Cancer

Larry Simns' well-lived life on the water

2012-05-21 03:00:00

It's 1943. First light colors the summer Chesapeake Bay off the fishing village of Rock Hall, revealing a 6-year-old boy rowing a wooden skiff, struggling to do it quietly, so not to scare the blue crabs his great-grandfather dips as they run their...

West Friendship Station 3 firefighters pull double-duty by dousing fire and delivering a baby Ewe

2012-05-21 00:00:00

During a Mother's Day brush fire on Pfefferkorn Road, members of Station 3 not only took charge and doused the flames, but assisted in welcoming a brand new baby ewe who was born just minutes after the fire was extinguished. According to the operator...

Calvert Hall beats Curley, will play Friars again Monday for baseball title

2012-05-20 19:25:00

Calvert Hall earned a chance to play for the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference championship at Ripken Stadium. The Cardinals defeated Archbishop Curley, 6-4, on Sunday night, forcing a deciding title game in the double-...

Cancer risk of eating meat wildly overstated

2012-05-20 05:00:00

It is irresponsible to claim, as the letter writer from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) does, that eating meat is equivalent to smoking cigarettes ("Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco," May 13). In...

We need a war on lead poisoning

2012-05-20 00:00:00

The reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold for lead poisoning from 10 micrograms per deciliter to 5 micrograms were something of a simplification. What the CDC said, after years of study and discussion, was that no...

Crownsville student honored for pancreatic cancer test

2012-05-18 12:15:00

Fifteen-year-old Jack Andraka of Crownsville won the top prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for designing a new moth to detect pancreatic cancer, Intel announced Friday. The fair, held in Pittsburgh, is the world’s...

Meet Doug O'Neill, the man who could play the part of horse racing's fan-favorite or villain

2012-05-17 18:40:00

They wake up, and then they sing. Team O'Neill — as Kentucky Derby winner Doug O'Neill and his group of assistants and grooms are called — rises early, like all horsemen. In Baltimore, where the crew is preparing I'll Have Another to run in...

Report: Clinical trials of new medications help create jobs in Maryland

2012-05-18 15:53:17

Maryland has hosted 1,775 clinical trials for new medicines targeting six major chronic diseases since 1999, including 369 that are still in the early stages of recruiting patients, according to a study by two pharmaceutical industry groups released...

With a wealth of experiences and varied backgrounds, 2012 Harford Community College grads get diplomas

2012-05-18 06:10:00

About 300 Harford Community College students of all ages donned blue robes Thursday evening, ready to graduate and begin the next chapter in their lives. Inside the campus library, members of the HCC Class of 2012 stood along the walls and crowded into...

Laurel Board of Trade administrator Gail Reinhardt loses battle with cancer

2012-05-18 13:38:17

Gail Reinhardt, a Laurel resident who was the administrative coordinator for the Laurel Board of Trade, died May 16 at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief battle with cancer, city officials announced Thursday. Reinhardt had worked in the Laurel Board of...

Commentary: Better late than never, a 20-year friendship gets a wedding day

2012-05-17 06:41:00

The apartment in Baltimore was on the top floor of a towering building, with appointments fit for royalty. Thick carpeting invited guests to remove their shoes, letting the woolen fibers caress, as if playing footsies. Chris and Landry liked it that way....

R.I.P. Chuck Brown and Donna Summer, two legends

2012-05-17 12:23:00

It's been a tough month for music fans, and the bad news hasn't slowed down. On Wednesday, we lost the Godfather of Go-Go and D.C. legend Chuck Brown to complications from sepsis. He was 75. Naturally, his loss was felt particularly hard in the Baltimore...

The Bee Gees, from left, Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb, perform in Miami Beach in November 1979. Robin Gibb died Sunday after battling cancer. He was 62.

2012-05-21 06:00:00

Scuba divers Martin Garwood (L) and Amanda Elzer (R), dressed as characters from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, sit in a display at the Sydney Aquarium to help raise money for the Cancer Council.

2012-05-21 00:00:00

The Church of the Nativity held a "wig out" Sunday afternoon to provide cancer patients with some natural head coverage during their therapy. Four area hair stylists volunteered to snip hair from girls, mothers, grandmothers and even a couple of men to make wigs.

2012-05-20 00:00:00