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Hopkins president-elect praised for boundless energy, can-do attitude
Six months before German tanks rolled into Poland in 1939, marking the start of World War II, the grandfather of Ronald J. Daniels lost his job as a teacher in Warsaw. Aba Danilak thought he would move to Canada, where his brother lived, save some money...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Illnesses, Government, Medical Research, Human Rights
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Howard County Datebook
Today 'The Producers' Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia, 5900 Symphony Woods Road, will present its last performance of Mel Brooks' The Producers. Doors open at 5 p.m. for the evening performance and at 10:30 a.m. for the matinee. Reservations are...Tags: Cancer, Ellicott City, Health Organizations, Mel Brooks, Clarksville
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Simon Kenneth Walton
Simon Kenneth Walton, a noted Baltimore lawyer who specialized in litigation for the disadvantaged and disabled, died Thursday of colon cancer at Sinai Hospital. The Northwood resident was 66. Mr. Walton was born in Market Harborough, England, and raised...Tags: World War I, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Litigation, Civil Laws, Business Enterprises
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Manchester Race Loses A Fixture
ROCKY HILL — They used to come in and ask John Vitale where his son was. One older woman who bought running shoes from Vitale one day remarked that the "young guy" had waited on her the last time she was there. "I said, 'The young guy? The young...Tags: Cancer, Lyme Disease, Triple Crown, Marathon, Manchester Road Race
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Inflexible Policy Keeps Willing Helpers From Helping
Come on, I implore the spokesman over at the Capitol Region Education Council, there's got to be something you guys can do. Vanessa Dumas-Console had been working at CREC as a paraprofessional for less than a year when she was diagnosed with breast...Tags: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Private Health Care, Wethersfield, Government Health Care
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Biotech funding down to last drops
Tribune reporterNEW YORK—At the University of Chicago Medical Center, Dr. John Alverdy and colleagues have been working in their lab on a potentially life-saving coating that protects intestines from deadly bacteria, particularly for patients undergoing surgeries....Tags: Evanston, Medicine, Boston, Research, Western Medicines
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Ways to reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes
Special To The SentinelLast week's column briefly discussed diabetes. The question now is: If family members have diabetes, how can you avoid becoming a diabetic? This is all the more important today because the incidence of Type 2 diabetes, the type usually acquired in...Tags: Diabetes, Illnesses, Medical Specialization, Mary Tyler Moore, Physiology
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The awful price of bullying is seen in 'Ben X'
Bullying is not just an epidemic in American schools, but an increasingly brutal worldwide phenomenon that can result in damaged psyches and death, as the headlines too often reveal.
That's what led to the making of “Ben X,” an award-...Tags: People, Teen-agers, Culture, Film Festivals, Cinema Industry
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Brain lawsuit raises questions about research donations
kathleen.kerr@newsday.comA Suffolk woman's lawsuit over the removal of her deceased husband's brain is among a growing number of legal actions nationwide that raise ethical and legal questions about how scientists acquire body parts for research. In Manhattan, Mount Sinai...Tags: Oakdale, Research, Mount Sinai, Medical Research, Charity
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Daughter of Boynton Beach police officer celebrates despite leukemia
South Florida Sun-SentinelTen-year-old Maggie Schoenfeld's hair is growing back, she's put on weight, and most important, she smiles. It's been more than a year since the daughter of a city police officer was diagnosed with leukemia. "I've had some devastating things happen at...Tags: Cancer, Law Enforcement, Hospitals and Clinics, Death and Dying, Medical Staff
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Guy Peellaert, 'Rock Dreams' illustrator, dies at 74
Guy Peellaert, a Belgian painter-collagist whose fervid imagination produced surreal album covers for John Lennon, David Bowie and Mick Jagger, as well as images for a seminal book about rock mythology, "Rock Dreams," died of kidney cancer Nov. 17 at a...Tags: Cinderella, Ray Charles, Ronald Reagan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Adolf Hitler
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Give thanks by giving
Tribune reporterThanksgiving checklist, 2008 edition: Host eco-friendly feast. (Do grass-fed, free-range turkeys thaw faster?) Steer conversation away from offshore drilling, economy, Obamas' dog. Mind caloric intake. Mind Uncle Stan's wine intake. Get to bed by...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Natural Resource Industry, Thanksgiving, West Ridge, Morton Grove
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