Northwest Hospital Moves to Enviro-Friendly Generator

Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is among the first hospitals in the nation and first hospital on the East Coast to move to an environmentally-friendly generator to power its emergency electrical needs.

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High Blood Pressure Easy to Miss in Children with Kidney Disease

Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension – even during doctor’s office visits — increasing a child’s risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology.

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St. Jude Patients and Expert Chefs Join Forces to Create Gingerbread House

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patients got a head start on the holiday season, and future architect degrees, by helping construct the hospital’s signature gingerbread house with some expert chefs.

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NIH Awards University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy $1.5 Million for Male Fertility Research

University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy researcher looks at the adverse effects of environmental toxins on male fertility and disease.

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Unaware and At-Risk

A new survey from the American Diabetes Association asked participants to rank which disease: diabetes, breast cancer or AIDS, was responsible for the largest number of deaths annually.

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International Sports Star Undergoes Surgery, Regains Sight at UAB After Training Disaster

Baljit Singh was looking forward to 2010. The premier event in professional field hockey, the World Cup, is to be hosted in his native India next year. And Singh, 28, was the goalie on the Indian National Team. He was considered the best goalie in Asia, ranked fourth in the world. Until a practice incident on July 17 changed everything.

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Older Problem Drinkers Use More Alcohol Than Do Their Younger Counterparts

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.

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Researchers Identify Role of Gene in Tumor Development

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth and progression to metastasis

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