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U.Md. doctors testing new fetal heart monitor
- Doctors at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Fetal Care are testing a new fetal monitor that may provide information on changes in an unborn baby’s heartbeat over an extended period of time, officials said.
Caregivers help ease communication, study says
- Monica Brunson joins her 82-year-old grandmother for nearly every doctor’s visit, asking questions, taking notes and getting copies of medical records.
Health officials take aim at food worries
- Nearly one in eight low-income Baltimore City families worry they don’t have enough food, which affects young children’s physical and mental development, a study shows.
Labor, liberal groups press for national health plan
- A coalition of close to 100 labor, liberal and progressive groups on Tuesday launched a $40 million national campaign called Health Care for America Now to push for federal action to guarantee quality, affordable medical insurance.
Activists hold demonstration for universal health care
- Derek Cooper knows the costs of being uninsured.
- Derek Cooper knows the costs of being uninsured.
Privacy an issue when it comes to involvement
- Sometimes, patients or their family members can’t participate in doctors’ discussions about care.
More hospital doctors bring parents into the loop
- Buffy Freeland had just gotten her 6-month-old daughter Desiah to sleep when a squad of doctors, students and interns gathered in the darkened hospital room.
