ANNAPOLIS – Sharon Benoliel has been practicing shiatsu, a Japanese healing art based on traditional Chinese medicine for 17 years, and she’s done well enough to help buy a house and pay for her 4-year-old daughter’s expenses
Bill Proposes Couples Settle Embryo Disputes Before Their Creation
ANNAPOLIS – Married couples who wish to undergo in-vitro fertilization will have to decide who gets custody of the sperm, egg or embryo in the event of death or divorce, under a bill heard this week
Report: Maryland’s Health Care Appeals, Grievance Laws Working
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s two-year-old health care appeals and grievance law is working well, according to a report released Thursday by the Maryland Insurance Administration
Bill Would Protect Children’s Medical Rights
ANNAPOLIS – Parents who substitute prayer for medical treatment for their children may be subject to civil and criminal penalties under a bill repealing the religious exemption from child health and safety laws
Lawmaker Moves to Decrease Medical Errors
ANNAPOLIS – With deaths nationwide from preventable medical errors outpacing the number of people who die annually from AIDS or highway accidents, two Baltimore delegates are working to address the problem in Maryland
Students, Senator Join Forces Again to Pass Helmet Bill
ANNAPOLIS – School-age children led by Hannah More School students piled into a Maryland Senate hearing room for the second time Tuesday to back a bill requiring children under age 16 to wear a helmet while in-line skating
Fourth Time May be Charm for Osteoporosis Education Bill
ANNAPOLIS – Three times Delegate Clarence Davis, D-Baltimore, has testified for his bill to require the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish an osteoporosis prevention and education program
Bill Would Help Hard-of-Hearing Infants
ANNAPOLIS – When Emily and Scott Levin’s son was born hard of hearing, the Owings Mill couple was shocked to find that a pair of hearing aids cost about $5,000
House and Senate Will Hear Identical Medical Marijuana Bill
ANNAPOLIS – Sponsors of a bill to reduce criminal penalties for medical patients who use marijuana highlighted two changes from last year’s bill designed to increase legislative support, during a Thursday news conference
Delegate Wants to Ban Fetal Tissue Research
ANNAPOLIS – Supporters of a bill outlawing fetal tissue research in Maryland told House panel members Wednesday that an illegal market has developed, in which “baby body parts” are purchased and sold