The role of the D.D.S. may move closer to that of the M.D.
When New York dentist Catrise Austin began offering rapid HIV tests to her dental patients last August, she was surprised at how receptive they were to the idea. "A lot have said, 'Wow, you just...
On the ground with Baltimore doctors and nurses responding to the Haitian earthquake.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Ten days after the massive Jan. 12 earthquake that killed an estimated 200,000 people and left another 1.2 million homeless, Dr. Ken Crawford and Dr. Agha Khan, Baltimore...
Local stem cell researchers offer hope for patients—and a boon to Maryland's economy.
Nancy Rusk's toddler, Bryan, had just turned three when his stomach began to harden. On the next trip to his pediatrician, she pointed it out to the doctor.
"The only odd thing I'd noticed up to that...
Dubbed the "Daredevil Granny" by the national media, Susie Mann has chosen a "bucket list" over cancer treatment.
In September, 79-year-old Timonium resident Susie Mann fulfilled a lifelong dream to go skydiving. Despite severe nausea leading up to the moment of her descent, Mann took the plunge from a plane at...
Acupuncture helps addicts on the road to recovery.
At 9:30 on a recent Friday morning, two dozen men and women walk up the stairs of a nondescript gray building in the 2400 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Taking seats among the two circles of folding...
Sen. Ben Cardin joins doctors, nurses, public-policy experts, and leaders of Maryland's health industry in our offices to discuss how the battle in Washington will affect the region.
Baltimore magazine: Senator, can you start by giving us an update on the status of the health-care reform debate in Washington?
Sen. Cardin: I think you're going to see significant...
Our prescription for the region's best physicians in 76 specialties.
This year, as we prepared our annual survey of the region’s best doctors, more Americans have been thinking about health care than at any time in recent history. The debate over health-care reform...
A University of Maryland doc unravels the mystery of an Indonesian villager's bark-like skin.
Two-and-a-half years after University of Maryland Medical Center Chief of Dermatology Anthony Gaspari first laid eyes on an Indonesian villager named Dede, the doctor is still trying to solve the...
How Sinai learned to compete with the city's elite hospitals.
In early 2006, Hartford, CT accountant John Richards began to have trouble hearing out of his left ear. His doctor recommended an MRI which revealed a marble-sized tumor near the base of his brain,...
Victoria Saah Giffi furiously scribbles patient information on a notepad, like a waitress taking breakfast orders during the morning rush.
Sitting in the large atrium at the University of Maryland...
