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Here is a list of feature stories on important health topics, most of which were written by University of Maryland Medical System's Web site staff. Just click on any of the stories below to learn more.

• Patients with Acoustic Neuromas Benefit from Experience and Collaboration
  
  
• Osteoporosis: Ways to Reduce Your Risk
  
  
• Football Hall of Fame Coach Don Shula Stresses the Importance of Blood Pressure Screening
  
  
• Trans Fats 101: A Consumer's Guide to Understanding Harmful Artificial Fats
  
  
• Flu Vaccine Facts
  
  
• New Surgical Acute Care Unit Designed With Bariatric Surgery Patients in Mind
  
  
• As the MICU Grows, So Do Other Services for Critically Ill Patients
  
  
• Radiology Advances: Stunning Details and Cures Without a Scalpel
  
  
• Terps and UM Orthopaedics: A Winning Combination
  
  
• The Truth About Low-Fat Diets
  
  
• New Intermediate Care Unit opens at UMMC
  
  
• The Inequality of Heart Disease: What Women Should Know, and What the UM Heart Center is Doing to Help
  
  
• Solving Sleep Disorders With a Comprehensive Program
  
  
• Spinal Disc Replacement Latest Treatment for an Aching Back
  
  
• Summer Safety for Kids
  
  
• A Look Inside the Cardiac Catheterization Lab
  
  
• Virtual Colonoscopy: The Latest Colon Cancer Screening Tool
  
  
• New Treatment Targets Liver Cancer
  
  
• Tackling Liver Disease Through a Team Approach
  
  
• Acupuncture -- Healing with the Touch of a Needle
  
  
• UM Hernia Center: Surgical Expertise, Pioneering Tradition Produce a Winning Combination
  
  
• Coronary Artery Disease and Bypass Surgery: Minimally Invasive Approaches
  
  
• Treatment Focused on Cutting Out Pain, Scarring and Recovery Time
  
  
• Taking Aim at Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  
  
• Effects of High Fat Meals
  
  
• Mucosal Biology Research Center
  
  
• Pressure Points: 7 Facts About Hypertension You Can't Afford to Ignore (Requires Adobe Reader -- download here
  
  
• Expert Weighs in on Recent Studies Challenging Long-Held Beliefs About Fertility
  
  
• New Telemedicine Program Brings Top-Notch Cancer Care to More Marylanders
  
  
• Low-Carb Diets: The Right Way to Go?
  
  
• Making Sense of Mad Cow Disease
  
  
• Letrozole: A New Option for Breast Cancer Survivors
  
  
• FluMist: A Flu Vaccine Without the Needle
  
  
• Heart Disease: Tips for Prevention
  
  
• Bugs and Kids: Mosquito Protection Tips
  
  
• Consumer's Guide to Ephedra: Information About this Controversial Supplement from UMMS Experts
  
  
• SARS: Online Resources
  
  
• Jarvik 2000 Recipient Ronald Smith Grateful for Second Chance at Life
  
  
• 47 UM Doctors Make Baltimore Magazine's Annual "Best Doctors" List
  
  
• New Pediatric ER Offers Best of Both Worlds
  
  
• Jarvik 2000 Recipient Woodrow Snelson Goes Home
  
  
• Vascular Disease Screening: A Simple Test Could Save Your Life
  
  
• Jarvik 2000 Recipient Woodrow Snelson Ready to Enjoy 'Whole New World'
  
  
• New Hope For Heart Failure Patients
  
  
• Some Advice to Take to Heart
  
  
• Drill helps UM Medical Center and Air Force Prepare for the Worst
  
  
• Osteoarthritis: Ways to Cope with a Common Disability
  
  
• Osteoarthritis Sufferers Seek Complementary Care
  
  
• Gamma Knife Surgery: No Scalpel Required
  
  
• A New Treatment for Uterine Fibroids
  
  
• Laughter is the "Best Medicine" for Your Heart
  
  
• High Blood Pressure: Tips to Stop the Silent Killer
  
  
• New Year, New You: Maintain Your New Year's Resolutions With Practical Advice from UM Experts
  
  
• Beating the Holiday Blues
  
  
• Anthrax: What You Should Know
  
  
• Cal Ripken's Retirement Highlights Life-Transition Issues
  
  
• Type 2 Diabetes: What You Should Know
  
  
• Learning to Live With Parkinson's Disease
  
  
• School Violence: Practical Strategies to Protect Your Kids

This page was last updated on: November 3, 2008.

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