Health

A phase 1 drug trial using mistletoe extract to treat cancer patients was recently completed by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and it found that the treatment, commonly used in Europe, is safe. and appeared to improve the quality of life of those receiving treatment for cancer.

Monday’s busy agendas were part of “crossover day,” one of the more consequential traditions during the 90-day Maryland General Assembly session that ends April 10.

The Maryland House of Delegates pushed through a packed calendar Saturday, passing a series of local bills and statewide policies running the gamut from alcohol regulation to energy and the environment.

Last year, Marylanders spent an average of 228 minutes — nearly four hours — in emergency rooms before leaving, according to U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. That’s roughly half an hour more than residents of Delaware, the second-worst state.

Dr. Robert K. Brooner, who had been head of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center’s Addiction Treatment Services and Center for Addiction and Pregnancy, died.

Marilyn R. Goldwater, an emergency room nurse by training who served 24 years in the Maryland House of Delegates, has died. She was 95.

A Maryland House bill would make Maryland the first state to mandate that all public high school and college institutions provide mental health first-aid training to each participating coach.

Diane Johnson, the retired Sinai Hospital of Baltimore chief nursing officer recalled as a forceful professional leader, died March 10.