american heart association

It's too early to judge the value of requiring businesses to post warning about the adverse health effects of sugary drinks.

News and events around Baltimore County

Obituaries in Baltimore County

February is National Heart Month, a good time to make dietary changes, reduce stress and start exercising.

Baltimore's inner harbor ice rink opened an hour early Sunday for a private skating session for an 11-year-old who recently got a heart transplant

Science has come a long way from the days when we believed the universe revolved around the Earth, lobotomies were the best treatment for depression and germs didn't exist. But while you probably won't read any studies of alchemy or bloodletting in respected scientific journals, it doesn't mean the days of publishing inaccurate and misleading research are behind us. In fact, 2014 was a banner year for the promotion of some pretty dubious and downright silly research.

Studies show a healthy lifestyle can prevent a number of illnesses and diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and certain types of cancer. And in Howard County, achieving that lifestyle is easier than you might think.

The sixth annual Scaggsville Pub Crawl was Nov. 25. This year, over 150 women raised $4,300 for the American Heart Association.

Unfortunately a bill recently passed by the Baltimore City Council allowing the use of e-cigarettes in restaurants, taverns and casinos not only weakens Baltimore and Maryland's longstanding and popular smoke-free laws, it threatens the health of many city workers. We urge Mayor Rawlings-Blake to see through the tobacco industry smokescreen and use her power to veto this ordinance.

Carroll Hospital Center has received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients.

Orioles fans come to grips with rescheduling events for American League Championship and possible World Series appearance.

Howard County health digest

Howard County health digest

No parent wants to be in a position to use it, but child-safety experts agree that learning infant and child CPR is a must for every mother and father.

Howard County health digest

Jon B. Singer, a Baltimore businessman who was active in Jewish philanthropic charities, died Aug. 31 at his Pikesville home of pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

Howard County health digest

Dr. Robert R. Hahn, former emergency room chief at what is now the University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton, died Aug. 7 of coronary artery disease at William Hill Manor in Easton. He was 93.

To celebrate the 40th season of Howard County Summer Theatre, longtime Mt. Hebron High School math teacher Tom Sankey will embark July 2 on directing his all-volunteer cast and crew in mounting eight performances of "Les Misérables."

Folly Quarter Middle School community was celebrating its National Blue Ribbon honor when school officials announced another recent accolade – an online education resource named Folly Quarter the 12th best middle school in the nation.

Thanks to the leadership of Howard County Summer Theater, who acquired one of the first community theater rights in the country to stage a full-length Broadway version of the show, "Les Miz" as its commonly known, will open on the Mt. Hebron High School stage

The Youth's Benefit PTA would like to congratulate the students of Youth's Benefit and their families for the service and support they have provided this school year

Here's how fruits and vegetables sold by area bicycle vendors stack up against processed snacks.

Hammond Elementary School had a team in Battle of the Books and they won the competition at Howard High.

The American Heart Association Maryland opened its Simple Cooking with Heart Kitchen earlier this year to teach people how to create healthy meals.

Alyana Whitfield, a first grader at Gorman Crossing, noticed the trash along the road. She wanted to know why it was there and why it wasn't picked up.

That topic will be the focal point of an event on Sunday at The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.