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Gaithersburg-based MedImmune has signed a flurry of partnerships with National Institutes of Health labs in hopes of speeding scientific discoveries and growing the region into a major biotechnology hub. - Health advocates, led by the Sugar Free Kids Maryland coalition, wanted bottled water, low-fat milk and 100 percent fruit juice offered in kids meals in lieu of sugary sodas.
- 10th-anniversary Seniors on the Go: An Aging & Disabilities Expo set for April 8 at Ag Center
- Sugar Free Kids is supporting legislation in this year's session of the Maryland General Assembly that would repeal the state's 6 percent sales tax on bottled water. Maryland is one of only four states that taxes bottled water at a higher rate than other essential food and drinks, like bread and milk. Water, in all its forms, is the most essential of them all.
- February is National Heart Month. According to the CDC, approximately 600,000 Americans die of heart disease, making it the leading killer of both men and women. The numbers may be frightening, but experts say there are steps we all can take to minimize our risk of developing heart disease.
- Lisa Swinton McLaughlin delivered twins at age 56. The new mother who had longed for kids for so long died before her boys ever left the hospital. An autopsy found she passed from a bowel obstruction.
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- More than two years ago Halethorpe resident Carole Ferrante recalls teaching high school students to calculate their Body Mass Index in her physical education class at Reservoir High School in Howard County.
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- A coalition of public health and community advocacy groups, including the Howard County-based Horizon Foundation, wants Maryland legislators to eliminate the state's sales tax on bottled water and to require restaurants to offer healthier drink options as part of their kid's meal menus.
- We have learned over the years that whether you are a child at school trying to prevent diabetes, or an adult working in an office trying to prevent and manage diabetes, one fundamental fact is a need to start the day with a healthy breakfast.
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- The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has been awarded a $3.5 million federal grant to invest in diabetes and heart disease prevention efforts in five designated regions in the state, including Baltimore.
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- Shoppers Food & Pharmacy is partnering with the American Diabetes Association to bolster efforts to battle diabetes in the areas it serves by joining the organization's "Stop Diabetes" campaign, a program that supports community outreach and educational programs aimed at raising awareness of the disease.
- Thanks to an experimental device known as a "bionic pancreas," 7-year-old Type 1 diabetic Zara Cheek of Baltimore got to live a normal life at a Massachusetts summer camp, if only for two weeks.
- Restrictions on sales of unhealthy food and drink at county-sponsored events are necessary to promote good health
- The demand for more affordable strips has resulted in what some are calling a "gray" market for reselling strips that has caused a public health concern among doctors and the American Diabetes Association.
