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Ambulance companies, labs, ophthalmologists and oncologists earn the most in Medicare payments in the state

Physicians have seen how the demands placed on Hopkins employee greatly exceed their pay

The man shot to death this week by Baltimore County police had approached officers with a knife before, according to court documents in a January incident that bears striking similarities to this week's case.

Multiple myeloma is cancer of the bone marrow, an incurable type of the disease that kills about 10,700 people a year.

Dr. Anatol H. "Harry" Oleynick, a retired neurologist who taught for half a century at the University of Maryland Medical School, died Feb. 19 of cancer at the Veterans Administration Hospital on Loch Raven Boulevard in Northeast Baltimore. The former longtime Timonium resident was 83.

Playgrounds, athletic fields and other areas of public parks in the Baltimore region could become no-smoking zones under legislation being considered by local officials.

Dr. Harry P. Porter, a retired Baltimore otolaryngologist who was known for both his clinical abilities and bedside manner, died Thursday of heart failure at his Timonium home. He was 96.

Maryland lawmakers, prompted by recent multimillion-dollar medical malpractice judgments, are pushing legislation to create a fund to help pay the costs to treat babies injured during birth.

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Some women are more comfortable with a female doctor because of the sensitive nature of exams or believe another woman better understands their needs, and female dominated practices are not uncommon in the Baltimore area, by design or happenstance. But hospitals that tailor their staffs by creating all-female practices walk a fine legal line.

Chieh "Jeffrey" Huang, a retired civil engineer who was a founder of the Chinese Language School of Baltimore, died Jan. 21 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 78.

The Rev. William W. Trumbore, a retired Episcopal minister who enjoyed working with young people, died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 81.

Joseph W. McLeary, who had careers with the city police department, state police and the Department of Homeland Security, died Sunday of a massive stroke at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 73.

Dr. Elmer Hoffman, a retired Baltimore surgeon who had been a pioneer in breast cancer surgery and reconstruction, died Monday of complications of an infection at Sinai Hospital. He was 92.

Greater Baltimore Medical Center's Dr. Timothy F. Doran explains how much is too much

A Loyola University Maryland student has been diagnosed with possible bacterial meningitis and is in serious condition at local hospital, school officials said.

Charles Edwin Lamb, an architect of forward-looking, modernist structures and a founder of the RTKL firm, died of complications of Parkinson's disease Dec. 12 at the Heron Point Retirement Community in Chestertown. He was 87 and had lived in Baltimore and Annapolis.

The Baltimore region's likely first baby of the year is a girl born seven minutes after midnight Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.

Nearly four years after it was signed and after months of scrambling and uncertainty, President Obama's landmark bid to guarantee Americans health security takes full effect Wednesday as the Affordable Care Act begins delivering health coverage to millions of the nation's uninsured.

Mary B. Price, a social worker who helped establish the social work department at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, died Saturday of dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at the Maples of Towson, an assisted-living facility. She was 88.

The Parkville-based Baltimore Flute Choir will perform Nov. 28 at the Loch Raven Festival of the Arts

Towson gynecologist Dr. John Yacoub surrendered his medical license Wednesday as he faced charges of improperly distributing prescription drugs, but was not accused of wrongdoing related to images of patients' genitals found on his phone.

From its humble origins on the shores of the Patapsco River in industrial and rail-clogged South Baltimore, Charles Street transforms itself during its 10.9-mile journey through the heart of the city as it progresses north through the fashionable and wealthy tenderloin neighborhoods of Guilford, Homeland, Woodbrook, Murray Hill and into Baltimore County.

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Betsey R. Spragins, who was a member of the original Women's Hospital Foundation board at Greater Baltimore Medical Center where she volunteered for 40 years, died Monday of heart failure at the Broadmead retirement community in Hunt Valley. She was 91.

Joan A. Spurrier, a retired legal secretary and family matriarch, died of kidney failure Sunday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The Idlewylde resident was 80.

Residency programs in the medical specialty that deals with foot and ankle injuries and disease have disappeared in Maryland, but the demand for services is increasing.

Graphic photos of female genitalia found on the cell phone of a Towson gynecologist were taken for medical and educational purposes, and with patients' consent, the doctor's lawyers said Monday.

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Towson gynecologist Dr. John Yacoub has been temporarily barred from providing care after an investigation uncovered images of female genitalia on his phone, as well as evidence he used and distributed illicit drugs and had an affair with a patient.