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In vitro mandate bill for same-sex couples passes both chambers - One year ago, Essien Ture was a talented if unspectacular basketball player at Columbia's Hammond High School, hoping to make the varsity squad in the fall. Today, after enduring agonizing foot pain, a grueling series of tests and surgeries that culminated with his right leg being amputated below the knee and a remarkable return to Hammond's basketball team, the 16-year-old has become an inspiration. The 16-year-old's quiet grit and determination have wowed his family, his friends and coaches
- Researchers at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital's Curtis National Hand Center want to show that indocyanine green laser angiography can replace less sensitive, or more expensive and potentially harmful, diagnostic tools before and after hand surgeries and even in assessing cold weather scourges such as Raynaud's phenomenon and frostbite.
- Various studies show benefit to some patients undergoing an endoscopy before bariatric surgery, though finding stomach cancer, or cancer in general, is uncommon.
- Anne Arundel Medical Center and University of Maryland Washington Baltimore Medical Center filed applications with the Maryland Health Care Commission Friday to get designated as heart hospitals.
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- Seed localization offers more comfortable breast cancer surgery
- Louis M. "Lou" Balk, former assistant executive director of the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, died Jan. 12 at St. Agnes Hospital of complications after surgery. He was 88.
- Washington Nationals outfielder Jayson Werth will undergo surgery on the acromioclavicular joint in his right shoulder on Friday and will require two to three months of rehabilitation, which could put the veteran's availability for Opening Day in jeopardy.
- Heart defect support group to hold first meeting in Carroll County
- Police are investigating an incident involving an officer shot during a traffic stop in West Baltimore.
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- Orthopaedic surgeon Jorge Bustillo, joins Carroll Health Group, Carroll Hospital Center's affiliated multi-specialty practice group.
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- Howard County General Hospital has received a $5 million donation from a husband-and-wife duo of doctors, the largest private donation in the history of the hospital, the hospital foundation announced Thursday.
- State health officials are monitoring about 100 people who have traveled from Ebola-stricken countries but won't disclose any more information about their condition unless someone tests positive for the deadly virus under a new policy.
- Stan Ber's Bits & Pieces column for week of Nov. 6
- Possible ebola patient currently in isolation at University of Maryland Medical Center
- Diagnosing and tracking breast cancer may someday be possible through simple needle prick
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- Mental Health Administration failed to ensure eligibility of consumers, timely reviews of fiscal functions and security of data
- Nolan Reimold will go on the disabled list with an injury related to last season's neck problems.
