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Does it sometimes feel as if your doctor is spending more time looking at the computer than engaging with you?

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Sep 7, 2016

Doctors at trauma units around the country use different blood mixtures when performing transfusions on patients. For a long time it was unclear if one combination worked better than another because no one had ever studied the issue.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 3, 2015

Medical marijuana could help decrease overdoses

Dr. Leon E. Kassel, an internal medicine physician who set up and ran the outpatient program at Sinai Hospital, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure.

By Michael Dresser

Dec 15, 2014

An otherwise laudable effort by the City Council to restrict e-cigarette use suffers from a fatally broad loophole.

Federal database shows $3.5 billion paid by health care industry to doctors in 5 months for clinical trials, consulting and other services

New approaches give patients many options for life after mastectomy

President Obama issued an executive order last month, called "Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria." In essence, it's a broad spectrum plan to keep antibiotics working. There's a lot of good in there, but in one very important way, the new executive order report falls short. It doesn't get tough on factory farms.

GOP candidates are touting their newfound support for expanded access to contraceptives, but the ploy could backfire

Access to medical marijuana saves lives

Democrats should support Heather Mizeur to be Maryland's next governor

Sexual assaults on campus remain a chronic problem that demands a tougher response from policymakers and college administrators

Attack on Obama's nominee to be surgeon general demonstrates NRA's clout — and the cowardice of Senate Democrats.

Gay rights advocates and the state legislator who introduced legislation this session to ban so-called "gay conversion therapy" in Maryland have withdrawn the bill, saying they will instead pursue regulatory oversight of the controversial practice.

Danger of energy drinks to youngsters is not to be taken lightly

CVS/Caremark's decision not to sell tobacco helps send the message that smoking is not an accepted social norm.

Transgender students at the University of Maryland, College Park seeking to undergo sex change surgery could have the cost covered in their health insurance plan next year, joining a recent wave of colleges and employers nationwide offering the benefit.

128 orthopaedic physicians from 25 practices pull together to form new group

We shouldn't be so quick to dismiss the dangers of marijuana.

Hospitals ought to be doing less, not more, in the community

Dr. Joseph S. Ardinger, a retired obstetrician and gynecologist who delivered more than 4,000 babies in nearly 50 years of medical practice, died of pneumonia complications Monday at Howard County General Hospital. The Ellicott City resident was 92.

Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson will speak to the American Medical Association on Saturday as he is honored for advocacy of "freedom-based" health reform.

Newspaper fails to make a convincing case for Obama and his health care pledge

The Food and Drug Administration's 1983 blanket ban on blood donation from men who have sex with men (MSM) is outdated, discriminatory, and medically unjustifiable.

Some things never really do change: The same alleged Lenin quote used to defeat President Truman's attempt to expand medical coverage has risen its head again, most recently by Dr. Ben Carson in slamming Obamacare. Trouble is, some scholars doubt the quote ever passed Lenin's lips.

Congress must eliminate uncertainty about Medicare physician payments to set the stage for innovation that will improve care and reduce costs.

Guantanamo detention center remains a stain on our national character

After gay men are rejected from donating blood, volunteers will compile HIV tests from across the country and deliver them to the FDA .

The inclusion of psychology and sociology questions on the MCAT may weed out precisely the aspiring medical students we need.

AMA decision to label obesity as a disease could prove helpful if it brings greater resources to bear against a worsening national epidemic

Weight loss programs don't have to be expensive to work

Suffice it to say I've been ambivalent for years about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ban on gay men donating blood.

The switch to digitizing medical information has been botched, but it's not beyond repair

Vegans and vegetarians live longer than meat-eaters

Dr. Richard J. Bouchard, a retired cardiologist who played an instrumental role in the establishment of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at St. Agnes Hospital, died Saturday from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 84.

A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting.

Taking drops of allergens under the tongue can an effective alternative to allergy shots for preventing coughing, wheezing and chest tightness common this time of year among allergy sufferers, according to a Johns Hopkins doctor's review of dozens of published studies.

Legislation in Maryland would cut down on overdoses by allowing family members to keep and administer Naloxone.

Congress must act on Medicare reform

Annual override of scheduled Medicare reimbursement cut perpetuates a dysfunctional system