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500 Washington County enrollees sought for cancer study
holly.shok@herald-mail.comSeeking 500 Washington County enrollees to participate in a 20- to 30-year study aimed at finding cancer cures, the American Cancer Society on Thursday hosted an enrollment kick off with the plan to start collecting information and local blood samples...Tags: Lung Cancer, Medical Research, Health Organizations, American Cancer Society, Medical Specialization
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Iona M. Quillen
janeth@herald-mail.comIona Quillen was proud of her roots. She spent a lot of time researching and could trace the family tree beyond her growing-up years in West Virginia, back to the McDonalds in Ireland. She was an only child, but her parents adopted a male cousin after...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Washington, DC, The Smothers Brothers
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Johns Hopkins school fills Comstock professorship
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has named Dr. Josef Coresh the inaugural recipient of the George W. Comstock Professorship in Epidemiology. The professorship honors the legacy of Dr. George Comstock, a physician and professor...Tags: Kidney Disease, Medical Research, Health and Safety at School, Diseases and Illnesses, Renal Failure
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Shirley Fout Miller
janeth@herald-mail.comShirley Fout Miller was a walking medical miracle. She contracted tuberculosis at age 12 from her mother, about seven years after Shirley’s younger sister and only sibling, Joan, died of diphtheria at age 5 in 1931. Shirley was not expected to...Tags: Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), Breast Cancer, Services and Shopping, Washington, DC, Shirley
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Shirley H. Miller, 86
Shirley Hylton Fout Miller, 86, died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Hagerstown, Md. She was born at historic "Richfield" in Frederick, Md., on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1925, to Hollis Steaver Fout and Margaret (Maggie) Lou Cox. Her younger sister, Joan,...
Tags: Arts, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Arts and Culture, Diphtheria
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Resilience of artist is as inspiring as her talent
I won't hang a picture in my house unless it somehow connects with my life. An oil painting of my Keedysville farmhouse — by my late father-in-law — holds court above my kitchen table. My friend, Neale, rendered my Hagerstown home in...Tags: Arts, Lifestyle and Leisure, House and Home, Fine Artists, Washington, DC
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Information about tuberculosis
A reported case of tuberculosis at an area high school has made headlines. Tuberculosis, or TB, bacteria are spread through the air. When a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or speaks, people nearby might breathe in...Tags: Coughing, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Symptoms, Fever, Diseases and Illnesses
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Tests confirm one case of TB at Chambersburg Area Senior High School
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe one case of tuberculosis confirmed at Chambersburg Area Senior High School remains the only active diagnosis in the wake of 200 preliminary tests, Pennsylvania’s acting physician general said Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Stephen Ostroff explained...Tags: Coughing, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Fever, Diseases and Illnesses
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Dr. J. Rowland Reid, 93
Dr. J. Rowland Reid, 93, passed away at home Feb. 29 while getting ready for work at Peak Vista Community Health Centers, where he had volunteered for the past 22 years. He was the oldest practicing physician in Colorado Springs, Colo. Born Aug. 28,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), University of Pennsylvania, Diabetes, General Practitioners
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Pa. families to be contacted about results of tuberculosis testing
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe Pennsylvania Department of Health made available Monday the results of tuberculosis testing completed for 200 people at Chambersburg Area Senior High School. The school and health department informed families last week of a confirmed case of...Tags: Coughing, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Fever, X-rays
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Chambersburg parents still have concerns about TB
waynesboro@herald-mail.comPennsylvania Department of Health officials discussed tuberculosis and answered questions about the bacterial infection for an hour Thursday, but some parents said they left the educational forum with questions. “I felt the answers were very...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Health and Safety at School, Medical Procedures and Tests, Diseases and Illnesses, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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