Displaying items 13-24 of 108
» View herald-mail.com items only
< Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Next >
-
Hospitals concerned about state rate-setting proposal
A state plan to tie medical spending to the growth of the economy is making hospital executives uneasy. Executives support the spirit of the plan proposed by the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, which seeks to reduce health spending by...
Tags: General Practitioners, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Corporate Officers, Medicare, Medicaid
-
Dr. Kenneth B. Kochmann, family physician
Dr. Kenneth B. Kochmann, a former social worker who became a physician later in life, died March 8 of multiple myeloma at Stella Maris Hospice. He was 63.
The son of German immigrant parents — his father was a traveling salesman and his mother a...Tags: General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Philosophy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Woodlawn (Bronx, New York)
-
Dr. William R. Law, physician
Dr. William R. Law, a retired Baltimore internist whose career at Bon Secours Hospital spanned more than three decades, died Feb. 20 of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The longtime West Towson resident was 77.
The son of an electrical engineer and a...Tags: General Practitioners, Health and Medical Professionals, Substance Abuse, Loyola University Maryland, Loyola University Chicago
-
Firefighter injured battling 2-alarm blaze in Northwest Balto.
A firefighter was injured battling a two-alarm fire at a debris-filled, single-family home in Northwest Baltimore on Monday morning when he fell through a floor into the home’s basement, according to the Baltimore Fire Department. Firefighters...
Tags: American Red Cross, Fires
-
Man arrested in connection with hospital robbery
A 51-year-old man with a colorful criminal past has been charged in connection with the robbery of two hospital employees at Mercy Medical Center's McAuley Tower, police said. Officers arrested William Johnson of the 500 block of Yale Avenue Friday and...
Tags: Justice System, Theft, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution
-
Baltimore man is convicted in rape of 13-year-old in vacant house
A Baltimore jury convicted Alvin Ray Wright Sr. Tuesday of grabbing a 13-year-old girl just a block from her home, throwing her into the basement of a vacant East Baltimore building and repeatedly raping her. "She thought she was going to die,"...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Crimes, Trials, Sexual Assault, Chemical Industry
-
Area artist helps pioneer 3-D nipple tattoos for breast cancer patients
After undergoing treatment for breast cancer, Lillie Shockney, the administrative director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center, had nipple reconstruction — twice. Despite the many shades of patients' skin tone, "The color choices for doing it in the...
Tags: Breast Reconstruction, Health and Medical Professionals, Breast Cancer, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
-
Mary Esther R. "Essie" Feldmann, registered nurse
Mary Esther R. "Essie" Feldmann, a retired registered nurse and pioneering Rodgers Forge resident, died Sunday of complications from dementia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
Earlier this month, family and friends gathered to celebrate Mrs. Feldmann'...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Alzheimer's Disease, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Nursing, Christianity
-
Flu declared epidemic by CDC
Federal health officials declared this season's flu outbreak an epidemic Friday as Maryland hospitals and clinics continued to treat unusually high numbers of patients for the virus and manufacturers reported low supplies of the vaccine to treat the...
Tags: The New York Times, Giant Food, LLC, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Vaccines, University of Maryland Medical Center
-
On the Spot: Flying to China, but preferably not nonstop
Question: My husband is from China and visits family there every couple of years. I haven't gone since 2007 and would like to see our relatives, but the idea of a 12- to 14-hour nonstop flight has become daunting as I have aged and flying has become an...
Tags: Royal Caribbean International, Root Canal, Air Transportation, Tour Operations Industry, Expedia Incorporated
-
Blood clots can lead to stroke and even death if not caught early
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton recently received a gag gift of protective headgear after she suffered a concussion and blood clot near her brain after a fall. While Clinton can now make light of the injuries, a blood clot can be a serious...Tags: MRI (imaging), Physical Conditions, Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease, Hillary Clinton, Injuries and Wounds
-
Early morning fire in Brooklyn sends four to the hospital
An early-morning fire in Brooklyn sent four people to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, including one firefighter and three occupants of the house. According to Baltimore City Fire Department Chief Kevin Cartwright, the one-alarm fire...
Tags: Harbor Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Fires
Apr 6, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 7, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 4, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 2, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 19, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 14, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 31, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 13, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 9, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 12, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Original site for Mercy Medical Center (Baltimore, Maryland) topic gallery.