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Sports notices for Howard County

Baltimore heroin dealer sentenced to federal prison

Under federal program, University of Maryland, Baltimore to address pain management in curriculum

Father Martin's Ashley holds Women in Recovery luncheon

A total of 2,380 dogs, cats and ferrets were vaccinated against rabies at the Harford County Rabies Vaccination Clinics held on April 29 and May 6, 2012, representing the third highest total on record for the this initiative.

Glenwood/Glenelg/Dayton: April 21 dawned a sunny, but cool day. A good day for scouts to go house to house in local neighborhoods collecting for their annual Scouting for Food drive.

Baltimore heroin dealers sentenced

Chicken pox, whooping cough vaccine to be beefed up under state recommendations

Abortion protesters are wrong to go after the family of a clinic landlord and deserve a taste of their own medicine.

Legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins will be the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Women in Recovery Luncheon May 22 at Father Martin's Ashley, a non-profit alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center near Havre de Grace.

Gov. Martin O'Malley and legislative leaders said Wednesday that they have wrapped up a final agreement that would raise taxes on 16 percent of the state's earners and reverse a series of so-called 'Doomsday' cuts the legislature enacted earlier this year when a budget deal collapsed.

Profectus BioSciences Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechnology company, won a $5.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the development of a vaccine for a pair of contagious and deadly viruses.

Lisbon/Woodbine: Poplar Springs United Methodist Church is selling spaces for upcoming Historic National Road Yard Sale

For the few who want to get high on the high seas, watch out for customs.

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine doesn't want to see picture of Obama eating bad food

Maryland Health Insurance Plan changes procurement and review process after audit

Mossburg understands nothing about women who use birth control

National Take-Back Day offers drop off of unused prescription drugs

The methods used in a study purporting to show contamination of chickens with various chemicals and pharmaceuticals are flawed.

It's time once again to play 'spot the actor with Baltimore roots'.

Roger taking LSD = funny. Megan and Don fighting at Howard Johnson's = not funny.

Vaccines can cause harm, so a flexible policy is the best approach.

Proton Center for cancer treatment to open at UM Biopark

The Supreme Court may have divined the solution to America's health care woes that Congress refused to consider: a single-payer system

Classical music is said to soothe the soul, but can it calm an upset stomach?

Vaccine refusal: Failure to immunize endangers public health, so parents should rarely if ever be permitted to opt out

Visit the Hays House Museum in Bel Air this Sunday, April 15, at 1 p.m. and explore the health issues and illnesses that plagued 18th Century women and children.

More older women trying to get pregnant only to be disappointed

Baczol alert issued

Study finds banned antibiotics in poultry products

Those at risk for liver cancer may benefit from drug they already take for diabetes

Opponents of the Affordable Care Act should be careful about wishing it would go away.

CDC finds a 23 percent increase in the number of U.S. children diagnosed with autism

Ellicott City: Howard High School announced its National Art Honor Society will hold its annual "Empty Bowls" dinner benefit for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Thursday, March 29 from 5-8 pm, in the school cafeteria.

Maryland has some of the most restrictive laws in the country when it comes to administration of vaccinations by pharmacists.

Maryland launches website today on second anniversary of health reform

Lisbon/Woodbine: St. Andrews Episcopal Church will be hosting its monthly Feast Thursday, March 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. The cost is $9 for adults, $30 per family, and children 5 and younger are free. Proceeds from the Feast will go to benefit youth going to camp at the Bishop Claggett Center.

Marylanders save $46.2 million as healthcare reform closes donut hole

Health care company McKesson Corp. warned state regulators Monday that it would close its Landover facility this spring, laying off 106 employees.

Match Day matches resident programs with students

Howard County health briefs

I heard the oldies station playing the Bob Dylan tune "The Times They Are a-Changin,' " and the famous line could well apply to the seismic cultural change surrounding sports concussions.

Hopkins researchers aim to uncover which mobile health applications work

Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland continue to boast some of the best graduate programs in the country, according to rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

Hopkins, Maryland rank among the best schools of medicine

Until medical marijuana has been treated to the same kind of scientifically rigorous studies as other drugs, it cannot be pronounced safe or effective.