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• Sports

Former Ravens quarterback Anthony Wright hospitalized after shooting

Witnesses told police in Concord, N.C., that Wright was shot after an argument with his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend Monday afternoon.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jul 2, 2019

• Obituaries

Dr. Kenneth J. Murray, a retired neurosurgeon and avid skeet shooter, dies

Dr. Kenneth J. Murray, a retired neurosurgeon, died May 3 from respiratory failure at NIH. He was 73.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 4, 2019

• Politics

On Maryland's Eastern Shore, local hospital is downsized — and residents are outraged at UMMS

On Maryland's Eastern Shore, a local hospital is downsized — and residents are outraged at UMMS.

• From the Community:

Slender Lasers Guide Us Through the World of Laser Lipolysis.

Laser lipolysis is an increasingly popular form of surgery that has seen notable growth in recent years. Businesses such as Slender Lasers have seen the demand for their machines skyrocket in recent times, with everyone from chiropractors, to health clubs to spas and salons purchasing them. Slender Lasers , which as founded by Edwin Brown 10 years ago after his wife had health issues, is a B2B business selling these machines to numerous vendors. The technology works on the premise that fat cells are burned when it comes into contact with an energy level between 620 to ...

• Obituaries

Michael J. Smit, Sinai Hospital nurse practitioner, dies

Michael J. Smit, a nurse practitioner at Sinai Hospital, died April 1. He was 53.

By Sarah Meehan

Apr 7, 2019

• Obituaries

Dr. G. Edward Reahl, former chief of orthopedic surgery at Mercy Medical Center, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Apr 5, 2019

• Opinion

Dan Rodricks: MedStar scheme makes 'Healthy Holly' look like child's play

The $5 billion health system praises doctor who federal authorities say carried out unnecessary stent procedures

By Dan Rodricks

Mar 25, 2019

• Maryland

Robertson selected at hospital SuperStar

Melissa Missy Robertson selected at hospital SuperStar December

• Maryland

Glenelg senior Sam Alsheimer comes back as Howard County football Defensive Player of Year

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.

By Tim Schwartz

Dec 31, 2018

• News

'It's senseless': 13-year-old and her father shot coming back from Christmas shopping in Baltimore

Carl Adkins and his 13-year-old daughter Makayla were shot Sunday in their car. Makayla has undergone multiple surgeries.

By Jessica Anderson

Dec 12, 2018

• Opinion

Cesareans are over performed, here's why

The medical journal The Lancet recently condemned unnecessary cesarean section surgery as a “global epidemic.” In the U.S., almost one in three births is by cesarean section — a dramatic change from a even a few decades ago. How did this major, risky abdominal surgery become mainstream so fast?

• Health

Hopkins hospital in Florida recorded high rate of death, complications in young heart patients, report finds

Care in a special heart surgery unit at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., became so troubled that last year one in 10 patients died and others suffered devastating complications before procedures were halted, a year-long investigation by the Tampa Bay Times found.

By Meredith Cohn

Nov 28, 2018

• News

'Sweet little thing': Shooting of 5-year-old in West Baltimore overwhelms already grieving family

Amy Hayes, a 5-year-old shot in Baltimore — and who by a stunning and tragic coincidence is the younger sister of Taylor Hayes, a 7-year-old who was fatally shot in July — was in stable condition, undergoing surgery Tuesday, family members said.

By Colin Campbell

Nov 20, 2018

• News

5-year-old girl, sister of Taylor Hayes, is shot in West Baltimore, expected to survive, police say

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.

• Obituaries

Dr. Neil Novin, a retired general surgeon and former chief of surgery at Harbor Hospital, dies

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.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Sep 21, 2018

• Health

Johns Hopkins panel creates guidelines for prescribing opioids after common surgeries

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Aug 14, 2018

• Maryland

A visionary volunteer steps away from leading Harford's hospitals

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.

By Allan Vought

Jul 13, 2018

• Health

Hands, faces and a penis: Monumental transplants from recent history in Baltimore and beyond

There have been 8,509 transplants from January to March of this year 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.

• Health

After being shot, Baltimore police officer spends four years working toward a return to duty

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.

By Meredith Cohn

Apr 5, 2018

• Sports

Ravens defensive tackle Brandon Williams seeing more clearly after surgery to combat eye condition

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.

By Childs Walker

Mar 14, 2018

• Health

More gender reassignment surgeries are being covered by insurance. So more people are having them.

