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The data for 3,300 hospitals released by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows wide variation in what hopsitals charge. It marks the first time information about hospital rates has been released publicly. -
- Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty this week to defrauding the government by obtaining federal military benefits with faked documentation that they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office.
- May is here, and there are special events happening in Aberdeen.
- The O'Malley administration has settled a class-action lawsuit accusing the state of failing low-incoming and disabled Marylanders by regularly taking nearly a year to approve medical assistance applications as part of a severe backlog.
- 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.
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- Over the past 17 years, a rare disease, Friedereich Ataxia, has sapped Lauren Williams' mobility. She has learned to use adaptive sports to reclaim her sense of direction.
- Loretta Dumas-Turner, a retired U.S. Department of Labor economist and world traveler, died April 18 from complications of diabetes at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was 57.
- The United Way of Central Maryland's Access to Healthy Food Initiative distributed more than 2.8 million in groceries — enough to fill 56 tractor trailers — to low-income individuals and families, the organization announced Tuesday.
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- Medstar Harbor Primary Care director says constipation is easily treatable, but patients should be careful it is not a sign of other health care problems.
- As Baltimore prepares to rewrite its zoning code, officials should use the opportunity to limit the density of small liquor stores in the city's poorest neighborhoods
- As Monarch Academy Glen Burnie music teacher Kenzie Turk talked about the trials of living with Type 1 diabetes, her service dog Bear lay nearby, drifting in and out of a deep sleep.
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- Other school districts have already changed their policies to only sell healthier options in their schools. I urge HCPSS to follow their lead to produce both healthy kids and healthy revenues for schools.
- ...helps women prepare for healthy pregnancies. Its message urges women to show their love for their child by first loving themselves and by adopting healthy habits well before becoming pregnant.
- Twelve 11th-grade girls, one from each of Harford County's high schools, were honored for their achievements in math and science, as well as extracurricular activities, during the annual Dr. Judith Resnik Luncheon on Saturday at Harford Community College.
- Michael Stebbins, artistic director since 2005 of Rep Stage, a professional Equity company in Columbia, , has resigned. He intends to return to his freelance acting and directing.
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- Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults to cope with the emotional component of diabetes, died of prostate cancer complications March 25 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69.
- Rochester Hills, Mich.-based Leader Dogs for the Blind has given 14,500 guide dogs to the blind and visually impaired since it was founded in 1939.
- Carol G. Hjortsberg, former head of Grace Episcopal Day School and author of a history of St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Annapolis, died March 27 from complications of diabetes at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was 69.
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- The first ever "Fun Buns" class at the VFW Post 8185 finished up its eight-week course Saturday, but instructor Cindi Lamb Wiley will begin a new "Energy Class" on Monday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m.
- Spring may have officially arrived in late March, but Mother Nature found fit to continue some cold and dreary weather for us
- Maynard E. Keadle, a retired principal of Dulaney and Perry Hall high schools recalled as a leader who put his students and faculty first, died of diabetic complications Tuesday at Manor Care Ruxton. The Timonium resident was 84.
