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Located in downtown Baltimore, University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the nation's oldest teaching hospitals. The center is the center of the University of Maryland Medical System, a regional network of facilities that includes Baltimore Washingt
Located in downtown Baltimore, University of Maryland Medical Center is one of the nation's oldest teaching hospitals. The center is the center of the University of Maryland Medical System, a regional network of facilities that includes Baltimore Washingt
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Heads up, D.C. pedestrians! Better hang up before crossing street
If you’re texting, listening to an iPod or jabbering on a cellphone while crossing the street in Washington, watch out.
The D.C. government is being urged to consider fining pedestrians who use electronic devices while crossing the street....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Apple iPod, Science and Technology, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Patient recuperating from full face transplant
Richard Lee Norris, who received the most extensive full face transplant to date, is continuing to recuperate from the marathon surgery, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday. Norris, 37, of Virginia was disfigured in a gun accident...
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Distracted pedestrians? Accidents on rise for headphone-wearers
Nation NowDistracted pedestrians: A new study finds that the number of headphone-wearing pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles tripled since 2004.... -
Milk thistle shows potential -- documented potential -- in helping cancer patients
Booster ShotsGood research on herbs and supplements is hard to come by -- and small wonder. The key ingredients aren't exactly new, being the product of nature rather than hefty research-and-development budgets, and are thus unlikely to yield much in the...... -
But does melatonin actually do anything?
Booster ShotsMelatonin may seem to be one of those benignly helpful substances that warrant little concern. The natural version is made in the brain, plays a role in our sleep cycles and is often taken -- by those who put faith...... -
So what's in your nonenergy drink?
Booster ShotsWorn out by the constant over-caffeination of friends, colleagues and, of course, self? You're in luck. Staff writer Jerry Hirsch reports today on the growing popularity of slow-down, or anti-energy, drinks such as Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda, Slow Cow and.... -
L-carnitine might not be the boost for you
Read the ingredient label on any energy drink and odds are fairly good that, among other arcane items, you'll come across something called L-carnitine.
Also sold in supplement form, L-carnitine is often touted as a miracle molecule that boosts energy and...Tags: Education, Heart Attack, Roger Clemens, Diarrhea, Science and Technology
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Texting while walking emerging as possible danger for pedestrians, drivers
The night started out right — good friends, carousing, the lead-up to an out-of-town wedding.
But between festivities, after Nicole King popped into her hotel room to change clothes and was heading back out, she wanted to text her pals to find...Tags: Lexington Market, Charles Village, YouTube, Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University
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Two weekend stabbing incidents reported in Anne Arundel County
Three people were injured, one of them seriously, in two stabbing incidents this weekend in Anne Arundel County, police said. Timothy Lee Styles, 44, of Annapolis, was charged in a double stabbing in Glen Burnie. He is accused of stabbing his 37-year-old...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Brooklyn Park, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Injuries and Wounds
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Avoiding picnic pitfalls
Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is reprinted here. This week, Emily Rice, dietetic intern,...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Hospitals and Clinics, Hamburgers, Salads, Potatoes
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Healthy living The Baltimore Washington Medical Center will present a discussion of diabetes prevention, exercise to achieve weight loss, and how to lower blood pressure and cholesterol from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 6 and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. June...Tags: Symptoms, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Healthy Diet, Colon Cancer
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Elizabeth A. Long, 79
Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Long, 79, of Mount Airy, Md., formerly of Hagerstown, Md., and Zephyrhills, Fla., passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. Born April 7, 1933, in Long Branch, N.J., she was...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Mount Airy, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Health
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