Cirrhosis

Raymond C. "Ray" Bingel Sr., dispatcher

2013-01-14 12:40:48

Raymond C. "Ray" Bingel Sr., a retired Baltimore Sun dispatcher, died Jan. 4 of cirrhosis of the liver at his Glen Burnie home. He was 69. Mr. Bingel was born in Baltimore and raised in Glen Burnie, where he attended Anne Arundel County public schools....

Baltimore policeman shot in line of duty survives once again

2012-09-14 17:14:59

Gene Cassidy thought he was lucky to survive being shot in the head twice 25 years ago when he was a Baltimore policeman, so a second near-death ordeal recently seemed unreal. Just 27 years old, Cassidy lost his sight after a man he was trying to...

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...

David Simon's 'Homicide' cop battling life on the streets once again

2012-03-11 00:00:00

March 11, 2012 Seven-baker-twenty-four unit turns at Mosher and rumbles past that stretch of Appleton Street where Gene Cassidy took two in the head for the company, the first one stealing his eyesight, the second lodging in his brain beyond the skill...

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...

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...

Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition

2011-10-09 05:00:00

Prohibition — America's notoriously "failed social experiment" to rid the country of alcohol — took center stage this past week as PBS broadcast Ken Burns' highly acclaimed series on the subject. And already, it has been seized on by drug-...

Obama administration hasn't learned from Prohibition

2011-10-11 05:00:00

In response to Kevin A. Sabet's recent opinion piece ("Drug legalization: Wrong lesson of Prohibition," Oct. 9), I don't know which is more abhorrent — that a Baltimore newspaper would run an op-ed championing Prohibition as "not as bad as you...

Reed channels 'Barrymore' in must-see Rep show

2011-11-01 08:20:43

For a limited time only, theater-goers have an opportunity to get two great actors for the price of one at Rep Stage. Yes, if you hurry, your ticket to "Barrymore" at Howard Community College amounts to a backstage pass to a rehearsal by the legendary...

Disastrous try at being a mother

2008-02-08 00:00:00

As a 25-year-old mother with a crack cocaine habit and untreated bipolar disorder, Vernice Harris had felt overwhelmed enough in April 2002 to take her two little daughters to a Baltimore social services office to give them up. Yet 2 1/2 years later...

Treatment groups see windfall from slots

2004-03-29 00:00:00

As the battle over casino-style gambling heats up in Maryland, an unlikely group is waging its own behind-the-scenes scramble for a piece of the action. Counseling services and other organizations that work with problem gamblers - groups that might be...

Why baby boomers should be tested for hepatitis C

2013-06-18 16:43:00

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently heard that the�CDC�now recommends baby boomers be tested for�hepatitis�C. Is that true? If so, why is testing necessary? Wouldn't I have symptoms if I had the disease? ANSWER: It is true that the U.S. Centers for Disease...

Judy Ramer of Funkstown has nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. She said her health has been declining in the last year. She is hoping to receive a liver transplant.

2013-03-19 00:00:00

Ramiro Salgado, 68, has diabetes , cirrhosis and high blood pressure . He was in the hospital for six days before coming to the care center. See full story

2011-08-19 07:00:00