JHU, Jhpiego to unveil health creations
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 2, 2012
Tags: babybeats, biomedical engineering, feverpoint, health, Jhpiego, jhu, johns hopkins university, students
Jhpiego, an international nonprofit health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, and biomedical engineering students from the university, said they will unveil on Monday two very affordable innovations they developed to help health workers prevent maternal and newborn deaths in third-world communities. BabyBeats is a fetal heart rate monitor designed to help prevent an [...]
Profectus BioSciences receives $5.4M grant to develop vaccines
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 2, 2012
Tags: ebola, galveston national laboratory, grant, infectious diseases, marburg, national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, pathogens, profectus, vaccines
Profectus BioSciences Inc., which develops therapeutic and preventive vaccines against infectious diseases, together with the Galveston National Laboratory at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said they received a five-year, $5.4 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The NIAID grant will support development of a vaccine to protect [...]
Three Baltimore health centers to get $14.4M from feds 
BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Baltimore, Baltimore Medical System, Chase Brexton Health Services and People’s Community Health Center, grants, health centers, Health Resources and Services Administration, hrsa, maryland
Three Baltimore community health centers will receive more than $14.4 million in federal funds to improve their facilities, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced Tuesday. Chase Brexton Health Services and People’s Community Health Center will each get $5 million, and Baltimore Medical System will get nearly $4.5 million in capital development grants made possible [...]
D.C. Circuit weighs graphic cigarette warnings
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 10, 2012
Tags: FDA, first amendment, food and drug administration, graphic cigarette warning labels, lawsuit, obama, r.j reynolds, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court Tuesday weighed the constitutionality of requiring large graphic photos on cigarette packs to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people, with two of the three judges questioning how far the government could go. Some of the nation’s largest tobacco companies, including R.J. Reynolds, sued to block the [...]
Laser cataract surgery debuts here
BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: April 8, 2012
Tags: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, cataracts, Dr. Scott LaBorwit, laser, maryland, medicine, ophthalmologist, removed, select eye care, surgery, Technology
Each year, about 3 million Americans go under the knife to have cataracts removed. But a Baltimore-based ophthalmologist will soon be wielding a computer mouse as he performs cataract surgery. Dr. Scott LaBorwit, who owns Select Eye Care, an ophthalmology practice with offices in Columbia, Towson and Baltimore, owns one of approximately 50 cataract lasers [...]
Howard County’s Wellness Center will offer variety
BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: April 8, 2012
Tags: Ellicott City-based Land Design & Development Inc., Health Care, Land Design & Development, maryland, The Wellness Center of Howard County, wellness
When people want to get a bite to eat, new clothes and an iPod all in one trip, they go to a shopping mall. But imagine a mall that catered exclusively to health and wellness, where you could visit a doctor, do some yoga and get a massage without needing to park your car more [...]
Report: Howard County is Maryland’s healthiest
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 3, 2012
Tags: allegany, Baltimore, caroline county, carroll, dorchester, frederick, health, Howard County, montgomery, queen anne's, robert wood johnson foundation, somerset county, university of wisconsin health institute
ELLICOTT CITY — A new report finds that Howard County is the healthiest place to live in Maryland, while Baltimore City is ranked as the worst. The report was released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. It ranks counties in each state by several health factors, [...]
Catholic directives play key role in St. Joseph sale
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: April 1, 2012
Tags: catholic, sale, st joseph, St. Joseph Medical Center, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, University of Maryland Medical System, Western Maryland Health System, Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
The ethical and religious directives that define Catholic-based health care were an integral part of the exclusive negotiation agreement struck last week between St. Joseph Medical Center and the favored buyer, University of Maryland Medical System, officials of both hospitals said. The 43-page ERDs —covering everything from abortion to family planning and end-of-life issues — [...]
FDA: tobacco companies must report ingredients
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 30, 2012
Tags: chemicals, cigarettes, companies, FDA, food and drug administration, health, ingredients, report, washington
WASHINGTON — Tobacco companies will be required to report levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products, under the latest rules designed to tighten restrictions on the tobacco industry. The preliminary rule from the Food and Drug Administration marks the first time tobacco makers will be required to report quantities of 20 [...]
Screening, better diagnosis cited for rise in autism cases
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: March 29, 2012
Tags: asperger's syndrome, autism, autism speaks, centers for disease control and prevention, diagnosis, health, maryland, research, screening, services, south carolina, wisconsin
ATLANTA — Autism cases are on the rise again, largely due to wider screening and better diagnosis, federal health officials said Thursday. The rate of U.S. cases rose to about 1 in 88 children. The previous estimate was 1 in 110. The new figure is from the latest in a series of studies that have [...]
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