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Johns Hopkins doctors outline meningitis death
The rapid decline in health and ultimate death of a woman from fungal meningitis at Johns Hopkins Hospital after she'd received a tainted steroid injection was outlined by a team of Hopkins doctors in a medical journal article released online Thursday....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Internal Medicine, Neck Pain, Health and Medical Professionals
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City school bus crash injures 13
At least 13 people were injured in a collision involving a school bus and a minivan in the city's Oldtown neighborhood this afternoon, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. The bus, #1622, was transporting the National Academy Foundation #421's...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Injuries and Wounds, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning
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Four new meningitis cases in Maryland
Four more Marylanders have developed fungal meningitis after receiving a steriod injection for back pain as a national outbreak has grown to 170 victims in several states.
In Maryland, 13 people have been diagnosed with the rare disease and 1,500 could...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis
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Md. specialty pharmacies seek distance from meningitis outbreak
Technicians at the Cape Apothecary compounding pharmacy in Annapolis spend their days mixing drugs that are no longer sold commercially or creating specialized batches of medicine for patients such as children who can't handle the normal dose.
Federal...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Rosa DeLauro, Annapolis, Chemical Industry, Food and Drug Administration
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Two more meningitis cases in Maryland
Maryland health officials said Monday that two more patients have developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection for back pain in an outbreak that has hit nearly two dozen states. Both patients are alive, but no additional...Tags: Photophobia, Food and Drug Administration, Symptoms, Diseases and Illnesses, Headaches
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Two more in Md. diagnosed with meningitis
Maryland health officials said Monday that two more people in the state have developed meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain, as an outbreak that has afflicted 105 people nationwide continues to grow. Five people in Maryland have...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests, Photophobia, Symptoms
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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: Prednisone (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Brain, Medical Procedures and Tests, Immune System
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Third meningitis case reported in Maryland
Maryland health officials on Saturday announced a third patient has developed meningitis in the state after receiving a steroid injection in September. More cases were found across the country, bringing the total to more than 60. The person is alive, but...
Tags: Headaches, Photophobia, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations
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Maryland braces for more meningitis cases
Maryland could see new cases of meningitis for a month or more as health officials continue to search for new and past cases of the disease, which has sickened 50 people in several states who received injections of a tainted steroid. In the cases...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Viral Diseases and Infections, Immune System, Health and Medical Professionals, Food and Drug Administration
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From Sun Magazine: Phelps family values
Hilary Phelps was approaching the finish line of her first Ironman triathlon. Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" was playing. She was wrung out from more than 14 hours of swimming, cycling and now running, certain that there wasn't a single drop of...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Inner Harbor, Beijing Games, Triathlon, Skype
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Sykesville woman achieves longtime dream for Ironman competitions
Sue Komaromy has been out of New York since leaving her home on Long Island more than a quarter-century ago to play volleyball at Towson. Yet there is still a lot of New Yorker that remains in the 44-year-old mother of two who lives in Sykesville. The...
Tags: Back Surgery, Long Island, Skin Cancer, Triathlon, New York City Marathon
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Catonsville man to descend from hotel to raise money for National Kidney Foundation of Maryland
A fear of heights usually keeps Billy Stapleton grounded. Only once in the past dozen years has the Catonsville resident ever flown on an airplane and that caused the same reaction he usually has when he confronts his fear: his body temperature rose...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Harbor East, Medical Procedures and Tests, Renal Failure, University of Maryland Medical Center
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