Colon Cancer

Albert Hall, opera singer

2013-05-20 14:50:26

Albert Hall, a professional opera singer and choirmaster who began his singing career during his student days at City College, died May 13 from colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Towson resident was 89. The son of a plumber and a...

Paul L. Ensor, police officer

2013-05-19 13:11:50

Paul L. Ensor, a retired Baltimore County police officer, died Thursday from colon cancer at Sunflower Assisted-Living in Westminster. He was 95. The son of farmers, Paul LeRoy Ensor was born and raised in Sparks. He attended Baltimore County public...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....

Notebook: Ex-Duke coach Pressler on cusp of NCAAs with Bryant

2013-05-02 17:50:00

Bryant's men's lacrosse team is one step closer to winning the Northeast Conference's first automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament after knocking off Sacred Heart, 11-9, on Thursday in Providence, R.I. For the Bulldogs, one of the more impressive...

Frank Bond Sr., neighborhood activist

2013-04-26 13:17:00

Frank Bond Sr., a retired Maryland Transit Administration bus driver and neighborhood activist who believed in the value of education, died Monday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. "Frank was a wonderful man who treasured education...

You don't have to suffer from constipation

2013-04-17 11:06:00

Constipation hits everybody at some point. The uncomfortable condition can be caused by many things, including a bad diet and dehydration. Dr. Vaibhav A. Parekh, director of Medstar Harbor Primary Care, talks about how to prevent and treat constipation,...

Sullivan Jr. approved by council as new liquor board member

2013-03-14 10:27:00

C. John Sullivan Jr. was unanimously confirmed Tuesday by the Harford County Council as a new member of the Harford County Liquor Control Board. Sullivan, the Democratic member of the board, will fill the seat of Donald St. Clair Hess, whose term will...

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month promotes everyday awareness

2013-03-05 12:17:09

March is observed across the nation as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Many survivors, patients, caregivers and others whose lives have been affected by colorectal cancer come together to generate awareness of the importance of getting screened and...

Mary Louise Bennett, longtime educator

2013-03-05 13:32:00

Mary Louise Bennett, a longtime Anne Arundel County educator who was a founding member of the Chesapeake Academy, died Sunday from complications of an infection at Genesis Health Care Facility in Severna Park, where she had lived for the past three years....

Catherine R. Kane, government administrator

2013-02-22 12:43:57

Catherine R. Kane, a Harford County government administrator who earlier had worked for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services, died Feb. 12 from colon cancer at her Bel Air home. She was 65. "She really was an important part of Social...

Hopkins researcher receives new award to spotlight scientists

2013-02-21 07:27:31

Many people have heard of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg or Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But few know about Bert Vogelstein, a Johns Hopkins scientist who helped map the cancer genome and created gene and stool tests to detect colon cancer. A new,...

Jarnetta Kroh, philanthropist

2012-12-07 14:09:33

Jarnetta Kroh, a Greater Baltimore Medical Center philanthropist who assisted her husband in his import car servicing business, died Nov. 25 of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder at her home in Laguna Hills, Calif. She was 81 and had lived in the...

Famed as a TV presenter of "America's Got Talent and Sharon, 60, wife of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, developed colon cancer in 2002. She started the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Foundation in association with Cedars Sinai Medical Center.

2013-05-14 05:54:46

Olympus employees share their stories about living and surviving colorectal cancer. Jake Lyons shares his story and shows his Star of Hope tattoo marked with the date he was diagnosed with cancer.

2013-03-20 00:00:00

William F. Meyers III (right) testifies before a Public Health Committee hearing at the Legislative Office Building on a proposed bill that would allow doctor-assisted suicide. Meyers assisted his father's suicide in 1991 when his father was suffering with terminal colon cancer.

2013-03-20 00:00:00