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Cara G. Becker, volunteer and entrepreneur
Cara G. Becker, a Towson University student and entrepreneur whose spirit of volunteering began in her childhood, died Monday of leukemia at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Towson resident was 21. "In her young life, Cara Becker touched so many people,...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, American Red Cross, Health Treatments, Pikesville, Colleges and Universities
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Legislators to look at drug shortages
The staff at Anne Arundel Medical Center considered canceling some surgeries on a recent weekend because the hospital was running low on a common drug used to help bring people out from under anesthesia. It is the kind of problem hospitals and doctors...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments, Justice System, Anne Arundel Medical Center
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Research looks at how to better fight breast cancer in African-American women
It is well documented that African-American women with breast cancer are more likely to have a more aggressive type of the disease that kills them, but why remains a mystery.
The answers may be found one day soon, as researchers focus more on the genetic...Tags: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Hormones and Metabolism, Death, Health Treatments, Diseases and Illnesses
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MedImmune creating drug pipeline for AstraZeneca
When Gail Folena-Wasserman joined Gaithersburg biotechnology startup MedImmune in 1991, she was its first employee in research and development, and dreamed of what the company might be "when it grew up."
Two decades later, the senior vice president for...Tags: AstraZeneca Plc, Stock Market, Research and Development, Staphylococcal Infection , HPV Vaccine
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Hopkins team creates device to screen for anemia
Every year, health organizations spend millions in the developing world attacking the iron-deficiency disorder known as anemia. They pay special attention to pregnant women, a population highly vulnerable to the disease.
Every year, though, 115,000 of...Tags: University of Oxford, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School
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With FastStitch, Hopkins students see 'future of suture'
The device looks comically simple, almost like a toy: Royal blue handles curve into a bright white clamp, part pliers, part hole punch. But FastStitch, a new surgical tool designed by a team of Hopkins students and graduates, has serious ambitions...
Tags: Hernia, University of Maryland, College Park, University of California, Irvine, Appendectomy, Colleges and Universities
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Targeted breast cancer therapies coming to the forefront in treatment
If there ever was a right time to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Beth Thompson found one. In February 2006, the pea-size tumor in her right breast was too small for a clinical trial of Herceptin, a targeted therapy that had proved effective in advanced...
Tags: ImmunoGen Incorporated, University of Maryland, College Park, Health Treatments, Herceptin (drug), Breast Cancer
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Bringing down the cost of oral chemotherapy
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network applauds the work of the Maryland General Assembly in passing the Kathleen Mathias Oral Chemotherapy Act of 2012. The provisions of the bill went into effect Oct. 1, resulting in increased quality of...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Health Treatments, Oncology, Cancer, Breast Cancer
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New state laws on car seats, chemotherapy coverage begin
A raft of new state laws take effect Monday, imposing new requirements from the car seat to the hearse. Children under 8 years old will be required to sit in a booster seat or child seat until they reach a certain height — the Maryland...
Tags: Health Treatments, Fantasy Football Games, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Breast Cancer, Cancer
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Chair, vice chair re-elected to Harford Community College Board of Trustees
Bryan E. Kelly has been reelected chair and James J. Valdes has been reelected vice chair of the Harford Community College Board of Trustees. Kelly, managing partner/owner of The Kelly Group, has been a member of the board since 2005 and has served two...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Harford Community College, Defense, Colleges and Universities, Finance
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Hereford High student overcomes leukemia to graduate with his twin
The audience at Hereford High School's graduation at McDaniel College in Westminster on May 25 was asked to hold applause until the names of all graduates had been read and diplomas awarded. There were occasional bursts of clapping, some hoots and some...
Tags: Graduation, Health Treatments, Community College of Baltimore County, Towson, Colleges and Universities
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Accordionists' Association encourages young players
Vince Demor walked through a hotel lobby in shorts and a T-shirt, looking like any teenager, except for the accordion around his neck, which he wore as naturally as a lawyer sports a tie. He played exercises quietly as he walked. Accordions are all...
Tags: Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Italy, Chemical Industry, E-Commerce Industry, Johns Hopkins University
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