What’s in a name? A look at the Washington NFL team and the controversy surrounding its mascot.
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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.
One Million Veterans to be Focus of Federal Disease Research Project
Mega bio-bank under construction to study how genes affect veterans’ health.
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.
Washington’s Cherry Trees Bloom in Eastern “Heat Wave”
Visitors at the National Mall are seeing a familiar sight at an unusual time of the year, as the recent rash of warm weather in the area has led to a second bloom for some cherry trees.
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.
Washington Football in Fantasy and Reality
Washington’s NFL players can hurt you as a fan, and a fantasy football owner
Washington Leads the NFC East at 5-6???
At 5-6, Washington leads the NFC East. A Monday Night showdown against arch-rival Dallas looming large on the horizon.
Fire Fighting Volunteers and EMT’s Wanted
The National Volunteer Fire Council launched their “Make Me a Firefighter Campaign” in Washington Tuesday with the hopes of recruiting more volunteer firefighters in Maryland and across the rest of the country.