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Anne M. Rogers, a retired registered nurse who had been a combat nurse during World War II, died Saturday of vascular disease at Oak Crest Village retirement community. She was 93. - Baltimore police officers have shot 10 people this year, but only one was carrying a firearm, raising questions about whether police have proper training to handle calls involving people suffering from mental illness.
- A state task force comprised of police, mental health advocates and gun rights representatives on Tuesday began its look at whether Maryland laws governing gun access by the mentally ill should be changed.
- A Prince George's County judge released Neil Edwin Prescott, 28, into the custody of his parents Tuesday and ruled that he must continue taking medication and attend counseling while he awaits arraignment next week.
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- Stay on top of new back-to-school health guidelines about everything from germs and vaccines to bullying and concussions.
- An unusually large number of people have come down with the respiratory disease whooping cough this year around the nation, and in Maryland, prompting public health officials to issue warnings about booster shots for adults and children.
- Individuals and families in Harford County and Cecil County are invited to the Healthy Living in Havre de Grace Health Fair Saturday at the Havre de Grace Community Center to have fun, listen to live music, participate in aerobic dance competitions, win valuable prizes and learn how to live longer, healthier and happier lives
- Recent numbers suggest Maryland's efforts to reduce infant mortality are paying off
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- Dr. Drew says he has minor condition called exercise bulimia upsetting doctors at The Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt who say it could be first signs of an eating disorder
- Maryalnd's corrections chief responds to recent articles in The Sun detailing complaints about the treatment of youths housed in the adult jail.
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- The objective of this column is to provide information on compulsive hoarding in older adults in order to increase the readers' awareness of this serious mental health issue.
- Crofton man accused of threatening workplace shooting remains in care of mental health officials while prosecutors assemble case
- State health officials reviewing regulations on tanning beds which say children under 18 need parental permission
- Treatment and prevention offer the best hope for containing the epidemic, but don't tell that to the MTA
- WESTMINSTER — The Board of County Commissioners will meet this week to discuss a proposal to change the current fee schedule for various permits and services from the county's Department of Health.
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- There was another heat-related death in Harford County.
- The man driving the tractor trailer that slammed into a Maryland State Police cruiser and killed the two troopers in it was convicted 25 years ago this week of two counts of manslaughter
- Two men suffered burns in Harford County Thursday evening when they tried to ignite a pile of brush with gasoline, fire investigators said.
- Health officials confirmed five more heat-related deaths Monday, bringing the death toll from a 12-day heat wave to 18 in Maryland.
- Baltimore man, 33, wounded in Delaware shootings that killed 3
- The Supreme Court's recent ruling on federal health care reform may have settled legal concerns, but the heads of Maryland's top insurer and two largest medical institutions said there are still unanswered questions and worries about the law.
- A city firefighter was injured while putting out a fire in a two-story vacant home in East Baltimore Sunday night, according to fire officials. He was treated at the scene then taken to Maryland Shock Trauma as a precaution, but was released shortly after.
- The pace of power restoration is slowing as Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. workers focus on isolated outages and face the potential for more severe weather.
- The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services is reporting more than $700,000 in damages in the early Sunday morning fire that displaced approximately 40 residents of Tiger Lily Path in the Country Meadows apartment complex in North Laurel.
- Federal health law program aims to bring better coordinated care to Medicare recipients
- A Lansdowne man was arrested for assaulting three people with a knife on July 8, according to Baltimore County Police.
- Calvin Shaw, 22, of Laurel, was arrested July 8 and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with a July 4 shooting in Northwest Washington that left one dead and three wounded, Metropolitan Police said.
- Dr. Stephen L. Godwin and his staff are celebrating a major milestone - his 10th anniversary at Bel Air Orthodontics
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- American Cancer Society looking for participants for cancer prevention study
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- A 43-year-old man found shot and stabbed in the Central Park Heights neighborhood late Sunday died from the wounds early Monday at Sinai Hospital.
- After leaving her in a medically induced coma, we meet a smiling, awake Nancy in the hospital
- Congress should follow Maryland's example and raise cigarette tax to reduce health care costs, improve health and save lives
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- Baltimore police are investigating a pair of shootings that occurred late Saturday and Sunday afternoon in the city's Upton neighborhood.
- Dr. Edward Lawrence Suarez-Murias, a retired psychiatrist and World War II veteran, died of pneumonia July 2 at his Roland Park home. He was 96.
- "NY Med," which is set at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, is visual anthropology at its best with the ABC News cameras taking viewers deep inside a culture of competition, compassion and cutting-edge medicine.
- The children at St. Vincent's Villa recently were participants in a "Heart Healthy"-themed summer camp held on the Villa's Dulaney Valley campus.
- Baltimore's fledging "Hire One Youth" effort encourages businesses to employ high school students and other young adults for the summer.
- Technically, Maryland prisons don't put inmates in solitary confinement, but the techniques it uses to control unruly prisoners amount to virtually the same thing
- The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Health Care Act surprised many. The reasoning given by the court for allowing the mandate is that it's a tax — and it's constitutional for Congress to pass a tax.
- The celebrity couple got sick after eating in Italy, but no one was hospitalized
