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James V. "Jim" McCoy, a retired Westinghouse Electric Corp. senior engineer who had wide-ranging interests, died June 22 at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center from complications following surgery. He was 85.

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Francis X. Kelly Jr. is such a familiar and omnipresent figure in the Baltimore region that you might assume there are at least three of him. One to build a

The birth of Margo Powell's second baby was a much different experience than her first. Her daughter, Erin, had hypertensive issues and Powell's doctor was unceremonious in handling the delivery.

Francis John "Frank" Lastner, 86, a retired insurance executive who played basketball from high school through the National Senior Olympics, died of congestive heart failure May 12 at University of Maryland St. Joseph Hospital.

Dr. Walter R. Welzant, 86, a retired internist and kidney specialist who practiced medicine for five decades, died of respiratory failure May 13 at Gilchrist Hospice Care.

Mary K. Evelius, a homemaker who enjoyed classical music and spending summers in Ocean City, died Tuesday from respiratory failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The former longtime Ellicott City resident was 89.

Dr. Mohan Suntha, credited for turning around University of Maryland's St. Joseph Medical Center after a scandal with one of its cardiologists, has been tapped

Hannah R. "Micki" Cooke, a retired executive secretary who later had a second career as a paid hospital worker and when that ended, she began volunteering there, died March 24 of respiratory failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 88.

The Towson hospital is beginning to teach staff how to recognize and prevent domestic violence among its staff of 2,700, and organizers hope the shift in attention normally reserved for patients not only helps workers stay safe but sets a standard that can be replicated at other hospitals in the state and around the country

Even as some doctors reported improvements, MedStar Health continued to suffer computer problems Thursday after a crippling hack locked up date on its systems earlier in the week.

The FBI is helping with the investigation of a major computer outage at MedStar Health, but the agency was unable to provide specifics about the problem.

Baltimore, Md. - March 25, 2015 - University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) President and CEO Robert Chrencik, MBA, CPA, has appointed David A. Zimrin, MD, as the System Chief of Cardiology. Zimrin, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (SOM), was recently named the Division Head of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). "Dr. Zimrin's appointment supports our UMMS strategy to deliver high quality, market-leading programs providing coordinated cardiac care within and among each of our System hospitals and our affiliated cardiology specialists," says Chrencik. ...

Leon H. Frank III, a business and marketing consultant who was a columnist for the Baltimore Business Journal, died Thursday of a brain aneurysm at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 70.

University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center plans to embark on a $100 million renovation of its operating rooms – the first major capital project since a scandal involving one of its former doctors plunged the hospital into financial distress.

Carolyn Manuszak, former president of Villa Julie, now Stevenson University, dies

JoAnn E. Billman, a retired registered nurse who later had a second career as an au pair, died Jan. 22 of complications of a stroke at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. The longtime Towson resident was 79.

It's budget time in Annapolis and Baltimore County, as usual, is on the hunt for state funds.

Charles "Chick" Vogel III, CEO of Shepherd Electric Supply, a family owned business, died Jan. 22 of pancreatic cancer at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 84.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), a type of psychotherapy focused on correcting distorted thinking and skewed beliefs, was shown to be more effective in the long term than light therapy, another common treatment for SAD. Patients in the study who were treated with cognitive behavioral therapy had less recurrence and less severe symptoms over two winters than patients treated with light therapy, a practice that involves exposure to full-spectrum light to simulate the sun.

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Doris Y. Egan, former co-owner and treasurer of the Mike Egan Insurance Agency, died Sunday of pneumonia at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. She was 90.

The University of Maryland Medical System and St. Agnes Healthcare announced Wednesday that they have entered into a partnership where they will share doctors and other resources that hospital executives say will enable them to provide better care to patients and better manage costs.

The average price for common procedures can vary greatly among Maryland hospitals. Here are some common inpatient procedures and the hospitals with the highest and lowest average prices in 2014.

Americans have larger out-of-pocket insurance costs but cannot easily shop around for medical care, even though where they go matters

Andrew Frank Conn, 80. a retired engineer who was a Johns Hopkins University senior lecturer, died of cancer Nov. 6 at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Two women who work at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center and have breast cancer meet for the first time at a special hospital event and plot to match-make their adult children. It works. Now, the happy couple is getting married. St. Joe's threw them an engagement party last week.

The U.S Department of Justice said Friday that it has reached a $250 million settlement with 457 hospitals – including 10 in Maryland – related to cardiac devices that were implanted in violation of Medicare rules.

Mary Aleck Craten, 93, who sold residential real estate and was an accomplished seamstress and arranger of marriages, died of respiratory failure Oct. 10 at St. Joseph's Medical Center.

Advice from the American Cancer Society and other groups has experts and advocates fearing that women will be more confused, and potentially put off from mammograms used to detect breast cancer

Continuing on a trend in urgent care, the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health plans to partner with an urgent care company to open a network of centers in Harford County

After having both knees replaced, Laura Zuiderveen now speaks on the importance of knee health

Baltimore-based Barcoding Inc. is providing its radio frequency technology, or RFID, to a Louisiana startup that would automate the collection of medical data during doctor's visits so that physicians have more face time with patients.

Dr. Michael D. Potash, a retired Mount Vernon psychiatrist whose career spanned five decades, died of a heart attack. He was 81.

A man who was being treated at St. Joseph Medical Center and was in the custody of two Baltimore County Department of Corrections officers, jumped from a fifth floor window, killing himself Thursday, county police said.

Maureen K. Byrnes, a homemaker and former elementary school teacher from Phoenix, Baltimore County, died of stomach cancer. She was 66.

Johns Hopkins Hospital tied with UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles as the nation's third best hospitals in the latest ranking from U.S. News and World Report, a widely watched annual assessment that for years called Hopkins No. 1.

Firefighters were called to the St. Joseph Medical Center's emergency room in Towson Tuesday morning for a burning odor, county officials said.

Constantine Kutson, a retired state chemist who analyzed highway paints who was a leader in his church, died of cardiac arrest June 10 at St. Joseph's Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 95.

A Special Olympics Maryland athlete died after participating in an aquatics competition Saturday, the organization said.

Dr. Ronald J. Taylor, a Baltimore psychiatrist who had been medical director and director of psychiatry at Taylor Medical Group P.A., died.

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The Towson Times won eight awards in the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association's 2014 editorial contest.

No hospital in Maryland earned a top score under a new, simplified ranking system from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that adds to the collection of sometimes conflicting assessments of the nation's health care facilities.

Adding to its reach around the state, LifeBridge Health will officially absorb Carroll Hospital Center into its system and begin $250 million in investments on April 1, according to officials from both facilities.

Women's group at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Glyndon crochet and knit prayer shawls to give to the dying and others in need of healing.

A 7-year-old girl sustained "slight injuries" after being struck by a car near Pleasant Plains Elementary School on Wednesday morning, according to Baltimore County Police.

Babies contract infant botulism by ingesting bacterium spores, which then harbor in the large intestine where toxins breed. The toxins damage nerves that send the signals to make muscles contract. In turn, the body slowly loses its ability to move.

Maureen I. Mason, a longtime volunteer in the hospice program at the old Church Home and Hospital, died.

When we as the region's doctors speak to the public about vaccines, it's about more than individual health. It's about the health of our community. It's about our mutual obligation to one other. It's about the value of vaccines to safeguard the future of Baltimore.