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Even the Supreme Court seems more concerned with feelings than with the law - The Orioles received bad news regarding the health of second baseman Brian Roberts on Friday. The results of an MRA taken Thursday revealed that Roberts has a right hip labral tear, is a tear in the cartilage that surrounds the outside of the hip zone.
- Some hospitals allow patients to receive visits from their own pets as a means of improving the mood and possibly the health of those in their care
- Howard County school board member Allen Dyer testified Friday in the case brought by the board to remove him, stating that despite being at odds with some fellow members he has "contributed to a better board of education."
- Health officials call for more testing of hepatitis C in baby boomers
- The underlying medical condition that contributed to the death of writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron and is forcing ABC news anchor Robin Roberts to get a bone marrow transplant is a rare and complicated disease that scientists are still trying to figure out.
- Two teenage girls were taken to Maryland Shock Trauma after an accident Wednesday in which the driver was transported to another hospital.
- Baltimore Gas and Electric reported Friday morning that less than 1,500 Howard County customers were still without power as a result of the hurricane-like storm a week ago
- This time of year, we often turn to the tropics for culinary inspiration, the tropics, of sandy beaches, blue oceans and cooling trade winds making the palm trees sway. The abundance of tropical fruits and veggies at the market this time of year help dinner time take on a relaxed and delicious ambience when we use some of the seasonal products that are near to hand, such as mangoes and papayas, in palate-soothing dishes.
- Howard County Health Officer Peter Beilenson Thursday praised the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act that would require all persons to have health insurance or pay a penalty on their annual income taxes.
- Howard County has seen a growing need by families for financial aid to send kids to summer camps. The Y in Ellicott City has already raised four as much money this year as it did in 2011 to help children attend camps.
- A Baltimore County man is the 12th victim of a storm and heat wave in Maryland, and 20,000 power outages remain.
- When state officials sent out a recent news release to detail their success providing 20,600 more Marylanders with drug and alcohol treatment, the description appeared vastly different than what some providers on the ground were saying.
- Four heat-related deaths were reported Wednesday in Maryland, bringing the heat wave and storms' death toll to 11.
- Baltimore city police are investigating the homicide of an unidentified man Thursday evening in the Four by Four neighborhood east of Belair Road.
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- The Wellness House of Annapolis, which offers services and programs to assist those living with cancer and their relatives, including children, has walk-in hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
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- Howard County's Door to HealthCare program will remain open for the foreseeable future and will admit more people with the advent of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2014. Changes are in the offing at Healthy Howard.
- A teen boy in Manchester was burned Thursday when he ignited a bundle of fireworks, officials said.
- Boy to be charged in the beating death of a two-year-old relative.
- With more than half of U.S. births now to minorities, we must solve the puzzle of inequitable health outcomes
- At a cost of nearly $4 million, not counting land, Harford County will be acquiring a new recreation complex that includes five baseball diamonds, a soccer and lacrosse field, and other amenities (parking and such) associated with such facilities.
- Unfortunately, the political discussion in Harford County, and across the U.S. generally fails to acknowledge that these seemingly divergent views on the problem aren't necessarily mutually exclusive. Furthermore, there has been something of a tendency for middle class suburban drug abuse problems to be treated as medical issues, even as urban lower class drug abuse problems are more apt to attract a hard line response.
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- The stable government envisioned by the Founders is tottering under the strain of partisan agendas
- Maryland's summer off to smoggy start, as ozone pollution frequently hits unhealthful levels. Code Orange warning for sensitive individuals issued in Baltimore for rest of week.
- Flip-flop on whether health mandate carries a penalty or a tax demonstrates a recurring theme for ideologically flexible Mitt Romney
- John and Ruby Hill, both 100, are still going strong after 71 years of marriage
- Scrabble at the Bain Center perfect way for seniors to scrabble their brains.
- Health reform will allow more people to get the care they need
- Havre de Grace residents who have concerns with the plan to build a new hospital near the I-95/Route 155 interchange will have another opportunity to discuss the project with city officials.
- A young boy died Wednesday night after he was found unresponsive in a residential swimming pool in Brooklyn Park.
- Fashion, fitness and a new Ferris wheel are just some of the new features in place for this year's African American Festival in Baltimore.
- Baltimore police said a man was shot and killed in the 1400 block of East Preston Street Tuesday afternoon.
- More than 200 Baltimore County drug and alcohol addicts will be displaced this summer when at least three treatment centers close their doors.
- Chase Brexton Health Services launching $25 million renovation of its new Charles Street headquarters
- Health care reform law will provide public with much confusion and dismay
- State can't afford to wait any longer to become competitive with our neighbors
- Supreme Court's health care ruling should be put behind us and the focus put on making the law work
- The stripped cucumber beetle (Acalymma vittatum) and the spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) are the bugs that infect cucumber plants with bacterial wilt.
- An Edgewood woman is taken to Maryland Shock Trauma after an ATV accident in Dublin on Saturday.
