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Prostate cancer is generally viewed as a disease of older men, but about 10% of new diagnoses occur in men age 55 or younger, and socioeconomic factors play an important role.
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Charlene MacPherson uses the tabletop game to provide therapy to people with mental health diagnoses
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Baltimore City
North Baltimore residents appealed a Baltimore circuit judge’s May decision affirming the legality of a funeral home’s plans to install a crematorium, extending the feud which united neighborhoods bisected by York Road.
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Baltimore Rep. Kweisi Mfume says he has introduced legislation that would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks, the late Turner Station resident whose cell line has been used in multiple medical breakthroughs.
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Obituaries
Richard “Dick” Rhoda — a retired pharmacist, drug manufacturer’s sales representative and former sports coach — died of respiratory failure June 12 at Stella Maris Long Term Care in Timonium. He was 92.
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Dr. Howard Hessan, a retired Baltimore otolaryngologist who practiced for nearly 40 years, died from complications of Parkinson’s disease June 8.
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Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital recently opened its new Ability Center, a kid-friendly rehabilitation facility for those suffering from chronic diseases and trauma-related injuries.
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Maryland
Reporting that identifies 15 people whose names were redacted in the Maryland attorney general’s report on child sexual abuse within the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore raises questions about why these individuals were not named.
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Are there things we can do to stay safe while traveling and help loved ones from experiencing breathing challenges due to wildfires?
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Baltimore City
Students, staff and faculty at Johns Hopkins University as well as patients at the related medical system may have had sensitive information exposed following a recent cybersecurity attack on widely used software, according to the institution.
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