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Ann K. Crane, personnel director
Ann K. Crane, who went to the wrong place in Dundalk when applying for a job and ended up staying there anyway for nearly a quarter of a century, died Wednesday from heart failure at Oak Crest Village. She was 93. The daughter of immigrant Lithuanian...
Tags: Maryland State Fair, Christianity, Automotive Equipment, Religion and Belief, General Motors Corp.
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Frances M. Finney, educator
Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...
Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Christianity, Interior Policy, Housing and Urban Planning, Anglicanism
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New J&J anti-depressant related to 'Special K' party drug
ReutersNEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a treatment for patients with depression who have failed to benefit from standard medications. The intranasal drug, called...Tags: Japan, Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Suicide, Trials
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Do You Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers?
Cardiologist and Hospital of Central Connecticut medical staff memberDo you remember the last time your blood pressure was checked and what the numbers were? While knowing your blood pressure numbers is important, it’s also good to know what those numbers mean and if you should take action to help lower them....Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pharmaceuticals, High Blood Pressure, Chemical Industry, Drugs and Medicines
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Janet Johnson: For 102 years, she lived a full and busy life
Janet Purcell Johnson, age 102, died last week at Westminster Towers in Orlando, but she led a full life, friends and family say. She went to clown school in her 80s, said one friend, and she squeezed into a swimsuit and climbed on stage for a skit in...
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John Woods Carpenter Jr., 88
John Woods Carpenter Jr., 88, of Walloon Lake, Mich., and Orange City, Fla., died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in Orange City, Fla., as a result of kidney and heart failure. From birth, he had spent his summers at Walloon Lake and moved there permanently...
Tags: Princeton University, Orange City, U.S. Navy, Malaysia, Peru
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Choking is easily averted, but always a tragedy
Fred Y. Sasaki put on a red tie and his gray suit. He was not a man who typically dressed up, but tonight was special. At 80 years old, Sasaki had built a successful career as a dry cleaner. He had just spent the day with his grandson. And now he was...
Tags: Steaks, Foods and Beverages, Stroke, Yoshi's Cafe, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Study of athletes who play despite heart-zapping device suggests intense activity OK for some
AP Medical WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bowling. Lots of patients ignore that take-it-...Tags: Yale University, Heart Problems, American Heart Association, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Basketball
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Diabetes, Online Media Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Letters to the editor: compassionate cruise line, student debt, and Kiera Wilmot
At a time when so many cruise lines are being villified — some deservedly — I would like to voice my experience with the Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines. On April 28, on the first day of our planned cruise on the Caribbean, my...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Orlando, Royal Caribbean International, Cape Canaveral
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Imperial Valley doctor celebrates 50 years of practicing medicine
Staff WriterDr. Benjamin Lehr remembers a time when El Centro stopped at Adams Avenue and the Imperial Valley convalescent home was at the end of the farmland. That is how long Lehr has practiced medicine in the Valley, for 50 years. On average Lehr said he sees...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Obstetrics, Diphtheria , Cesarean Section
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Misdiagnosis: More Common Than Drug Errors or Wrong-Site Surgery
The Hartford CourantUntil it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn't think much about the problem of misdiagnosis. That was before doctors at a Maryland hospital repeatedly told Brook his...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, IBM, Diseases and Illnesses, Fibromyalgia, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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