diabetes

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With his heart racing uncontrollably and doctors unable to tell him what was wrong, Ravens defensive tackle Arthur Jones admitted that he pondered the potential end of his NFL career.

Pick up a glass of celery and tomatoes, not fruit drinks, if you want to stay healthy

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

While the Obama administration rallies support for a military strike against the regime of President Bashar Assad, international agencies are warning that health conditions in Syria are deteriorating.

Ellicott City briefs

Senior Briefs

Salvatore J. Russo, a retired Bethlehem Steel timekeeper and World War II veteran, died of diabetic complications Sunday at Emeritus Senior Living in Towson. The Cockeysville resident was 94.

List of Howard County support groups

Public schools are new in session, as a new season begins.

Emancipation Day is recognized as Laurel's oldest festival, dating back to the early 1900s. This year, the parade will make a comeback for the Sept. 7 Emancipation Day festival and it's being billed by the event's new organizers as a return to the past, along with new activities such as a 5k walk/run, more vendors, speakers, games and other events.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center hopes to better address health needs of the Latino community with a new center of excellence.

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Ellicott City briefs

Maryland's infant mortality rate reached a record low for the third year in a row as efforts to reduce the number of Maryland babies under age one who die continue to work.

September marks prostate cancer awareness month, and while prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in men in the United States, the Harford County Health Department urges men to consider the facts about prostate cancer and the importance of a healthy prostate.

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Health Care for The Homeless clinic at Franklin Square Medical Center hopes to serve more patients after it triples in size.

Some are still offended by women nursing in public, but perceptions are changing

The Catholic church on sex

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The summer is growing older, and activities are beginning to pick up in and around the Aberdeen community

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More than 300 young people converged on Anne Arundel County this week to repair more than three dozen homes as part of a Christian work camp.

In what the family considers some sort of divine timing, a Maryland woman's kidney donation not only allowed for her husband to receive a transplant from a stranger six months earlier, but also came as her father rose to the top of the transplant list.

Columbia Digest

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease has become the most common chronic liver disease in all developed countries.

Medicare cuts for dialysis would be disastrous for people with kidney disease

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Even though past programs designed to get more business owners to move to the Historic Main Street District have garnered little interest, Laurel city officials are not giving up on offering incentives in an attempt to spark a revitalization of the corridor.

Howard County General Hospital to hold a Family Health and Wellness Fair