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Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.
In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Addiction, OxyContin (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, Johns Hopkins University
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Charm City Puppies & Boutique
Many families treat their pets like children. That philosophy is taken quite literally at the new Charm City Puppies & Boutique in Columbia, where puppies are kept in baby cribs during store hours and tended to by staff outfitted in hospital scrubs....
Tags: Ellicott City
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Local biotech firm wins grant to develop vaccines for two viruses
Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, said Wednesday that it won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses that the U.S....Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, HIV, Chemical Industry
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Editorial: A shot in the arm
It's very easy to be critical of government, to break out the cliches like "doing badly that which need not be done at all," and "I'm from the government; I'm here to help," but there are a number of necessary things that government does, does well and...Tags: Diphtheria , Hospitals and Clinics, Mumps, Drugs and Medicines, Flu
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Balancing cybersecurity and privacy
From the assembly lines of Detroit to the steel mills of Pittsburgh to the oil fields of Houston, our country has been built by an entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation. And despite our recent economic challenges, that spirit is alive and well....
Tags: Facebook, Johns Hopkins University, Janet Napolitano, Muscular Dystrophy, FBI
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Letter: Rabies vaccine clinics successful
Editor: The Harford County Health Department extends sincere appreciation to The Aegis for providing such positive publicity and support of Harford County Health Department rabies vaccination clinics in its April 25, article and subsequent May 11,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Drugs and Medicines, Flu, Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections
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First round of Harford rabies vaccination clinic 'big success,' more clinics this Sunday
Health officials in Harford County say they are concerned about a cyclical rise in rabies cases showing up in the county. While the numbers are nothing like those in the mid-1980s, when reported rabies cases in Harford topped the entire United States, it...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Diseases and Illnesses, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Aberdeen
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Hopkins surgeon performs 2,000th Whipple
Early Friday in a small, brightly lit operating room in Johns Hopkins Hospital, a half-dozen doctors and nurses huddled over the gut of a cancer patient, quietly passing metal instruments and surgical sutures.
After more than four hours of cutting and...Tags: Chemotherapy, Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Thomas Jefferson
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Baltimore area Giant and Safeway workers approve new contract
Union workers at Safeway and Giant Food in the Baltimore and Washington regions overwhelmingly approved a new contract Tuesday that increases wages and maintains key benefits. "It's a good day to be a member," said Tim Goins, executive vice president...Tags: Safeway Inc., Health Care Reform (2009), Health and Safety at Work, Giant Food, LLC, Collective Contract
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Researchers find banned antibiotics in poultry byproducts
Researchers report that they have found evidence of banned antibiotics in poultry byproducts, suggesting that growers are evading a 2005 prohibition on their use in treating chickens and turkeys. Scientists at Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public...
Tags: Benadryl (drug), Food and Drug Administration, Drugs and Medicines, Livestock Farming, Tylenol (drug)
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Protect your pet's health
The Baltimore SunIt's not uncommon for owners to take their pet to the vet if their animal has been showing signs of sluggish behavior, injury or simply when it is time for scheduled vaccinations. But one thing no pet owner anticipates when they drop off their pet is...Tags: Symptoms
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Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •Acting Up! Most Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. A theater club...Tags: Personal Service, Hospitals and Clinics, Howard County, Mount Vernon, Diseases and Illnesses
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