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October: Good student test scores; bonuses for county workers - maybe
Data released showed that most Harford County Public High Schools scored high in reading and math in the Maryland High School Assessment. That data also placed three high schools – Aberdeen, Joppatowne and the Center for Educational Opportunity...Tags: Television, Theft, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Flu Vaccine, American Legion
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The power of sleep
Are you tired, run-down, listless? The answer to your problem is probably not in a little brown bottle. It could be as simple as a good night’s sleep. But for 45 million Americans, that’s an elusive dream. Even worse, sleep deprivation,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Sleep Deprivation, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Howard County, Chemicals
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Fit doctors more likely to talk to patients about weight loss
If you're overweight and trying to lose pounds you may not get help from your doctor if he is overweight too, according to new research.
According to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, physicians with a...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Body Mass Index, Obesity, General Practitioners, Medical Research
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Time for healthier school lunches
I was delighted to read the newU.S. Department of Agricultureguidelines requiring schools to serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast ("Taterless tots," Aug. 24, 2011). The...Tags: Overweight, Diabetes, Weight, Heart Disease, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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85 pounds lighter and couldn't be happier about turning 40
I don't think I have ever used the "f-word" to describe myself. I've called myself overweight, and heavy. My clothes have been for "big girls" from the "women's" department, but fat has never really been in my vocabulary. Other people have called me fat....Tags: Overweight, Foods and Beverages, Ice Cream, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight
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Maryland health centers take more personalized approach to weight loss
Sharlene Fair had tried for years to lose weight, but nothing seemed to work until she found her answer after breathing into a tube at her local gym.
It was an irritating 10 minutes of breathing, but one that Fair said ultimately helped her drop what she...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hormones and Metabolism, Medical Procedures and Tests, Body Mass Index, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Shots falling or not, Maryland's Stoglin has unsinkable confidence
Coaches say the best way to emerge from a slump is simply to keep shooting. Terrell Stoglin didn't need to be told twice.
It was Nov. 18, and the Maryland guard was one day removed from the worst game of his college career — 0-for-9 from the...Tags: Gary Williams, Concerts, Virginia Tech Hokies, Miami Hurricanes, Music
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Chefs struggle to stay healthy in pressure-cooker setting
A few months before his wedding, Neill Howell was tipping the scales at 240 pounds and knew he needed to make a change.
There was just one problem: Howell was the executive chef in a restaurant kitchen, a high-stress workplace full of ready-to-grab...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Food Network (tv network), Addiction, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Baltimore ranks 11th among major U.S. cities in biking and walking, Washington second
Baltimore has the 11th-largest percentage of commuter walkers and bicyclers among major U.S. cities, according to a new report on bicycling and walking in the U.S.
"Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report," released Monday by...Tags: Jones Falls, Obesity, Cycling, Trips and Vacations, Petroleum Industry
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Columbia working on plan to improve network of pathways
Columbia will develop by June a vision for a network of interconnected pathways that will allow residents to ditch their vehicles and use nearly 100 miles of trails to walk, bike or run to their destinations. Some 130 community members turned out this...Tags: James Rouse, Howard County, Overweight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight
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2 Baltimore churches challenge each other in health throwdown
It all started with a little bit of good-natured trash talk between the pastors of two of Baltimore's most prominent African-American churches.
The Rev. Jamal Bryant of Empowerment Temple "fell off the wagon" and confesses he wasn't exercising as much as...Tags: Under Armour Inc., Heart Disease, Vegetarian Diet, Bill Clinton, Vegan Diet
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Hopkins turns study on weight loss into program for sale
On the heels of a Johns Hopkins study that showed telephone and web-based coaching helps patients lose weight and keep it off, medical faculty and staff are now collaborating with a private health care firm to make the system widely available. Healthways...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance Cost, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Disease, Private Health Care
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