baltimoresun.com - Health & Science

Candidates take a licking, keep on ticking

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Candidates battle germs, greasy diets, long hours

The race for the White House is dirty business. Really.

Painkillers' effect on dementia doubted

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.

Patients' parents get a place

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Doctors at Hopkins Children's Center let parents into circle that assesses patients, sets treatment

Roger Osborne feeds his infant son, Christopher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Doctors there are inviting parents to be full participants in their children's medical rounds each day. Parent involvement, according to those involved, is improving the care that professionals provide.

Families to make case in court for vaccine link to autism

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:43:00 -0400

The Institute of Medicine said in 2004 there was no credible evidence to show that vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal led to autism in children. But thousands of families have a different take based on personal experience.

Telehealth allows nurses to offer help from afar

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Nurses can offer help from afar

Army veteran Eugene Rice, who is living on his own with emphysema, low blood pressure and the effects of several slight strokes, gives much of the credit for his well-being to his health care coordinator at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Cecil County. He even thanks Dee Jones for helping him reach a milestone.

Restaurant offers Mother's Day lunch at Arundel center's neonatal unit

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Restaurant offers Mother's Day lunch at Anne Arundel Medical Center's neonatal unit

Since her twin boys were born prematurely six weeks ago, Amanda Logan has been driving 90 minutes each way from her home in St. Mary's County to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis.

Depression, marijuana linked

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Official says drug makes things worse

Official says drug makes things worse

Stem cell study grants awarded

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

State-run TEDCO hands out $23 million for 62 projects, mostly at JHU and UM

Maryland has handed out its second round of grants for stem cell research, awarding a total of $23 million for 62 projects ranging from basic studies of the cells' properties to potential therapies for human disease.

77 more hepatitis cases may trace to Las Vegas clinic, officials say

Fri, 9 May 2008 11:16:00 -0400

Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said.

Group bids to ban patch for birth control

Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

A consumer advocacy group petitioned the government yesterday to pull the birth-control patch off the market, calling it riskier than the pill.