Sepsis

William H. Hoffman, engineer

2013-05-08 14:19:05

William H. Hoffman, a retired U.S. Food and Drug Administration official, died Monday from septic shock after kidney transplant surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. The longtime Ellicott City resident was 81. William Harry Hoffman was...

Less testing on animals, better science

2013-04-08 08:32:00

Many Americans would be surprised to learn that chimpanzees are still being used in biomedical research and that millions of other animals are utilized in consumer product and toxicity testing. Others may find a sense of security in knowing that this...

Arts scene owes a lot to Marian Berman [Ellicott City]

2013-03-06 08:45:00

Don't let her diminutive stature fool you. For almost 40 years, powerhouse Marian Berman has been a tireless advocate for the arts in Howard County. As owner of Galley 44 in Ellicott City, Berman helped customers find or frame the perfect art work for...

Students and parents fundraise to help teacher, quadruple amputee, drive again

2012-10-08 06:13:00

Five months after they began their fundraising campaign, Anne Mekalian's former students at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen School in Homeland and their parents are still raising money to help the longtime teacher drive as a quadruple amputee. "We're...

Number of children dying in hot cars remains a problem

2012-08-24 16:40:00

No parent would ever intentionally leave a child in a steaming car on a hot summer day. But it happens every year to astounded parents. Dr. Melissa Sparrow, clinical director of pediatric inpatient and emergency services at Greater Baltimore Medical...

John F. Guidera, Jesuit missionary

2012-05-23 17:08:00

The Rev. John F. Guidera, a Jesuit missionary who lived in India for six decades while retaining close ties with his Maryland benefactors, died of septicemia May 16 in Jamshedpur. He was 86. Born in Baltimore and raised in Govans, he was a 1943 Loyola...

Bacteria that caused flesh-eating infection more common than believed

2012-05-17 08:35:17

The story of a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student fighting a flesh-eating disease has prompted a microbiologist with the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System to speak out about the infection. Aimee Copeland lost most of her left leg after the...

Life-threatening sepsis appears to be on rise

2011-08-11 00:00:00

Every year, some 750,000 Americans develop sepsis, an extreme immune system response to infection. It kills a quarter to half of them, more than the combined number of people who die of prostate and breast cancer and AIDS, according to the National...

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...

15 years after split, a chance for Peter Angelos, Davey Johnson to patch things up

2012-04-29 20:26:00

Davey Johnson hadn't owned a home in more than a decade. But soon after being hired by the Orioles in 1995, he defied baseball managers' conventional logic by buying — rather than renting — a ranch house on the north side of Loch Raven...

Kenneth Allen Maylath, broadcaster

2012-01-30 12:45:00

Kenneth Allen Maylath, a veteran Baltimore broadcaster who had been host of "Conference Call" on WFBR-AM and was later news director at WCBM-AM, died Saturday of sepsis at Franklin Square Hospital Center. The longtime Parkville resident was 75. Born and...

Baltimore is best city for hospital care

2012-01-24 04:44:00

Baltimore area hospitals provide the best patient care in the country, according to a new survey. Nearly�half of the area's hospitals - nine out of 16 - are in the top 5 percent of all of the hospitals in the United States, according to the survey by...

Toseef Mughal, 9, of South Whitehall, nearly died of sepsis 7 months ago. Doctors amputated several fingers and parts of his feet to save his life. He and his father, Shoukat Mughal, are in their home on Friday.

2012-09-19 18:49:00

Number of deaths: 2010: 1,834 2000: 1,348

2011-11-08 11:43:21

Kenneth Allen Maylath, a veteran Baltimore broadcaster who had been host of "Conference Call" on WFBR-AM and was later news director at WCBM-AM, died of sepsis at Franklin Square Hospital Center . The longtime Parkville resident was 75. Above, Ken Maylath at the WCBM Studios in 1995.

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