Baltimore Hospital Offers Alternative to Mastectomy Patients

ANNAPOLIS – Baltimore County resident Rosemarie Kaufman believed the worst was behind her

Hospital Stays Growing Shorter for Mastectomy Patients

ANNAPOLIS – Women who go to major Maryland hospitals for mastectomies can expect to stay just one night — a stay that in some cases is 75 percent shorter than it was just three years ago

Patients’ Bill Praised, Criticized

ANNAPOLIS – Gov

Maryland Has a Real `Pearl’ of a Patient Advocate

ANNAPOLIS – Pearl Lewis cannot sit or stand for long periods of time

Montgomery County Leaders Claim General Assembly Successes

ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County won $159 million in direct operating aid for education and $108 million in capital projects funding during the 1999 General Assembly session, prompting county leaders to call it their best showing yet

Health Professionals Battle for Patient Access

ANNAPOLIS – Doctors are battling to keep their title as primary care physicians, while specialists and nurse practitioners plead with state legislators to give them more direct access to managed care patients

Children’s Advocates Fear New Law Could Hurt Poor Kids, Mothers

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland children’s advocates fear a new law that takes effect July 1, will hurt a successful health program for the state’s poor children and pregnant women and force many of them to go without coverage

Rewritten Food Allergy Bill Approved

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Wednesday passed a revamped version of a bill to provide safeguards for restaurant diners who suffer from food allergies

Breakfast Bill Gains Support

ANNAPOLIS Documented links between good nutrition and learning have fueled support to expand a successful in- classroom breakfast pilot program in Maryland

Senate Passes Bill To Benefit Patients

ANNAPOLIS A bill endorsed by Gov