Blood Transfusion

Seven Md. law enforcement officials, firefighters, honored at Fallen Heroes Day

2013-05-07 10:22:03

Three of the seven men and women honored at the 28th annual Fallen Heroes Day were from Harford County. The police officers and firefighters honored at the ceremony, organized by Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, came from different backgrounds and...

Pages from the Past: Tour of gold mines in Canada leads to wedding ring for Catonsville woman

2013-02-13 00:00:00

An article in the Feb. 15, 1913, edition of The Argus reported on the culmination of a long-distance romance sparked by a meeting during a tour of Canadian gold mines. Three thousand miles across the continent to Tacoma, Wash., Miss Ethel Patterson, of...

Baby boomers unknowingly infected with hepatitis C

2012-07-06 16:10:00

When Alan Shackelford's ankles would swell up, he brushed it off as another sign of getting older — only to find out it was a symptom of something much worse. The 59-year-old Windsor Mill man was shocked when his doctor recently diagnosed him...

Progress in Hepatitis C research

2011-09-08 00:00:00

Hepatitis C has long been a problem with a low rate of cure. But new drug therapies are in use and others are on the horizon, according to Dr. Paul J. Thuluvath, chief of gastroenterology at Mercy Medical Center and the medical director of the Institute...

Doctors may be transfusing blood too often

2012-04-25 04:00:00

Patients may be getting blood transfusion too often during surgery, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The study shows wide variation in the use of transfusions, and those who receive blood fare no better, and sometimes do worse. The...

Police turn out at blood drive in honor of injured officer

2012-03-19 16:49:00

Those who work in public safety consider themselves part of a brotherhood. But for the purposes of organ donation, a brother in blue may not be quite family enough, as Officer Gene Cassidy is finding out. Cassidy was shot in the head 27 years ago in West...

Magic Valley High's Drama Club Presents 'The Yellow Boat'

2013-05-17 04:14:02

As a little boy deals with physical and emotional pain, he uses his artistic talents and imagination as a way to escape. "The Yellow Boat," a play based on the true story of Benjamin Saar, tells the story of a boy and the struggles he faces. He was...

EDITORIAL: Doc's prescient prescription

2013-05-08 07:14:02

Viewed through a 2013 prism, Doc Bowen's response to the AIDS epidemic looks merely prudent, routine. But Otis R. "Doc" Bowen, a country doctor who became a beloved Indiana governor, took over as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary in 1985. For...

Retired Smithfield police officer cured of hepatitis C

2013-04-26 00:00:00

The cure has taken 25 years for retired Smithfield police officer, Kurt Beach. In his first week on the job, in January 1988, Beach used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an attempt to save the life of a baby with a bloody breathing tube. He tears up as...

Allentown councilwoman remains hospitalized in Venezuela

2013-04-04 16:30:18

Our Town blood drive in honor of local man

2013-04-01 13:10:00

The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive April 13 in honor of local resident Brian Mahon. This event is to be held� from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Galleria Mall in Johnstown, near Aunt Annie’s Pretzels. It is being sponsored by Our Town....

Quick thinking by Everyday Hero teenager saved brother's life

2013-03-27 11:40:00

No matter where 13-year-old Trey Sturgell goes, 6-year-old Trace is almost never very far behind. �He looks up to his big brother, whom he knows as Bubby "I love him,” Trace said on a recent day. One day last August, the brothers were...

Anyone type B-negative? "Ninja Gaiden 3" makes you crave a blood transfusion and a new take on the hack and slash series.

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Althea Flynt is the former wife of publisher Larry Flynt. She began using the drugs that Larry was prescribed for pain after he was shot in 1978, and developed an addiction.

2012-02-13 12:02:52

Doping scandals and cycling are nothing new. In fact one can be go back as far as 1886 to find a case as an English cyclist is said to have died after drinking a toxic brew of cocaine, caffeine and strychnine.

2011-11-10 12:36:54