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August 14, 2017View email in browser
 

Patients with paralysis learn how to scuba dive at the Kennedy Krieger Institute

As her father guided her wheelchair down the ramp alongside the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s pool on Saturday, 12-year-old Tylena Fisher fiddled with the folds of the borrowed wet suit she was wearing, and took a few deep breaths.

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Federal funding cut to teen pregnancy prevention programs will hurt Baltimore, health commissioner says

The city stands to lose the equivalent of $3.5 million in funding for these programs due to Trump administration cuts.

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University of Maryland adds inpatient floors to planned Midtown tower

The University of Maryland Medical Center plans to add three inpatient floors atop a planned 10-story outpatient center at its Midtown campus, center officials said. 

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Two Maryland doctors indicted on drug charges after allegedly writing prescriptions for more than a quarter-million doses

Two Baltimore-area doctors flooded Maryland streets with more than a quarter-million doses of illegally prescribed painkillers and sedatives in recent years, compounding the state’s opioid epidemic, investigators said Thursday.

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'Stop the Bleed' campaign comes to Baltimore amid record violence

Amid a violent year in Baltimore, the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center is spearheading a local initiative to teach health care workers and members of the public how to use critical care skills to stop life-threatening bleeding.

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Gallstones can cause complications during pregnancy

A Sinai Hospital physician discusses complications that may be caused by gallstones during pregnancy.

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Harford jail unit aids inmates serious about recovery from addiction

About 75 percent of all inmates who come into the Harford County Detention Center suffer from some type of substance addiction, whether prior or recurring, a number that's likely even higher, the warden said. For the ones who are serious about getting help for their addictions, and not just trying go look good for a judge, the detention center has a new unit to support them.

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MedStar to open new regional orthopaedic center in Timonium

MedStar Health will open a new orthopaedic super center in Timonium Tuesday that will house several specialties in one building in order to provide patients more comprehensive care.

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