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- Witnesses told police in Concord, N.C., that Wright was shot after an argument with his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend Monday afternoon.
- Dr. Kenneth J. Murray, a retired neurosurgeon, died May 3 from respiratory failure at NIH. He was 73.
- On Maryland's Eastern Shore, a local hospital is downsized ā and residents are outraged at UMMS.
- Michael J. Smit, a nurse practitioner at Sinai Hospital, died April 1. He was 53.
- Dr. G. Edward Reahl, who had been chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center for nearly three decades, died Saturday of congestive heart failure at his Guilford home. He was 87.
- The $5 billion health system praises doctor who federal authorities say carried out unnecessary stent procedures
- Melissa Missy Robertson selected at hospital SuperStar December
- Glenelg senior linebacker Sam Alsheimer returned to the field this season after a series of leg surgeries to earn the 2018 Howard County Times Defensive Player of the Year award.
- Carl Adkins and his 13-year-old daughter Makayla were shot Sunday in their car. Makayla has undergone multiple surgeries.
- The medical journal The Lancet recently condemned unnecessary cesarean section surgery as a āglobal epidemic.ā In the U.S., almost one in three births is by cesarean section ā a dramatic change from a even a few decades ago. How did this major, risky abdominal surgery become mainstream so fast?
- Care in a special heart surgery unit at Johns Hopkins All Childrenās Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., became so troubled that last year one in 10 patients died andĀ othersĀ sufferedĀ devastating complications before procedures were halted,Ā a year-long investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found.
- Amy Hayes, a 5-year-old shot in Baltimore ā and who by a stunning and tragicĀ coincidence is the younger sister of Taylor Hayes, a 7-year-old who was fatally shot in JulyĀ āĀ was in stable condition, undergoing surgery Tuesday, family members said.
- A 5-year-old girl injured in a shooting Monday evening in West Baltimore has emerged from surgery at a nearby hospital and is expected to survive, police said.
- Dr. Neil Novin, former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, died Sept. 16 from renal failure at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The longtime Pikesville resident was 88.
- A Johns Hopkins panel of doctors, patients, nurses and other providers has created guidelines for the amount of opioids doctors should prescribe for specific surgeries.
- After nearly 25 years leading the board that manages Harford County's two hospitals, Dr. Roger Schneider has stepped aside to concentrate on his "first love," medicine, and to make way for new blood in the leadership ranks.
- There have been 8,509 transplantsĀ from January to March of this yearĀ nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Doctors in Baltimore and elsewhere have successfully transplanted organs and other body parts from deceased donors to living candidates.
- Baltimore police officer Keith Mcneill was shot eight times by a stranger while off duty, and has withstood countless surgeries and rehab sessions in his goal of returning to the force.
- A few years ago, Ravens defensive tackle Brandon Williams learned he has a degenerative eye condition called keratoconus. He worried it might be career-shortening, but he's optimistic after undergoing a new procedure called cross-linking to strengthen his corneas.
- The number of transgender people getting gender reassignment surgery has increased as more insurers cover the procedures, according to new research by Johns Hopkins Medicine.
- A comparison of health costs across five states by the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement found that Maryland costs in Maryland were on average 16 percent lower.
- Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanic women and the medical community is using outreach to try and lower the disparity.
- Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier was released from the hospital Thursday, nearly two months after suffering a spinal injury in a victory over Cincinnati.
- A machine developed at the University of Maryland offers early stage breast cancer patients more precise radiation, reducing the need for surgery.
- Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was hospitalized Friday for what his office described as a bacterial infection in his knee.
- Harpoon Medical, a Baltimore-based medical device company, has been acquired by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. for $100 million.
- A 26-year-old man checked himself into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was immediately taken into surgery, police said. Also a 52-year-old man checked himself into a hospital with a gunshot wound to his thigh.
- Dr. Sarah Lentz served in the Air Force as a surgeon was a general surgeon for four years and was deployed to Iraq. She now works at Carroll Hospital as a surgeon.
- Man dies of stab wounds inside Johns Hopkins Hospital
- PHILADELPHIA When Laura Tuzio Ross told her plastic surgeon that she preferred not to reconstruct her breast after cancer surgery, he warned her she would
- Hidden Scar surgery helps women move on from breast cancer by limiting physical marks.
- Welington Castillo suffered no damage after his second testicular injury since May.
- Carroll Hospital launches pre-operative education class on Monday, Sept. 18
- MedStar Health Cancer Network offers less instrusive lumpectomy
- MedStar Health is opening a one-stop-shop orthopaedics center in Timonium
- Three people were shot ā one of them critically injured ā in Baltimore overnight, police said.
- Johns Hopkins Medicine surgeons have developed a minimally invasive surgery to address chronic pancreatitis, a painful condition that can be remedied by removing the pancreas.
- Gov. Larry Hogan's office does not plan to file an ethics complaint against the president of the Senate, who they accused of pressing the administration to interfere in a decision to approve open-heart surgery at a hospital in Annapolis.
- Surgeon B. Martin Middleton dies
- Hospital staff members receive awards Escobar Steadman Aukerman
- Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings underwent heart surgery and is expected to remain in the hospital for several days, an aide said Thursday.
- Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings underwent heart surgery on Wednesday and is expected to remain in the hospital for several days, his office said on Thursday.
- Americans have increasingly turned to surgery to help them lose weight. Nearly 200,000 people get bariatric surgery each year. The procedures have improved and evolved over the years.
- After four surgeries, physical therapy sessions three times a week, and multiple pairs of the light-up shoes, 3-year-old Kendall Brockenbrough continues to struggle to walk since she was shot in the left leg last September in East Baltimore.
- A month later, Atkins was in Baltimore for an operation. The procedure a Johns Hopkins doctor performed was so new he's since submitted a paper on it to a medical journal for peer review and publication later this year and has given presentations on it to doctors from around the world.
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- Hospital administrators want to see more cases worked out in the same manner and are trying to push legislation that they say would make it easier for doctors to admit when a procedure or surgery goes wrong without having to testify about it in court later. They argue it would put more compensation in the hands of patients, rather than lawyers, and enable them to come up with a treatment plan for the patient more quickly.
- As doctors face pressure to prescribe fewer opioids and other narcotics that can lead to addiction in some patients they are pushing for alternative ways to treat pain.