Your weekly dose of health news, tips and events for Maryland.
|  Tuesday, Apr 10 The state of the union’s health is improving. But it is doing so very unequally, and recent signs of progress are in danger of being reversed by diseases of excess and despair, including obesity, depression, suicide and substance abuse. Life expectancy varies significantly by state. |
| Genetic testing is all the rage these days. Some tests can reveal serious health scenarios, such as if you're predisposed to cancer or Alzheimer's disease. But can genetic screening also tell if you're predisposed to cabernet? |
|
| In a trend that's being encouraged by transplant coordinators, some people on the organ wait list have launched their own campaigns to find a willing donor. |
|
| Hyperbaric chambers were once the province of bends-suffering deep-sea divers and cryotherapy was mainly used by celebrities and the rich. Now regular fitness buffs are turning to those and other high-priced treatments like IV drips to prevent or recover from injury. |
|
| The number of women being tested for BRCA mutations has skyrocketed in recent years as genetic tests have gotten cheaper and faster. But experts say these "previvors" often get lost in a medical system neatly divided between healthy and sick. |
|
| The Maryland House and Senate have reached an agreement on the thorny issue of expanding the infant medical marijuana industry to give minorities an ownership role, the lead Senate negotiator said Saturday. |
|
| Chesapeake Neurology said Friday it has partnered with ...... |
|
| An independent audit has found that a program to curb health spending in Maryland has saved hundreds of million of dollars in its first three years, but another study found no direct link between the program and any cost savings or reduced hospital use by patients in its pilot years. |
|
|
