Dear Doctors: I’ve been reading that it’s a pretty bad flu season this year, and I’m starting to get worried about getting sick. I haven’t gotten a flu shot yet, but I think it might be too late. Is it still worthwhile to get the vaccine? Is this year’s vaccine effective?
The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency. It comes after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower deaths related to the virus. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the annual meeting of its executive board meeting Monday that “there is no doubt that we’re in a far better situation now” than a year ago — when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak.
Members of Maryland's Congressional delegation and Frederick County officials on Friday discussed barriers in providing county mental health s…
Dear Doctors: I’m having my first colonoscopy in a few months. My friends say it’s unpleasant, and I’m already dreading it. I think it would h…
Dear Doctors: My niece got me a weighted blanket for my birthday, which she says helps you sleep. I admit I was skeptical, but I used it for a…
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for children as young as 1…
The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency. It comes after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an “inflexion point” where higher levels of immunity can lower deaths related to the virus. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the annual meeting of its executive board meeting Monday that “there is no doubt that we’re in a far better situation now” than a year ago — when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was at its peak.
Members of Maryland's Congressional delegation and Frederick County officials on Friday discussed barriers in providing county mental health services and federal funding opportunities to bypass them.
Dear Doctors: I’m having my first colonoscopy in a few months. My friends say it’s unpleasant, and I’m already dreading it. I think it would help if I knew what’s going to happen. How often do you need to get a colonoscopy? And is there any way around having to use that prep drink?
Dear Doctors: My niece got me a weighted blanket for my birthday, which she says helps you sleep. I admit I was skeptical, but I used it for a month, and she may be right. Instead of waking up a few times at night, I sleep right through. Is it the power of suggestion, or is there a reason th…
Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for children as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.
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Crystien Esters, a fourth-year student at Howard University, has never been to Frederick.
When Thérèse Keegan was younger, she told her father she would be a trapeze artist and then a nun.
Dear Doctors: At my last checkup, it turned out my body fat percentage has gone up quite a bit. I was surprised because I haven’t gained weigh…
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese health care authorities declined to include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list that wo…
The Frederick County Health Care Coalition recently received about $200,000 in grant money, allowing the nonprofit to unlock the same amount o…
Dear Doctors: I come from a large family, and we’ll have a lot of holiday parties. I want to enjoy myself, but I also want to start the new ye…
Crystien Esters, a fourth-year student at Howard University, has never been to Frederick.
When Thérèse Keegan was younger, she told her father she would be a trapeze artist and then a nun.
Dear Doctors: At my last checkup, it turned out my body fat percentage has gone up quite a bit. I was surprised because I haven’t gained weigh…
It may have been chilly, rainy and more than a little foggy on Sunday afternoon, but Aidan McCrohan and his small team of volunteers were not …
It may have been chilly, rainy and more than a little foggy on Sunday afternoon, but Aidan McCrohan and his small team of volunteers were not …
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Dear Doctors: A family friend is suddenly on hospice care because of esophageal cancer, which has spread to his lungs and liver. The thing is,…
The COVID-19 vaccines can help keep you from getting the nasty virus, missing many days of work or school, and ending up in the hospital or th…
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Zach Gottlieb’s grandfather died from heart failure the same week his high school moved to remote learning in March 2020.
The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program of the Senior Services Division recently offered a presentation to caregivers through a virtually sponsor…
It all changed on a Saturday night in New York City in 2016. Jacquelyn Revere was 29 and headed out to attend a friend’s comedy show. She was …
Dear Doctors: I heard on the news about a study that says you won’t get as hungry if you eat all of your meals earlier in the day. Does that h…
Dear Doctors: A family friend is suddenly on hospice care because of esophageal cancer, which has spread to his lungs and liver. The thing is,…
The COVID-19 vaccines can help keep you from getting the nasty virus, missing many days of work or school, and ending up in the hospital or th…
Dear Doctors: My wife read somewhere that when kids grow up with a dog in the house, it can keep them from getting schizophrenia. I know that …
Zach Gottlieb’s grandfather died from heart failure the same week his high school moved to remote learning in March 2020.
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