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Harford residents won't have to wait for the annual prescription drug drop off day to get rid of old and expired medication. A permanent prescription drug drop-off box was unveiled Wednesday morning to give residents 24-hour access to dump unused medication. - I give my dog heartworm preventative all year, but my friend says her vet told her it's not necessary in the winter, after the first frost. What's the better plan?
- November is National Family Caregivers Month. This year's theme is "Family Caregivers — Now More Than Ever!"
- Ravens starting strong safety James Ihedigbo injured his toe during practice Friday in a one-on-one drill where he got his foot tangled up with a wide receiver, according to a source.
- The Ravens have placed cornerback Asa Jackson on the active roster and officially shut it down with injured offensive guard Kelechi Osemele, placing him on injured reserve.
- Back from an eight-game suspension for his second violation of the NFL performance-enhancing drug policy, Ravens cornerback Asa Jackson vowed there won't be a third misstep and is determined to make the most of this chance.
- Ravens cornerback Asa Jackson has been reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell from the reserve-suspended list. And the NFL has been granted a roster exemption for Jackson through Monday.
- The beginning of the school year is time when allergy symptoms in children may flare up. Dr. Manav Singla, a specialist at the Asthma Allergy & Sinus Center in Baltimore talks about how parents can help their children manage symptoms.
- It's been a busy couple of weeks at Scotchtown Hills Elementary School, with students collecting canned goods for not one, but two good causes.
- Howard County police said they collected 862 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter medications this Saturday, as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration¿s National Take Back Initiative, according to a news release.
- Local, state and federal law enforcement officials took in hundreds of pounds of unused prescription medications in Harford County Saturday during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
- Anne Arundel County Police say they took in about 351 pounds of unused medicine during the department¿s Prescription Drug Take Back initiative, held Oct. 26.
- Rep. Andy Harris used an appearance Monday on CNN's Crossfire to argue that the problems people are facing as they try to sign up for health insurance through Obamacare is only the beginning.
- The House is keen on cutting food stamps, but they turn a blind eye to corporate tax deductions that subsidies meals for the rich.
- Speculation about the woman who was killed after ramming the White House spreads misinformation and fear about postpartum depression.
- Young people, known as the invincible generation, are often criticized as whiny, entitled and irresponsible. But they may now have the most clout in one of the biggest overhauls of the country's health system ever.
- County officials on Friday unveiled the drop boxes, which are designed to let residents safely get rid of expired and unwanted medications.
- WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are nearing a deal to grant the Food and Drug Administration more authority over the type of drugs that caused a deadly outbreak of meningitis last year, advocates close to the issue said Tuesday.
- Whether it's alcohol, marijuana, heroin, prescription medication or newer, synthetic substances like K2, it's easy for teenagers to access drugs in Howard County.
- Abikanile "Bika" Mack-Williams, an attorney for the public defender's office, died Sept. 14 from heart failure at a friend's home in Hanover. She was 26.
- The battle between two pharmaceutical companies over an AIDS drug has sparked a debate over whether gay men and lesbians can be removed from juries due to their sexual orientations.
- Scientists with the University of Maryland School of Medicine are helping to test a vaccine to fight against a lethal strain of bird flu that has killed 44 people in China.
- Maryland's decision to join other Mid-Atlantic states in uniform medication rules for horse racing reflects the movement toward better coordinated, activist regulation in the industry.
- Maryland Racing Commission approves uniform drug testing rules with other states
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- The father a 19-year-old fatally shot on Saturday by a Harford County Sheriff's Office deputy said Monday that based what police and others have described about his son's actions in the hour or so before the shooting, "there's no doubt" he had taken some substance that altered his personality.
- Mindstorm machine simulates psychosis for campus police
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- Creative and flexible programs are needed to address the scourge of drug addiction in Baltimore.
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- We've all heard of arthritis in the knees and even the hips. But many people may not know the thumb is prone to the joint disease as well. Neil Zimmerman, hand surgeon at the Curtis National Hand Center at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, said the most common type of thumb arthritis happens gradually over time.
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- City officials have dropped more than 1,600 spouses, children and others from municipal health care coverage after workers failed to fill out forms to prove they were legitimate dependents.
- Price controls and diminished patent protections would harm one of the state's major economic drivers.
- Seven Maryland health care centers that received tainted steroids linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak will be required to turn over documents and give testimony in federal court under subpoenas filed last week.
- The latest version of the DSM continues the profession's error of assuming biological roots of all mental illness
- Researchers and patients hail a Supreme Court ruling that human genes cannot be patented. The case involved a company that had a monopoly on testing for the hereditary breast cancer gene.
- Giant Food offers prescription savings card good for discounts on generic and brand name prescriptions not covered by insurance.
- The prosecution in the trial of an Ellicott City woman will attempt to prove she is responsible in the 2011 death of her quadriplegic husband, stating the man's life "was ended at the hands of his wife," according to spokesman Wayne Kirwan.
- Student-run advocacy group gives high marks for training, mixed grade on access issues
- Want a tip on this Saturday's Preakness? "In these big races, it's all about the horse that's peaking," J. William Boniface says, giving Orb's recent win in the Kentucky Derby as an example.
- Orb's path to the finish line in the second leg of the Triple Crown remains uncrowded. Normandy Invasion, the fourth-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, dropped from contention for Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness 2013.
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- Most men will experience prostate enlargement as they get older, some to the point that it will cause urination problems, but there are many treatments.
- Maryland health officials may ask state lawmakers for permission to oversee plastic surgery centers, a move intended to align regulations with medical risk instead of insurance billing practices and in part inspired by the death of a Lochearn woman after liposuction.
- A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting.
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