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Wife of former Capitals, Wizards owner donates $10 million to Hopkins for heart research
Irene Pollin, the wife of former Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Abe Pollin, has given $10 million to Johns Hopkins' Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease. Her donation establishes the Kenneth Jay Pollin Professorship in Cardiology...
Tags: Cardiologists, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Medical Research
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Ban on patenting DNA cheers researchers
Researchers hailed the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that bans the patenting of human DNA, saying it would expand access to genetic testing for disease at lower cost to patients. In a unanimous decision, the justices said Myriad Genetics did not have...
Tags: Medical Specialization, The New York Times, National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, College Park
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Mom won't approve HPV vaccination
Dear Amy: I am an 18-year-old senior in high school. I am about to graduate and go to college. Each time I go for a yearly checkup, my doctor suggests that I get the HPV vaccine. My mother, who is a little skittish, hems and haws and ultimately decides...
Tags: Disease Prevention, HPV Vaccine, Chemical Industry, Viral Diseases and Infections, Preventative Medicine
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Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase
Dr. Henry V. "Harry" Chase, a retired internist who served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War, died June 9 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Somerford Place, a Frederick assisted-living facility. He was 90. The son of Harry...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Ellicott City, Massachusetts General Hospital, National Institutes of Health, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Pork Board approves $450K in PEDV research funds
In less than three weeks since the positive identification of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) in the United States, the National Pork Board has approved $450,000 in Checkoff funds to help speed research into finding answers to this new disease...Tags: Symptoms, Viral Diseases and Infections, Research, Science and Technology, Diarrhea
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Raw milk believers argue health rules aren't needed
PIERRE - On June 6 a public hearing served as the latest battleground over regulation of raw milk in South Dakota. The state Department of Agriculture proposed nine pages of rules regarding bottled raw milk for human consumption. More than one dozen...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Brucellosis, Consumers, Tuberculosis
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Supreme Court rejects gene patents
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled that human genes are a product of nature and cannot be patented and held for profit, a decision that medical experts said will lead to more genetic testing for cancers and other diseases and to lower costs for...Tags: Medical Specialization, Cardiologists, Crime, Law and Justice, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Invention and Innovation
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Get out of your gardening rut and plant something new
Too often we fall into a gardening rut — planting the same annuals in the same spot, growing the same varieties of vegetables, using the same plants our neighbors have in the landscape. There are plenty of opportunities, large and small, to exercise...Tags: Chemical Industry, Tools, Allentown, Inventories, Services and Shopping
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My body, my property
Angelina Jolie's breast cancer gene. John Moore's cell line. The brain tissue of deceased children from a Chicago suburb. These disparate body parts have been the subject of legal conflicts about the body as property. As a lawyer, I've spent the last 25...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Chemical Industry, Technology, Biotechnology Industry, U.S. Supreme Court
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Howard County health briefs
Look good, feel better This free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and suggestions...Tags: Ellicott City, Prostate Cancer, Veterans Affairs, HIV, American Cancer Society
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Miles apart, except in their hearts
Had he not left the Halloween party early or had she not given into her friends' pleas to hit one more bar, it's unclear how Daniel Bujas and Aline Fernandes might have met. As it happened, late that October night in 2008, Bujas was waiting on the Damen...
Tags: Brazil, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Starbucks Corp., Crime, Law and Justice, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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AROUND OUR TOWN
Windber Senior Citizens will take a bus trip to Raystown Lake on July 26. Many events are planned for the day, including a boat ride. Transportation is free. For more information, call 814-266-9168. A free community dinner, sponsored by the Windber Area...Tags: Music, Gaming, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Wii, Heart Problems
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