As he reflects on his extraordinary career, Dr. Ben Carson is now willing to open his house--and his life story--to the public.
Lacena "Candy" Carson wanders around the basement family room of her Georgian-style, Baltimore County estate—hammer in hand—performing an extremely familiar task: She's tacking up plaques and prizes...
Spas promise to restore our youth with gold, chocolate, and yams. But do these "miracle" treatments really work?
We've been on a quest throughout history for places that offer restorative powers. From Roman baths to hot springs and even the proverbial fountain of youth, we've always sought the ultimate source...
While others discarded DNA clues in rape cases before a database existed, this pathologist saw the future.
Thirty years ago, police had few investigative tools for tracking down the perpetrators of sexual assaults, particularly stranger rapes when a victim may never see her assailant's face. So when a...
More and more children are suffering with food allergies and doctors don't know why.
Imagine there's a time bomb attached to your child, one that could go off at any time and cause him or her life-threatening harm. That kind of knowledge would change the way your family lives and be...
Organ donation can be both tragic and inspiring. The Living Legacy Foundation knows that all too well.
The first thing Kim Ricci did was put her hand on Brian’s chest. She felt it immediately, the diligent thump. Lub-dup, lub-dup, lub-dup. It was the heart of her daughter, Heather Ann Ricci, a smart,...
Two Hopkins doctors give cancer patients one last escape.
There are lots of medical studies underway at any given time in the medical research mecca that is Baltimore. But two Johns Hopkins psychologists are looking for volunteers for a study that's both...
Associate professor Steven Soifer isn't afraid of toilet talk.
When you're away from home and nature calls, it can be challenging to find a clean, well-lighted place in which to answer.
But one Baltimore-based organization is on a mission to change that. The...
An ABC News documentary shows the more personal side of Hopkins.
In this age of so-called reality television, it is refreshing to see a gripping documentary air in primetime on ABC—especially one set in our own backyard.
Hopkins, a six-part series that begins June...
For those suffering with persistent Lyme disease, the treatments are few, and the controversies are many.
Perhaps it's not surprising that Carol Siegmeister got Lyme disease. The 71-year-old Pikesville resident is an avid gardener and she sees deer in her neighbrhood often enough: "Donner and Blitzen...
Say goodbye to fluorescent lights and industrial green. Hospital centers have gotten a facelift.
When Kimberly Brown goes to the new Cancer Institute at St. Joseph Medical Center to receive her weekly chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer, she says she actually looks forward to her visits...
