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A first in 187 days — no coronavirus deaths in Maryland 10/01/2020 11:24am • Every day you hear about someone dying of coronavirus, but in Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that no new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours. "Today, for the first time since March 28, the State of Maryland is reporting zero new coronavirus deaths," Hogan said in a news relea Advocating for a Child With a Rare Disease 10/01/2020 12:00am • If you knew your baby could be screened for a rare, devastating disease with a simple heel prick at birth, would you do it? If you knew the disease could quickly take away your baby's ability to breathe on their own, would you want to treat him or her as soon as possible? Three years ago, when our l Benefits to Evaluate During Employee Open Enrollment 10/01/2020 12:00am • Open enrollment is the annual period, typically during the fall, when employees and other benefits recipients sign up for important employee benefits such as health insurance for the coming year. For workers, open enrollment may also be the time when they're allowed to update elections for life insu When Can I Buy Medigap? 10/01/2020 12:00am • As you approach age 65, you need to begin thinking about Medicare. Original Medicare includes Part A, which covers hospital-based care, and Part B, which covers other medical care from your doctors. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, some people get Medicare automatically, Maryland researchers identify what works to help children avoid obesity 09/30/2020 08:05pm • Fourteen percent of 2- to 5-year-olds are overweight, but researchers at the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine have identified strategies they believe work to help prevent childhood obesity. "Young children learn by watching their families," said study leader Maureen Black, a professor of Psychedelics for Mental Health 09/30/2020 12:00am • Jon Kostakopoulos had been trying to stop drinking since his late teens. Nothing -- not inpatient programs, outpatient programs, Alcoholics Anonymous or pharmaceutical treatments -- seemed to help. So when his concerned mother heard from her new doctor at NYU Langone Health about a small trial of s The Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens to Extend Its Reach to Childhood Cancer 09/30/2020 12:00am • The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to shelter in place and cover our faces to protect ourselves, our families and our communities. While staying at home saved lives, it also caused a number of troubling consequences that may add to the devastating toll of COVID-19 -- chief among them a sharp drop in th Home Remedies for Hemorrhoids 09/30/2020 12:00am • Of the many things that can go slightly wrong with the human body, one that's incredibly common but not one most of us want to talk about is hemorrhoids. Symptomatic hemorrhoids affect about 1 in 20 Americans and about half of adults older than age 50, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digesti Breast Cancer Recovery: Exercise Changes Everything 09/30/2020 12:00am • They say exercise is medicine. And that's certainly the case when battling breast cancer. "Getting and staying active is one of the best things that anyone with breast cancer can do," says Leslie J. Waltke, physical therapist and founder of the Waltke Cancer Rehabilitation Academy, which trains onc Maryland Health Department offers virtual diabetes education series 09/29/2020 05:10pm • Diabetes is Maryland's sixth leading cause of death. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/AndreyPopov) Maryland has launched an online education series to try to help the nearly 45% of adults in the state who have diabetes or prediabetes. The free webinars can be found here on the Maryland Department of Va. man with prosthetic leg who 'died twice' and had 3 brain injuries to run MCM for 1st time in 25 years 09/29/2020 04:00am • It’s been a lifetime of aches and pains for 57-year-old Ed Purcell, starting when he was a kid. In 1967, when he was 5 years old, he was hit by a car and suffered a fractured skull. And that wouldn’t be the last time he suffered a traumatic head injury. “I’ve died twice in my life. I†How Much Does IUI Cost and How Do I Pay for It? 09/29/2020 12:00am • Intrauterine insemination, or IUI, is a fertility treatment in which sperm is injected in a woman's uterus with the goal of achieving pregnancy. It is generally less invasive than in vitro fertilization, or IVF, and may be offered first to aspiring parents. But before committing to one -- or severa How to Find a Lost Pension Plan 09/29/2020 12:00am • Some people lose track of their pension plan from an old job. A company might merge with or be bought by another company and change its name, move to a new location in a different city or go out of business. When this happens, your pension is not necessarily lost, but it might take a little researc 10 Colleges With the Most Undergraduate Students 09/29/2020 12:00am • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: With therapy, 'magic mushrooms' could help cancer patients with depression 09/28/2020 09:00pm • The active ingredient in magic mushrooms has shown promise in treating people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Now, doctors are seeing whether psilocybin can help cancer patients cope with depression. "It's really a therapy combination with psilocybin," said Dr. Manish Agrawal, the directo