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Two area pharmacies suspected of reselling returned drugs to elderly
Q13 FOX News reporterFederal agents have raided a pharmacy in Seattle and one in Bellingham – owned by the same people – on suspicion the drugs stores were illegally giving returned drugs to elderly customers without their knowledge. No charges have yet been...Tags: Extradition, Chemicals, International Law, Medical Research, International Law
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Fit doctors more likely to talk to patients about weight loss
If you're overweight and trying to lose pounds you may not get help from your doctor if he is overweight too, according to new research.
According to a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, physicians with a...Tags: Overweight, Weight, Weight Loss, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Research
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Acid reflux drugs don't help asthma in children
A new study has found that acid reflux medicine used to treat asthma in children isn't effective.
Physicians often prescribe the acid reflux drug lansoprazole in addition to standard inhaled steroid drugs to children who have asthma. The number of...Tags: Human Body, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, Research, Medical Research
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UW surgical robots provide open-source platform for medical research
Q13 FOX News OnlineInside the Biorobotics Laboratory at the University of Washington live seven ravens. They each have two winglike arms and tiny claws, but unlike other ravens, these are highly sophisticated robots that have the ability to perform surgery on a simulated...Tags: University of Washington, University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Engineering
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Our View: Obesity study looks beyond clinical approach
One would be hard pressed to find a member of the general public that wasn’t aware that childhood obesity is a major problem in the Valley. And while the causes — poverty levels, dietary habits, lack of exercise, to name a few — seem...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Overweight, Schools, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Weight
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Memory, mental function begin slipping as early as age 45
Health.comFor years, many experts have maintained that the subtle changes in memory and mental function that occur naturally as we get older rarely begin before age 60. That may be optimistic: A new study, published Thursday in the British Medical Journal,...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Alzheimer's Disease, New York City, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Komen's attack on abortion rights
Few organizations have done more for women's healththan both Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a leading supporter of breast-cancer treatment and research, and Planned Parenthood, the country's top reproductive health care provider and advocate. To see the two...Tags: Family, Breast Cancer, Politics, Cliff Stearns, Hunt Valley
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The value of single-sex education
Admission offices in Baltimore's private, independent and parochial schools are hives of activity in January as hundreds of decision letters are being prepared to be mailed to families. For those schools offering single-sex education, this year's...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, Technology, Engineering, Health, Education
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Walters exhibit has a touch of science
The Baltimore Sun
Though the small statue with the greenish hue is nicknamed "The Modest Venus," she is anything but.
It's true that the 10-inch figurine from the Italian Renaissance has one hand demurely covering her fig-leaf area, and the other held...Tags: Artists, Human Interest, Sculpture, Charles Street, Science
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How much research on marijuana does The Sun want?
This letter is in response to The Sun's editorial on medical marijuana ("Go slow," Jan. 3). Recently, a medical marijuana panel commissioned by the Maryland legislature recommended two divergent proposals. One recommends dispensaries allow doctors to...Tags: David Brinkley, Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Chemicals, Research
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Miller wants new university research center in Baltimore
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller has called for the establishment of a center in Baltimore for the state's top two public research universities to seek funding of joint projects — a step toward his eventual goal of "reunification" for the...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Montgomery County (Maryland), Calvert County, Education, U.S. Senate
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Sun's position on medical marijuana is misguided and heartless
The Sun's editorial on medical marijuana is misguided at best and heartless at worst ("Md. should go slow on medical marijuana," Jan. 3). It's clear that the reports of the medical marijuana work group were not reviewed carefully, and so the editorial...Tags: David Brinkley, Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Health Treatments, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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