Maryland Health News

tool goes here The battle to get adult smokers in the United States to quit has stalled...Although the smoking rate has dropped sharply since the mid-1960s, when it hovered around 40 percent, the CDC had hoped to lower the rate...

The report on Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals foundation trust's failings makes grisly reading. And we learn that the chairman of another foundation trust (FT), Colchester Hospital University , has been sacked by Monitor , the regulator of FTs, for...

Interestingly, Congress has been listening to women testify that they have had C-sections and have been denied health insurance because they will not undergo sterilizations. See the article, " After Caesareans, Some See Higher Insurance Cost - NYTimes.com ." See...

Ahhhh! Sun, sand, and surf, who could ask for anything more? There’s nothing like the Caribbean sun smiling down on you as you walk along the beach, but some may beg to differ. Why not show off “rock-hard” toned abs...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone,...

Last month I brought you news of nature's pain reliever, ginger. Now we have another spice showing off its healing powers. Turmeric, or Curcumin, has been used in Asian medicine traditionally and has only recently been studied in the West....

November 3 - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health : Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among U.S. adolescents, according to the press release, " Decrease in Physical Activity May...

Nineteen alleged gang members have been indicted in Maryland on federal racketeering conspiracy charges...He says it alleges the 19 were members of the Latin Kings, a violent street gang...The indictment says the gang members conspired to commit attempted murders, robberies,...

Pfizer Inc's next- generation Prevnar vaccine missed some of the main goals in a study testing its ability to protect against bacteria that cause ear infections, pneumonia and other diseases, U.S. reviewers said in documents released on Monday. Pfizer said...