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NFL funds concussion research
The Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, the National Institutes of Health and the National Football League are putting their heads together to study youth concussions.
Health care industry has been eating its spinach
There's one major industry in Maryland with a workforce that increased consistently every year for the past 12 years.
Enrollment doubles on health exchange, but progress still slow
Friday enrollment report from Maryland Health Connection.
Enrollment jumps on health exchange
Over the past week, 771 Marylanders signed up for a private health insurance policy offered on the state-run exchange, Maryland Health Connection, officials said Wednesday.
Enrollment up by 500
During the past week, about 500 Marylanders enrolled in a private health plan sold on the state insurance exchange, bringing total enrollment to 2,253 individuals, officials with Maryland Health Connection said Friday.
Sugar Daddies to the Rescue
The “world-class programmers” behind SugarDaddyForMe.com have offered to diagnose and fix Healthcare.gov's problems — at their own expense.
Taking care of the neighborhood
The grand opening of a new Walgreens store and health care clinic in East Baltimore on Friday marks the most tangible result of a partnership between the nation’s largest drugstore chain and Johns Hopkins Medicine. The grand opening of a new Walgreens store and health care clinic in East Baltimore on Friday marks the most tangible result of a partnership that began in 2011 between the nation[...]
Appealing to students’ stomachs – and consciences?
When Johns Hopkins University pledged to buy more local, sustainable food, part of officials’ rationale for doing so was that it could encourage other schools to follow suit.
Playing the match game
What would you do if you couldn't find a residency position after medical school? These students describe their views on "the jaws of death."
Md. Health Connection enrollment climbs, but long way to go
Maryland Health Connection is chugging along. As of Friday, there were twice as many households enrolled in one of the exchange's plans as a week ago, bringing the total number of enrollees to 2,393 — according to figures released Friday by Maryland Health Benefit Exchange.
Stevenson discounts tuition for hospital employees
Employees at Medstar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore will now get a 20 percent discount on tuition for courses in Stevenson University’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies.
Maryland teams enlist in Innovation-Corps
The region’s latest program aimed at commercializing research and boosting entrepreneurship launched this week at George Washington University, and several of Maryland’s big-name hospitals, universities and business incubators are represented.
