WASHINGTON – Maryland’s mental health care system is an “underachiever,” but still performing well above the national average, according to a report released Wednesday by a national mental health organization

WASHINGTON – Maryland biotech company A&G Pharmaceutical is working to create a breast cancer testing kit to help determine patient treatment options, while generating profits for the venture capital-backed company

WASHINGTON – Fine particle pollution from Maryland power plants is contributing to premature deaths, asthma attacks and other serious health problems according to a report released Wednesday by a nurse’s group

WASHINGTON – Historical romance author Janet Mullany has to stop laughing at the idea of being a romance expert before she can talk about Valentine’s Days with her husband of 11 years, Steve

WASHINGTON – Within four years, a Maryland biotech company is hoping to turn smallpox from a terrible disease into a treatable illness

WASHINGTON – Maryland is asking the federal government to reimburse its costs for trying to straighten out difficulties with the new senior citizen prescription medication plan called Medicare Part D

WASHINGTON – Not only is the abortion pill RU-486 killing babies, said Frederick Republican Rep

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s call Tuesday night to break America’s dependence on foreign energy sources won bipartisan praise in Maryland’s congressional delegation, but the state’s Democrats were less pleased with the things he omitted — workers, the poor and recent lobbying scandals

WASHINGTON – Maryland’s stop-gap early refill program, devised to help senior citizens transition into Medicare’s new prescription plan, has wound down, leaving some elderly citizens scrambling to get their medicine

WASHINGTON – Health care spending in Maryland reached an all-time high in 2004, with increased hospital usage contributing to almost half of the $1