Mega bio-bank under construction to study how genes affect veterans’ health.
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Low-Income Alzheimer’s Patients Battle More Than The Disease
It was 1994 when Barbara Harris noticed her mother, Edith Harris, would write and keep little notes. She was starting to forget things.
“She started slipping a little bit,” daughter Harris, a Baltimore resident, recalled.
It was not until 1996 that Edith Harris was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that causes progressive memory loss that eventually interferes with daily tasks and body functions.
For Edwards, Health Care Issues Are Personal
As Donna Edwards campaigns for Senate, she uses the personal struggles of her past to talk about political issues such as Health Care
Educational Gender Gap Is Changing Around the World, New Study Finds
Women make up the majority of higher education degree-holders, study finds.
Adnan Syed Has a Long Road in Appeals Process
We explain the 15 years of appeals by the man whose case was made famous by the podcast Serial.
Test Your Knowledge of Maryland News, December 11 Edition
Find out how well you know big Maryland stories of the last week.
African American Museum Kicks Off Countdown to 2016 Grand Opening
To kick off the year-long countdown to its grand opening, the museum hosted a three-night event last month to celebrate the anniversaries of three major milestones in African American history.
Elementary, middle school PARCC scores again fall short of readiness levels
Fewer than half of Maryland students passed the PARCC exam
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services screening initiatives across state reduce unnecessary detention
Models such as the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the Detention Risk Assessment Instrument aim to eliminate biases — such as race or hometown — when kids are screened for entry to the system.
FREE PRESS: Historic Annapolis celebrates Sons of Liberty Week
ANNAPOLIS — Re-enacters staged a Stamp Act protest march to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the controversial law and the founding of the Sons of Liberty.