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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Sun-smart kits The Learn to Live program of the Department of Health offers sun-smart kits to county residents. The kit contains a guidebook, ideas for sun accessories and information about skin cancer detection. To order a kit, call the Learn To Live...Tags: Skin Cancer, Lab Tests, Whooping Cough, Disease Prevention, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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The high cost of waiting
As a nation, our collective attention is increasingly drawn to the way in which health care costs are crippling the economy. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services projects this cost, if unchecked, could rise to $3.4 trillion in 2015, a whopping...
Tags: Government Health Care, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Productivity, Technology
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Md. leaders watching New York's ban of large soda containers
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed this week a first-of-its-kind ban on the sale of large-sized sodas and other sugary beverages at restaurants and other outlets, but don’t look to Baltimore to immediately follow suit. Though studies say...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Consumers, Dining and Drinking, Consumer Goods Industries, Beverage Industry
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Seniors grow old under debt
Norman Harvel is growing old under a mountain of debt. At 60, Harvel faces medical and credit card bills topping $80,000. Yet Harvel is unable to work, having been injured at a job site more a decade ago. The former building maintenance worker now...Tags: Social Security, Financial Markets, Loans, Nursing Homes, MetLife Incorporated
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MedStar to open its first urgent care center
MedStar Health, among the largest health systems in the state, is entering the increasingly crowded urgent care market with its first facility on York Road. A ribbon cutting is planned for May 30. The MedStar system currently operates nine hospitals,...Tags: Allergies, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing Homes, Flu, Symptoms
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Governor promotes Healthy Maryland Week
It’s Healthy Maryland Week, according to Gov. Martin O’Malley. The week, which runs from Mary 29-June 3, encourages residents to become more healthy through exercise, better food choices and preventive care. The O’Malley administration...Tags: Regional Authority, High Blood Pressure, Executive Branch, Obesity, Government
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First United Methodist Church of Laurel offers free food and clothing distribution
There will be a free food and clothing distribution event Saturday, May 19 at First United Methodist Church of Laurel, 424 Main St. The clothing distribution, sponsored by Grace Community Church, will be available from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The food... -
Baltimore Healthy baby campaign to continue with $1 million grant
A Baltimore campaign to reduce the city's high rate of infant mortality got a $1 million boost Wednesday that will enable it to continue its efforts. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield awarded the renewal grant to sustain the B'more for Healthy Babies...
Tags: Patterson Park, Elections, Demographics
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Dance will work as a consultant in Baltimore County schools for June
Dallas Dance, Baltimore County's soon-to-be superintendent of schools, won't officially take the job until July 1, but the school board approved a contract Tuesday night that will allow him to begin working as a consultant for the month of June.
The...Tags: Joe A. Hairston, Baltimore County, Bowie, Towson
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Maryland hospital rates to tick upward
Patients and their insurers won't see much of a difference in hospital bills in the next year, as the state rate-setting panel decided to adopt a plan favored by the hospitals that holds payments "to a near-freeze level." In a close vote, the Maryland...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Insurance
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Health reform has been critical for Maryland
With the Supreme Court reviewing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is no shortage of legal analysis to handicap the decision. But unfortunately, not enough attention has been paid to the real value this law provides to millions of American families and...
Tags: Conservation, Tax Credits, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Issues vs. 'distractions'
It's going to be bait and switch for as far as the eye can see. That's how it looks now that the smoke has cleared after the recent "Mommy war" skirmish over Democratic operative Hilary Rosen's comment that mother of five Ann Romney had "never worked a...
Tags: Bill Ayers, NBC (tv network), This Week (tv program), Ted Nugent, Parties and Movements
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