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Gloria Blaine Glasgow: Jan. 18, 2012
Gloria Blaine Glasgow, 69, of Winchester, passed away Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 at Clark Regional Medical Center.
She was born in Logan, W.Va., on July 20, 1942 to the late Harold W. and Moodie Marie Bush Glasgow. She was retired from the Walter Reed Army...Tags: American Heart Association, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Our wounded warriors
Writing your weekly editorial is a pleasure; sometimes I’m sure it is on a topic of immediate interest to The Interior Journal’s readers, other times it is only something I want to interest you in. Regardless, it’s not “news”...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapists, Explosions, Injuries and Wounds
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Dr. Lorenz E. and Anastasia U. Zimmerman
Dr. Lorenz E. Zimmerman, the founder of modern ophthalmic pathology, who spent his nearly 60-year career studying diseases of the eye, died March 16 of complications from an infection at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 92.
His wife...Tags: Pittsburgh, Medical Specialization, Ophthalmology, Immigration, Christianity
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Worm farming pays off
WSBT-TVELKHART COUNTY – When you talk about farming, you usually think of raising cows, pigs or chickens, but how about worms? That’s the case of an Army veteran wounded in Iraq who is now raising worms as part of a cash crop, but not for fishing....Tags: Fertilizer, Chemical Industry
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Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, dentist
Dr. Don-Neil Brotman, a retired Baltimore dentist and a pilot, died Feb. 16 of heart failure at Sinai Hospital. The longtime Pikesville resident was 80.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Dr. Brotman was a 1949 graduate of City College, and after attending...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Colleges and Universities, Air Transportation Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Mikulski, VA secretary pledge added staff, training in Baltimore
The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the nation's worst performer in processing disability claims, will receive more employee training, an influx of senior staff and a new digital processing system ahead of schedule, under a...
Tags: American Legion, Environmental Issues, Conservation, World War II (1939-1945), Veterans Affairs
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Iraq veteran on his double-arm transplant: 'It feels amazing'
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.From the moment he entered the room at Johns Hopkins Hospital for his news conference, Brendan Marrocco was a picture of determination. He pushed his wheelchair using his arms and wrists and he smiled, showing off the new limbs. “It feels amazing,...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts
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Soldier who lost all limbs in Iraq gets double arm transplant
A soldier who lost all of his limbs in the Iraq War received double arm transplants at Johns Hopkins Hospital last month in a rare procedure that has already begun to restore some normalcy to his life.
Hopkins doctors are to speak in detail about the...Tags: Bombings, Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq, Amputation, Hospitals and Clinics
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Bruce A. Pierce, 84
Bruce Alfred Pierce, 84, of Hagerstown, Md., passed from this life Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Julia Manor Health Care Center in Hagerstown. Born July 13, 1928, in Hendersonville, N.C., he was the son of the late Lee Felia and Dorothy Helen (Graves)...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Army
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Joe Walsh Welcomes Wounded Warriors Home
Longtime Eagles and James Gang guitarist Joe Walsh, whose 1991 solo album is titled Ordinary Average Guy, recently visited a group of extraordinary guys at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. The musician sang songs, signed autographs...
Tags: Entertainment, Joe Walsh, Music, Washington, DC
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Bob Dole released from hospital
Kansas native and former senator Bob Dole is out of the hospital. The former majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee was released from Walter Reed Army Medical Center on Wednesday according to reports. Dole checked himself into this...
Tags: Bob Dole, World War II (1939-1945), Hospitals and Clinics
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A fitting tribute
The legacy of a man known for helping those who served in the military will be preserved in the naming of a cancer center. The late Congressman, U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, a Democrat from Johnstown, had a reputation of working with those in the...Tags: Healthcare Provider, John P Murtha, Defense, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Department of Defense
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