Your weekly dose of health news, tips and events for Maryland.
Tuesday, Mar 27 Despite health and government officials’ recommendations that sexual assault patients be treated by nurses trained to recognize trauma and collect evidence, many Illinois nurses receive no such training. |
| A stiff neck triggers a trip to the acupuncturist and thoughts of mortality |
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| City and state officials plan to announce Wednesday that they’ve secured funding for a stabilization center, a safe place where drug users can go so they are not taking up hospital beds, in Baltimore. The center, the first in Maryland, will be located at the old Hebrew Orphan Asylum on Rayner Avenue. |
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| A new study by Johns Hopkins researchers has found that the heaviest drug users should get training on how to administer naloxone, a drug which can reverse an overdose. |
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| Instead of focusing so much on what we eat, some experts say we should pay more attention to when we eat. |
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| Vaccine skeptics appear to be swaying many parents of children with autism to forgo critical childhood vaccines, a new study suggests. |
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| More and more companies are creating nature-based, toxin-free remedies to boost immunity and stave off symptoms, especially when taken at the first sign of the flu. Of course, if conditions persist, see your doctor. |
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| After a lengthy debate across a partisan divide, the Maryland Senate on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it illegal for licensed mental health professionals to offer therapy advertised to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity. |
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