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Dr. Carlton Lasley Sexton
Dr. Carlton Lasley Sexton, a retired Baltimore internist who was also a member of the clinical faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, died July 20 of pneumonia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson.
The former longtime Stevenson...Tags: Anglicanism, Photography and Video, Internists, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center , Internal Medicine
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Friend groups may encourage kids to be more active
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids in after-school programs often increase their own physical activity if they make friends who run and jump around more than they do, a new study from Tennessee has found. Though not completely surprising, that finding...Tags: Family, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Science and Technology
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Half of all heart patients make medication errors
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a new study. Consequences of mistakes — such as...Tags: Internists, Internal Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, University of Arizona, Chemical Industry
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Preckwinkle chooses Florida pathologist to be new medical examiner
Tribune reporterCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has named her choice to become the new Cook County medical examiner. In an item just added to the Cook County Board's agenda for today's meeting, Preckwinkle proposes that Dr. Stephen J. Cina replace Dr. Nancy...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Medical Specialization, Cook County Government, U.S. Air Force, University of Miami
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Education briefs: May 22, 2012
Witt graduates Vandy Rachel G. Witt recently graduated from Vanderbilt University with departmental honors in anthropology. She is the daughter of Donna L. Witt of Mountain City Tenn., and the granddaughter of William L. and Louise W. Witt of Winchester....
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Education, Italy, Awards and Prizes, Western Kentucky University
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Burroughs High grad Emily Tubert named All-American for second straight year
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Burroughs graduate wins second-straight honor at Arkansas: Former Burroughs High standout Emily Tubert surely didn't endure a sophomore slump this season playing for the University of Arkansas women's golf...Tags: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, University of California, Irvine, College Sports, Media Industry, Southeastern Conference
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Rolph, Pennington awarded Jack Freeman scholarships
Danville and Boyle County high school seniors have been named recipients of the Jack Freeman Scholarship. Mary Caitlin Rolph of Danville High School and Emily Kristin Pennington of Boyle County High School each will receive a $1,000 scholarship,...
Tags: College Sports, Awards and Prizes, Paul William Bryant, Financial Aid, Science and Technology
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Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelThe Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their... -
Robots built to help autistic children
Robots aren't known for their soft side. They build cars and defuse bombs; they don't, as a rule, make friends or deal with feelings. But a few groups of researchers around the world are working to build robots for an unusual purpose: Making emotional...Tags: Science and Technology, Autism, Research, Behavioral Conditions
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Supplements for depression: What the research reveals
Struggling with the black dog of depression? The supplement aisle abounds with options for people seeking a non-medicinal remedy — but figuring out what works and what doesn't can be a challenge for consumers and experts alike.
That's because...Tags: Health Treatments, Consumers, Psychiatry, Anxiety, Hormone Replacement Therapy
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For the forgetful in menopause, brain works harder to keep up
Around the time of menopause, many women complain of mental slippage. But, as if to inflict some perverse trick upon them, cognitive scientists have found that they actually perform no more poorly than women who do not have such complaints. (Reassuring in...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Hormones and Metabolism, Women's Health, Concerts, Breast Cancer
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Long on decline, whooping cough makes a comeback
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. -- many of them children -- were coming down with whooping cough each year when vaccines against "this menace," as one newspaper called it, were introduced in the 1930s and 1940s.
"Childhood Cough Is Given...Tags: Vaccines, Diphtheria , Health and Safety at School, Cook County Government, Human Body
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