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State panel urges tighter oversight of stent procedures

August 19, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

The Maryland Health Care Commission sent recommendations Wednesday to the General Assembly on stepping up oversight of coronary stent placements. They come amid accusations that three doctors were performing unnecessary...

Christine D. Schutzman is the smoking cessation coordinator at The Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center.

Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible

August 19, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process...

Susan Steinweg, RN, program coordinator at Carroll Hospital Center's Diabetes Center.

Taking care of diabetes during holidays

August 19, 2019 at 1:38 a.m.

More than 20 million Americans are living with diabetes, and another 40 million are in the early stages of the disease. Managing diabetes can be a challenge all year long,...

Dr. Frank R. Lin, assistant professor in the Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine, is the lead researcher in the hearing study.

More suffer from hearing loss than expected, study shows

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

One in five Americans has significant hearing loss, far more than previously thought, according to new research that has scientists warning of an impending public health threat. Researchers at the...

Cubital tunnel syndrome causes numbness in some fingers

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

Most people have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, and likely even know someone who suffers from it. Cubital tunnel syndrome is less common but also can cause debilitating symptoms, such...

New city plan aimed at reducing HIV/AIDS infections by 25%

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

A group of Baltimore's health care leaders has crafted a plan to cut new cases of HIV infection by 25 percent by 2015, as part of an overall strategy to...

Perkins patients can be the toughest to treat

August 19, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

As a new chief executive at Clifton T. Perkins investigates what led to two recent slayings at the state's maximum security mental hospital, he will confront a facility full of...

Eyelid inflammation becoming more common

August 19, 2019 at 1:36 a.m.

Blepharitis, usually identified by a sufferer's red, irritated eyelids, is becoming more common. And while doctors aren't sure why, it can be controlled with vigilance, according to Dr. Laura K....

Treatment problems, fear found in state’s high-security mental hospital, workers say

August 19, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

Workers at Maryland's maximum-security psychiatric hospital in Jessup, where two patients were slain recently, are calling on the state to address what they describe as problems in treatment and a...

Dr. David S. Helsel was named CEO of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.

O’Malley names new Perkins hospital CEO

August 19, 2019 at 1:35 a.m.

State officials tapped a veteran psychiatric hospital administrator Wednesday to take over leadership of Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, where two recent killings have sparked questions about the safety and...

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