Medical Specialization

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...

Keswick Multi-Care Center refocusing on community-based health

2012-05-18 09:17:00

When Libby Bowerman retired late last year as chief executive officer of Keswick Multi-Care Center, she said the long-term and memory care facility was well-positioned for "whatever health care is going to become." But what that would be exactly was...

Education briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Rotary speech scholarships Two seniors at Rockbridge Academy, a Christian school in Millersville, have won scholarships in the Rotary Club of Annapolis' Four-Way Test speech competition. Joshua Bradley of Gambrills advanced to the Rotary District...

Senior briefs

2012-05-18 00:00:00

Support groups The Department of Aging and Disabilities has updated a booklet on community support groups. The booklet focuses on groups for caregiving, Alzheimer's disease, bereavement for adults and children, diabetes, brain injury, cancer, stroke,...

Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure

2012-05-17 16:30:00

A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files. The...

Varsity Q&A: Alice Mercer, Century, lacrosse

2012-05-17 12:59:00

Alice Mercer has been a leader on Century's field hockey, basketball and lacrosse teams, which all reached the state semifinals this year. In lacrosse — the sport the senior has signed to play at Maryland next year — she has 202 career...

Columbia Triathlon runner is banking on 'barefoot' shoes

2012-05-14 06:58:00

When Ross Kennard gets ready to go for a run in his hilly Ellicott City neighborhood, he slips on special shoes that resemble mesh gloves. Each toe has its own slot with a thin rubber underside, and the shoe's overall design offers no arch support and...

Five ways to keep skin healthy all summer long

2012-05-09 11:17:16

Summer is just around the corner, but its damaging rays and humidity have already arrived. We all know too much sun can damage skin and speed aging, while too much moisture can clog pores. With the right products, you can keep your skin safe from the...

Johns Hopkins patients move into new $1.1 billion facility

2012-04-29 19:05:00

At the ding of a cowbell Sunday, staffers in a command center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital began clapping and yelling out victory cheers. Another department had begun to transfer patients as part of a massive move from Hopkins' aging hospital building...

Sarah Littleton, nurse and business owner

2012-04-30 14:19:07

Sarah "Virginia" Littleton, a retired nurse and part owner of a Baltimore County pharmacy and nursing home, died Thursday at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson of renal failure complicated by a stroke. She was 83. Mrs. Littleton, born Sarah Meyer in...

Harborside Nursing parent files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

2012-04-30 17:08:00

The parent company of Harborside Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Baltimore, which faced state sanctions for air-conditioning failures more than two years ago, has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to court documents....

Frances D. Tompkins, hospital official

2012-05-04 21:44:14

Frances D. Tompkins, a registered nurse who had been vice president and director of nursing at Union Memorial Hospital, died Tuesday of complications from pneumonia at the Oak Crest Village retirement community. The longtime Stoneleigh resident was 92....

Brightly colored hand-decorated polo shirts hang above the entrance to the University System of Maryland Hagerstown campus Monday. Nursing students decorate their own polo shirts and place them there as a graduation tradition.

2012-05-15 04:44:00

Moms had a variety of reactions to the Time magazine cover, but many of them focused on the breast-feeding aspect, saying that the cover was not an accurate portrayal of nursing. "Every mom who's breast-fed knows that Time photo is not an accurate view of breast-feeding," one mother said.

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Kathryn Durst receives a nursing pin Saturday from Hagerstown Community College nursing program director Karen Hammond during pinning ceremony.

2012-05-12 00:00:00