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Former Orioles catcher Nick Hundley's bond with Zach Sprader has carried beyond the teenage boy's lost battle with leukemia.
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The Times caught up with Dave Dolch to talk about why he was ready to retire, and what he thinks about Carroll one day getting athletic turf fields.
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Cancer survivors and nurses strutted their stuff in this year's 'Charm City Stars' fashion show at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Sunday.
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From meal trains to carp streamers, neighbors are showing support for Andrew Mercier, 10, who was diagnosed with leukemia on Easter Sunday.
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They’re the faces of Carroll County’s 2018 4-H & FFA Fair. But there’s more to them than meets the eye. Westminster High School students Liam Bates, 17, and Payton Steele, 16, were named Mr. and Miss 4-H. They've embraced a leadership role leading up to the fair, and will continue to lead after.
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After a brief bout with leukemia, Sister Catherine Phelps, principal of Trinity School, passed away. The 86-year-old nun will be remembered by many.
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John W. Rietz, a retired architect who was known for designing medical facilities and his work with the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, died April 17 from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at his Hunt Valley home. He was 73.
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The Avenue Kitchen & Bar will host an event to honor Alex Wroblewski and raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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The fifth annual Havre de Grace head-shaving fundraiser for the St. Baldrick's Foundation is held at Bill Bateman's Bistro Saturday.
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On Nov. 11, our Moonlit Mission Team once again took part in the Light the Night Walk which raises funds for the life-saving medical research and patient services provided by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), the captain of the fundraising team writes.
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Candlelight vigil honors Locust Point man killed outside Royal Farms.
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Dr. Bill Gai brings medical reasearch expertise to cancer treatment at Carroll Hospital
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24 Baltimore is an annual cycling and walking event to raise money for cancer patients.
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Held in memory of Jonathan Gitelman, who died at 46 of leukemia in February 2016, Sundays at the Park provides children and families battling cancer with a day of baseball at Camden Yards.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a ground-breaking gene therapy treatment in which a patient’s blood cells are genetically engineered to attack and kill cancer cells.
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September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month and several events are planned in Harford County, according to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
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Surgeon B. Martin Middleton dies
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Eugene E. "Fat Back" Allen, 88, a veteran arabber, died June 13 from leukemia at the Veterans Administration Hospital in downtown Baltimore.
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For Nancy Corbitt and her daughter Ashley Loftice, of Eldersburg, oncology nursing is something of a family business. Corbitt has been working with cancer patients at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center since she graduated from nursing school in 1986. Two years ago, Loftice followed in her mother's footsteps, joining the cancer center after working at a private practice. Corbitt cares for leukemia and lymphoma patients during in-patient chemotherapy, and Loftice
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Can a childhood cancer doctor like me have insights about that other end of medicine — older adults with dementia? Confronting my wife's Alzheimer's disease, I am appalled by the lack of effective therapy for her and by what I see as a lack of direction in clinical dementia research, a lack of structure and a lack of ambitious leadership.
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Barbara M. Guidera, 83, a homemaker, died Sunday of acute myeloid leukemia at her Lutherville home.
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Kenneth David Nibali, a former top administrator at the Social Security Administration, died of leukemia at home in West Friendship on April 4. He was 69.
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Almost seven years after my leukemia diagnosis at age 23, side effects from the chemotherapy that saved my life mean I likely won't bear children. I wasn't given an option to preserve my fertility, but even if I had been, the decision would have come with a huge price tag. Insurance companies are not required to cover the cost of fertility preservation for teen-age and young adult cancer patients.
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Bond Mill Elementary students participated in the Pennies for Patients program that raises money by collecting change for those with leukemia and lymphoma to find cures for blood cancer. The students and their family were so generous with their spare pennies that they raised almost $2,300.
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Gateway/Crossroads students raise funds for Leukemia Lymphoma Society
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Jean Bradford, 81, a retired Goucher College psychology professor who was a co-founder of the Women's Studies and Peace Studies Programs, died of leukemia complications Dec. 28 at the Keswick Multi-Care Center.
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At least 70 units of blood were collected during the fifth Team Carolyn blood drive at the Bel Air Armory Thursday. The drives are in honor of Carolyn Lynch, of Bel Air, who is in remission from leukemia.
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Five-year-old Kaheem Philbert of Owings Mills, who is battling leukemia, was a superhero for a day on Friday — and the world was watching.
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With his goal in overtime, Johansson lifted the Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, ending the team's three-game losing streak.
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The Ravens cut a practice squad tight end last month. It might end up saving his life.
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A midshipman at the Naval Academy died Sunday of leukemia, the Naval Academy said Monday.
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Disease touched lives of Koontz, McConville, among others around county
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The fourth blood drive to honor Bel Air resident Carolyn Lynch's battle against leukemia will be Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 7 p.m.
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When it comes to life-threatening illnesses in children, many families are learning that some of the best treatment doesn't come from a pill.
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Though Maria Dennis returned to the airwaves in 2015 just months after she was declared cancer-free, much of her fight remains in the present.
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William Single III, a Baltimore lawyer who was special policy adviser to the executive office of the Jhpiego Corp., died Wednesday from leukemia at his Rosedale home. He was 80.
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A year ago, while county officials from around Maryland gathered for their annual beachside conference in Ocean City, Gov. Larry Hogan was in a Baltimore hospital undergoing his first round of chemotherapy. This year, Hogan is everywhere at the Maryland Association of Counties convention – raising funds, shaking hands, and visiting a young friend still undergoing cancer treatments.
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Jonathan Wilson, executive director of the Maryland chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, will run on a treadmill for 24 hours to raise money and awareness
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7-year-old Noah Kabia, an aspiring drummer with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, now strives to beat cancer with community support.
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The Rev. Elmer L. Zick Jr., a retired Lutheran minister who pastored Christ Lutheran Church for nearly four decades, died Sunday from complications of leukemia at his Glen Burnie home He was 92.
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John W. O'Brien, a former Roman Catholic parish priest who later headed the Home and Schools Program for Baltimore Public Schools, died Thursday of leukemia at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 84.
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5-year-old Andrew Oberle had an Orioles spring training experience and met his favorite player, Jonathan Schoop, at spring training this week.
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The fourth annual St. Baldrick's Foundation head-shaving fundraiser at Looney's Pub in Bel Air set a record for participation this year, with 67 'shavees.' Local children who have either beaten cancer or are still fighting it were honored at an annual event that raises tens of thousands of dollars for children's cancer research.
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The challenge these days for University of Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese and her husband, 1988 Laurel High graduate Mark Thomas, is raising two active boys in a family where the mother is in a profession that can be all-consuming in terms of time and mental energy.
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Irvin R. Bauer, a retired Baltimore firefighter and World War II veteran, died Wednesday of acute myeloid leukemia at his Westminster home. He was 87.
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More than six decades after its inception, the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company celebrated its members at the company's annual banquet Saturday evening.
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Carolyn Lynch has spent most of the past six months in the hospital being treated for leukemia, but she had the opportunity to come out Monday evening and meet some of the people who have been supporting her in her ongoing battle against cancer.
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