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Howard County family returns after 396-day trip around the world

August 23, 2019 at 1:04 p.m.

It's been an exciting year for one Howard County family. They bungee-jumped in New Zealand, rode ostriches in South Africa, snorkeled in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, walked on the Great...

Eight ways to future-proof your house for retirement

August 19, 2019 at 2:42 a.m.

Slowed by arthritis and worsening foot and ankle problems, Gary Blankenburg, 73, is becoming less mobile as he ages. As stairs grew more difficult, he and his wife Jo, 55,...

Starting over but keeping the memories close

August 19, 2019 at 12:41 a.m.

When her husband of 30 years died in 2004, Rosalie Lijinsky decided she no longer wanted to live in the 3,000-square-foot home they had shared with their daughter in the...

West Virginia celebrates 150 years of statehood

August 23, 2019 at 10:49 a.m.

West Virginia, the only state created during the Civil War, was born 150 years ago, on June 20, 1863, when the state of Virginia was split in two to add...

10 apps designed for your health

August 19, 2019 at 2:03 a.m.

Jill Babchak, 34, of Columbia, has joined Weight Watchers before, but this time around she's dropping pounds with the help of the organization's mobile application. "I like it because it...

"It's very common to see signs of systemic conditions when doing an eye exam," Reisterstown optometrist James A. Eickhoff says.

Seeing more than just blurred vision in your eye exam

August 19, 2019 at 1:42 a.m.

When people come to the Reisterstown office of Drs. Eickhoff & Rowe for eye exams, the optometrists do more than simply ask which line of letters they can read on...

Doug Howard, a biomedical research associate who lost 100 pounds over the course of about 2 years as part of the POWER Study of Johns Hopkins Pro Health, stands in his kitchen with a pair of pre-weight loss pants that he once wore.

Weight-loss study shows phone support as effective as face time

August 19, 2019 at 1:37 a.m.

Baltimore resident Doug Howard lost 100 pounds taking part in a Johns Hopkins study that could change the way people approach the daunting task of dropping pounds and keeping them...

Dr. Gordon F. Tomaselli, 55, Professor and Chief of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, became president of the American Heart Association on July 1.

New American Heart Association president driven by family history

August 19, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

It was 1985, and Gordon Tomaselli had graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of California at San Francisco. He was at...

Satisfying an appetite for factory tours

August 23, 2019 at 9:32 a.m.

Vibrations from the heavy machines made the floor beneath our feet rumble. Through the plate-glass windows, we could see giant machines at work, sprinkling salt on potato chips and weighing...

John Kissinger, 6, of Essington, Pa., walks along the more than 1,200 decoys at the Havre de Grace Decoy Museum.

Decoys and history at Havre de Grace

August 23, 2019 at 9:27 a.m.

You have to love a museum with a big sign urging visitors to "please touch." That sign was on a display of wooden ducks' heads at Havre de Grace Decoy...

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