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JHU, Jhpiego to unveil health creations

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 2, 2012
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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
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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 (access required)

BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: May 1, 2012
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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
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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 (access required)

BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: April 8, 2012
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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 (access required)

BY: Shane Doyle
POSTED: April 8, 2012
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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

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POSTED: April 3, 2012
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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 (access required)

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: April 1, 2012
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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

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POSTED: March 30, 2012
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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

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POSTED: March 29, 2012
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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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