University of Maryland Medical Center

17 outlandish garlic dishes: Celebrate National Garlic Day with garlic chocolate and garlic beer

2013-04-19 12:07:00

Garlic cloves dipped in dark chocolate? Garlic cheesecake? Garlic beer? Bam! It's National Garlic Day, a day set aside on the foodie calendar to celebrate all things Allium sativum. Garlic, a species of the onion family, has been with humankind for...

Face transplant recipient 'in great spirits' after operation

2013-02-27 15:14:00

They’re not exactly routine, but face transplants are becoming more common. The latest to be announced, on Tuesday at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, involved a former transplant nurse whose husband tossed industrial-strength lye on...

Distracted pedestrians? Accidents on rise for headphone-wearers

2012-01-19 16:37:25

Milk thistle shows potential -- documented potential -- in helping cancer patients

2009-12-14 16:32:34

But does melatonin actually do anything?

2009-12-16 21:32:31

So what's in your nonenergy drink?

2009-12-29 16:32:36

L-carnitine might not be the boost for you

2009-11-30 00:00:00

Read the ingredient label on any energy drink and odds are fairly good that, among other arcane items, you'll come across something called L-carnitine. Also sold in supplement form, L-carnitine is often touted as a miracle molecule that boosts energy and...

Richard E. Hug: Mentor, advisor, friend

2013-05-13 05:15:00

All of us mourn the loss of Richard E. Hug, who had a profound impact on the civic and political life of our community (May 7). I thought it might be useful to single out the incredible impact that Dick had on the formative years of the University of...

Finding renewed value in life and loved ones

2013-05-11 15:40:00

Geraldine Andrews had no idea last year at this time what she was in for in the months to come. She worked as a hair stylist and enjoyed tight-knit relationships with her husband, two daughters and four grandchildren. Then, in August, Andrews, 58, of...

Anne Arundel County health briefs

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Rabies prevention The Department of Health offers information on how to prevent the spread of rabies and what to do in the event of exposure. Rabies is most often seen in raccoons, bats, foxes and skunks. Information: 410-222-7168 or visit aahealth.org....

Hospital rates vary significantly, Medicare data show

2013-05-09 09:55:00

Johns Hopkins Hospital charged $13,667 on average to treat one admission of a Medicare patient with diabetes in 2011, while a couple of miles away Mercy Medical Center billed an average of $8,425. The University of Maryland Medical Center charged $9,045...

For Hopkins researcher, battling MS is personal

2013-05-12 12:29:00

Anna Whetstone, 23, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 17. She was a high school junior in Hershey, Pa., playing on her school's field hockey team when she got hit in the head with a ball. "I was feeling fine at the time," she said,...

Dr. Wade Gaasch, 58, the Baltimore Fire Department's EMS medical director and a University of Maryland Medical Center emergency doctor for more than 20 years, said he had just finished the race -- his 13th Boston Marathon in a row -- minutes before the explosions took place.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Jennifer Poffenberger of Boonsboro was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000. She said she has been on drug therapy since her diagnosis, and goes each year for a checkup at University of Maryland Medical Center.

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Jeff Johns, Silver Spring high school band and orchestra teacher, hung out with Jess Reilly, University of Maryland Medical Center database analyst, Don Walizer, SoftTech Solutions computer scientist, and James Taylor, University of Maryland Medical Systems database analyst.

2013-03-21 00:00:00