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CDC to launch anti-smoking campaign
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched an ad campaign to show the damage done from smoking to smokers and their families. The ads began March 19 on television, radio, online and billboards, as well as in theaters, magazines and...Tags: Heart Attack, Stroke, Quitting Smoking, Diseases and Illnesses, Online Advertising
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1 in 80 Maryland children diagnosed with autism, CDC says
One in 88 American children has an autism spectrum disorder, according to a new estimate from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate is 23 percent higher than one the agency released three years ago. Federal officials said some...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Disease Prevention, Genes and Chromosomes, Autism, Family
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Obama's birth-control compromise wins some support
Washington Bureau– For days President Obama had been hammered by critics — including Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien of the Archdiocese of Baltimore — over a regulation in the healthcare law that required religiously affiliated hospitals, charities...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance, Labor Legislation, Symptoms, White House
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Plan B ruling the right decision
I have to disagree as both a physician and father with Dr. Margaret Moon's opinion lambasting the ruling by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that prohibits young teens from acquiring the Plan B pill without a prescription. From a...Tags: General Practitioners, HIV, Drugs and Medicines, Plan B (drug)
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Obama's Plan B decision puts girls at risk
A society is at its worst when it leaves its most vulnerable citizens exposed so that its most powerful can hide from ugly realities. In the case of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' ruling to reject the Food and Drug Administration's...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Family Planning, Birth Control, Ibuprofen (drug), Health Organizations
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Plan B is overruled
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' decision this week to overrule the Food and Drug Administration commissioner and refuse to authorize girls under age 17 to have over-the-counter access to the emergency contraceptive pill known as...Tags: Abortion, Food and Drug Administration, Birth Defects, Family Planning, Birth Control
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Maryland wins $50 million Race to Top grant for early childhood programs
Maryland was one of nine states that won a federal competition Friday for early education funds intended to boost the quality of programs available to young children. The state, which has been seen as a strong proponent of early childhood programs for...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, Personal Income, Rutgers University, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Health secretary Sebelius talks to women in Roland Park about medical issues
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius came to a private house in Roland Park on Thursday to "get the word out" about women's health care issues and promote the Obama administration's controversial health care reform act. "We...Tags: Genetic Condition, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Family
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Women need to speak up about birth control
Where are the women?
In the extreme and ill-tempered debate over the availability of contraceptives for women, we have heard from the president, the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, the Republican presidential candidates, members if Congress and...Tags: Family Planning, Birth Control, Colleges and Universities, Sarah Brown, Small Businesses
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Health exchanges: the missing piece
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently argued that a new health insurance exchange will help Maryland's small businesses more easily find affordable coverage ("Insurance exchanges will help Md.'s small businesses," July 28). The...Tags: Business, IBM, Small Businesses, Elections, Maryland
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Healthy Howard wins award for its health coaching
Healthy Howard Inc., which helps county residents obtain health care services, has won an award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its health coaching program — one of the nonprofit's most controversial aspects. Every...Tags: Local Government, Invention and Innovation, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Elections, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Parents uneasy about swine flu vaccine
Alexandra McKinty will not be putting her 13-month-old in line for the swine flu vaccine. Madelyn, she says, has already had too many shots in her short life. And Loretta Jergensen of Parkville is worried that the vaccine wasn't adequately tested, so...Tags: Prince George's County, Hospitals and Clinics, Skin Rash, Preventative Medicine, Symptoms
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