Health & Science
Drinking age call draws outrage
Aug 20, 2008
Health, safety and transportation advocates denounced yesterday a proposal by more than 100 university administrators to reconsider the legal drinking age of 21 -- contending that any reduction would lead to thousands of additional drunken-driving deaths and other harm to the public health.
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Reporter Jonathan Bor and photographer Kim Hairston spent over a year working on this two-part series exploring the roots of the HIV epidemic in Baltimore. The Sun investigates the potent and largely experimental blood-coagulating drug known as Recombinant Activated Factor VII. Nearly a century later, the people who lived through it and the victims' families still recall their experiences with the flu. The Sun received permission from R.J. Voigt, his mother, and Johns Hopkins Children's Center to be present during the last four weeks of R.J.'s life, except, at his mother's request, his death. |
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Expert advice: Hepatitis C
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Dependence on sleeping pills is widespread, survey finds
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Bernie Mac's death draws attention to sarcoidosis
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Calendar
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Names in the news
August 14, 2008
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U.S. fuel tanks may be fouling water
August 13, 2008
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Millions defy stereotypes about body size
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Md., nation faces shortage of family doctors, report says
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Health costs seen rising 10.6% in '09
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U.S. would relax requirements on endangered species review
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Perils of salt put into focus
August 12, 2008
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Firms vie for anthrax pacts
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Miss. still in hunt for biolab
August 11, 2008
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Olympic officials now worry about new trend: gene doping
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Fish hunt has scientist catching rays
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Turning tables on melting ice sheets
August 10, 2008
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Device lets fingerprints tell more than just your identity
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FDA approves Vapotherm device
August 08, 2008
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Neurofibromatosis: Battle against nerves
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Ask the Expert: Chronic disorders of the intestine
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Sleep apnea boosts death risk in apparently healthy people, study finds
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Black babies in Md. 3 times as likely to die as white babies
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Pill given to mice delivers benefits of daily exercise
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Don't treat Alzheimer's patients like they are children, researchers say
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Calendar
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Names in the news
August 07, 2008
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DNA tests to study tiny mummies from King Tut tomb
August 06, 2008
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Panel advises prostate screening change
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Report finds kids' meals too fattening
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Immigrant children exercise less
August 05, 2008
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HIV more prevalent than was believed
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U.S. Iran stand threatens space station
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New and improved 'eco-paints' have fewer chemicals, more pop
August 03, 2008
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Eclipsing bad luck in China

