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    Mar 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Md. author explores fascinating, fatal arsenic

    For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison.
    For such a long time, arsenic was the perfect poison. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless, so it's difficult to detect when slipped into a food or beverage. Its effects are gradual and cumulative — deflecting suspicion from the killer. The...

    Tags: Syphilis, Reisterstown Road, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Malaria

    2. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Anne G. Karlsen, registered nurse

    Anne G. Karlsen, a registered nurse who had worked for the Baltimore County Health Department, died Jan. 25 of heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 86.
    Anne G. Karlsen, a registered nurse who had worked for the Baltimore County Health Department, died Jan. 25 of heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 86. Anne Bradford Grafflin was born in Baltimore and spent her early years on Wilson Street in...

    Tags: Everyman Theatre, Heart Failure, Christianity, American Red Cross, Nursing

    3. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Aged grist mill awaits scarce federal funds

    A 250-year-old grist mill near the mouth of the Susquehanna River has sat mostly vacant since the end of the Civil War, its thick stone walls serving no purpose but the protection of a few old tools.
    A 250-year-old grist mill near the mouth of the Susquehanna River has sat mostly vacant since the end of the Civil War, its thick stone walls serving no purpose but the protection of a few old tools. Though the building is historic — it was listed...

    Tags: Fort McHenry, Budgets and Budgeting, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress, National Parks

    4. Oct 31, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. H. Berton McCauley, dentist

    Dr. H. Berton McCauley, former chief of the dental division of the Baltimore Health Department, who led the controversial battle that resulted in the city's water supply being fluoridated nearly 60 years ago, died Oct. 23 of prostate cancer at his Hadley Square home. He was 98.
    Dr. H. Berton McCauley, former chief of the dental division of the Baltimore Health Department, who led the controversial battle that resulted in the city's water supply being fluoridated nearly 60 years ago, died Oct. 23 of prostate cancer at his...

    Tags: Govans, University of Maryland, College Park, Christianity, Radiology, Colleges and Universities

    5. Sep 26, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Army pauses operations for mandatory suicide prevention training

    At Fort Meade, where the suicide rate among service members is six times higher than that of the entire state, a crowd of 75 soldiers offered mostly silence when Mark Fisher asked them to list potential warning signs that a colleague is about to take his or her own life.
    At Fort Meade, where the suicide rate among service members is six times higher than that of the entire state, a crowd of 75 soldiers offered mostly silence when Mark Fisher asked them to list potential warning signs that a colleague is about to take...

    Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Suicide, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry

    6. Aug 30, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Ervin M. Milner, founded production house

    Ervin M. Milner, who founded Milner Productions in the basement of his Northwest Baltimore home and turned it into one of the nation's largest producers of educational audiovisuals for physicians and hospitals, died Aug. 17 of complications from diabetes and kidney failure at the Springhouse in Pikesville assisted-living facility.
    Ervin M. Milner, who founded Milner Productions in the basement of his Northwest Baltimore home and turned it into one of the nation's largest producers of educational audiovisuals for physicians and hospitals, died Aug. 17 of complications from...

    Tags: Pikesville, Newspapers, John Wayne, Newspaper and Magazine, National Football League

    7. Jul 27, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Arline K. Howdon, Hopkins cytologist

    Arline Kaye Howdon, who was chief cytologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was known nationally and internationally for her work in the field of cytopathology and education, died July 20 of lung cancer at her Harper House condominium in Cross Keys.
    Arline Kaye Howdon, who was chief cytologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was known nationally and internationally for her work in the field of cytopathology and education, died July 20 of lung cancer at her Harper House condominium in Cross Keys. She...

    Tags: Obstetrics, Lung Cancer, University of Miami, Christianity, American Cancer Society

    8. Jan 9, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Richard K.C. Hsieh

    Richard K.C. Hsieh, a public health specialist and former National Library of Medicine official who in retirement traced his family tree back to seventh-century China, died of a heart attack Dec. 31 at his Towson home.
    Richard K.C. Hsieh, a public health specialist and former National Library of Medicine official who in retirement traced his family tree back to seventh-century China, died of a heart attack Dec. 31 at his Towson home. He was 79. Born in 1932 in...

    Tags: Hong Kong, Health and Safety at School, College Sports, Colleges and Universities, Family

    9. Dec 31, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Dr. John B. MacGibbon, treated mariners at port of Baltimore

    Dr. John Butler MacGibbon, an internal medicine specialist who treated port of Baltimore mariners, died Dec. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of complications of a stroke and a fall. He was 90 and lived in Original Northwood.
    Dr. John Butler MacGibbon, an internal medicine specialist who treated port of Baltimore mariners, died Dec. 24 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of complications of a stroke and a fall. He was 90 and lived in Original Northwood. Born in Christchurch,...

    Tags: Internists, New Zealand, College Sports, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University

    10. May 27, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun
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    11. Apr 24, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. ‘Smog catcher’

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    Health officials demonstrate electrostatic precipitator, or "smog catcher."...
    12. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  12. Can college land old landmark on Beacon Hill?

    Seattle Times
    Seattle Central Community College is trying to win state support for a deal to occupy about half of the iconic, but mostly empty, Beacon Hill landmark popularly known as the PacMed Center -- but it's running out of time. Since Amazon.com vacated the art...

    Tags: Dental Health, Rental Service, Dentistry and Dental Health, Nursing, Colleges and Universities

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