees
Our cherry tree was oozing sap all over and had dark dead patches on the trunk and branches. The tree service said it had a fungal root rot and we had to cut it down. Can we plant another fruit tree or a vegetable garden when that fungus is in the soil?...Tags: Symptoms, House and Home
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Acid reflux drugs don't help asthma in children
A new study has found that acid reflux medicine used to treat asthma in children isn't effective.
Physicians often prescribe the acid reflux drug lansoprazole in addition to standard inhaled steroid drugs to children who have asthma. The number of...Tags: Human Body, Symptoms, Research, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Safety at School
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The real reason behind Baltimore's population decline: High taxes and rotten schools
At a time when birth control is cheap and readily available, it's deplorable Baltimore City has such high rates of abortion. But unlike your columnist, I don't think this has anything to do with the shrinking population of the city ("Abortion and...Tags: Symptoms, Demographics, Population and Census, New York City, Abortion
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A hidden cause of Baltimore's population loss: abortion
Population increase is a natural sign of political health. By that measure, Baltimore has been sick a long time. Six straight decades of depopulation have reduced the city by a third. Seeking not only to halt this bad case of "the dreaded shrinks" but...Tags: Symptoms, Migration, Customs and Tradition, Feminism, Immigration
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Know the warning signs of heart attack and stroke
February is American Heart Month. I couldn't let this month go by without researching and writing about heart disease. The warning signs of heart attack and stroke always bear repeating. The first paragraph of the Presidential Proclamation for American...Tags: Symptoms, Hospitals and Clinics, Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Shortness of Breath
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