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 28, 2018

• News

Maryland health care costs lower than other states, analysis finds

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 23, 2018

• Health

Hispanic women more likely to die after breast cancer diagnosis

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanic women and the medical community is using outreach to try and lower the disparity.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 8, 2018

• NFL

Steelers' Ryan Shazier released from hospital after spinal injury

Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier was released from the hospital Thursday, nearly two months after suffering a spinal injury in a victory over Cincinnati.

• Health

New machine may reduce surgery for some breast cancer patients

A machine developed at the University of Maryland offers early stage breast cancer patients more precise radiation, reducing the need for surgery.

By Meredith Cohn

Jan 8, 2018

• Politics

Rep. Elijah Cummings hospitalized for infection

Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was hospitalized Friday for what his office described as a bacterial infection in his knee.

By John Fritze

Jan 5, 2018

• Business

Baltimore-based Harpoon Medical acquired for $100 million

Harpoon Medical, a Baltimore-based medical device company, has been acquired by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. for $100 million.

By Sarah Gantz

Dec 6, 2017

• News

Baltimore Police: 2 wounded in morning shootings check themselves into hospitals

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.

By Tim Prudente

Nov 13, 2017

• Maryland

Celebrating Veterans: Former Air Force surgeon recalls being part of an 'extraordinary' group

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.

• News

Man dies of stab wounds inside Johns Hopkins Hospital

Man dies of stab wounds inside Johns Hopkins Hospital

By Luke Broadwater

Oct 13, 2017

• Health

In a breast-obsessed world, more women 'go flat' after mastectomy

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

• Health

Hidden Scar surgery hides marks, reminders of breast cancer

Hidden Scar surgery helps women move on from breast cancer by limiting physical marks.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 10, 2017

• Sports

Orioles catcher Welington Castillo dodges scare after second groin injury this season

Welington Castillo suffered no damage after his second testicular injury since May.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Sep 12, 2017

• Maryland

Carroll Hospital to begin offering pre-operative surgery class

Carroll Hospital launches pre-operative education class on Monday, Sept. 18

• Health

MedStar Health Cancer Network offers less instrusive lumpectomy procedure

MedStar Health Cancer Network offers less instrusive lumpectomy

By Jessica Anderson

Aug 18, 2017

• Health

MedStar to open new regional orthopaedic center in Timonium

MedStar Health is opening a one-stop-shop orthopaedics center in Timonium

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Aug 7, 2017

• News

Three shot, one critically injured, in Baltimore overnight

Three people were shot — one of them critically injured — in Baltimore overnight, police said.

By Colin Campbell

Jul 17, 2017

• Health

Hopkins surgeons develop minimally invasive surgery for chronic pancreatitis

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.

By Carrie Wells

Jul 16, 2017

• Politics

Hogan administration doesn't plan to file ethics charge against Miller

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.

By Pamela Wood

Jul 14, 2017

• Obituaries

Dr. B. Martin Middleton, former chief of surgery at St. Agnes Hospital

Surgeon B. Martin Middleton dies

By Jacques Kelly

Jun 22, 2017

• Maryland

Hospital staff members receive awards

Hospital staff members receive awards Escobar Steadman Aukerman

• Medical Procedures

Rep. Elijah Cummings undergoes heart surgery

Baltimore Rep. Elijah E. Cummings underwent heart surgery and is expected to remain in the hospital for several days, an aide said Thursday.

By John Fritze

May 25, 2017

• Politics

Rep. Cummings undergoes heart surgery

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.

By John Fritze

May 25, 2017

• Medical Procedures

Bariatric surgery has evolved over time

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

May 17, 2017

• Maryland

Carroll County senior center schedules for May 8-12

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• Baltimore City

After being shot in East Baltimore last year, three-year-old Kendall works to walk again

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.

By Jessica Anderson

Mar 27, 2017

• Health

New surgery technique at Hopkins gives teenage aneurysm patient chance at a normal life

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.

By Carrie Wells

Mar 24, 2017

• Maryland

Hochuli named physician of month

Stephan Hochuli named physician of month

• Obituaries

Salvatore DeMarco, chairman of surgical department at Good Samaritan

Surgeon Skip DeMarco dies

By Jacques Kelly

Mar 5, 2017

• Health

Doctors could admit to mistakes without facing liability in court under proposed legislation

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.

By Andrea K. McDaniels

Feb 26, 2017