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• Inexperienced Gastric Bypass Surgeons: Anticipated Spike in Litigation Claims

  Steve Silverman | October 03, 2006 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  With thousands of obese Americans opting for gastric bypass surgery (bariatric surgery) a growing collection of research suggests that this increasingly popular operation can have a hidden risk: inexperienced surgeons. According to physicians who have tracked the results of their cases, patients of surgeons who have done fewer than 70-100 operations have complications more often and a greater...

• Wegmans Food Market Recalls Food You Feel Good About Country Wheat Rolls

  Jenny Albano | October 10, 2007 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Wegmans Food Market Inc., in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling Food You Feel Good About Country Wheat Rolls because they may actually contain potato rolls ,which has a milk allergen that is not listed on the label. The recall includes 18 oz. wheat rolls with a best by date of October 10. The bread was produced on October 1 and would have been sold in stores on October 2 and October 3 in...

• Canadian Air Balloon Burns Up in Flames, 2 Dead

  Courtney Mills | August 27, 2007 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A mother and daughter perished over the weekend in a horrific hot air balloon accident about which shocked onlookers could do nothing but watch and hope for the best outcome.12 passengers were ascending in a giant hot air balloon in the environs outside Vancouver, British Columbia, when something went tragically wrong with the balloon's operating mechanism. All the passengers and pilot had...

• Truck Driver With Suspended License Causes Accident

  Shannon Weidemann | March 27, 2007 9:45 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A 54-year-old truck driver has been charged with reckless driving after causing an accident that killed a man on the Capital Beltway. He was driving a tractor-trailer on a suspended license. Police also believe that he had forged his logbook to show less driving time. Monday's accident occurred about 11 p.m. on the outer loop of the Beltway north of Route 1. Police said the tractor-trailer...

• Mayor Hit by Unlicensed Driver

  Shannon Weidemann | February 15, 2007 11:13 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Mayor Sheila Dixon was on her way to her son's basketball game when the SUV she was a passenger in was hit by another car. The driver of the other car did not have a driver's license. He was trying to make a right-hand turn from Clifton Avenue onto Denison Street around 1:30 p.m. when he struck the right front bumper of the 2004 Ford Expedition carrying the mayor, according to a police...

• Car Accident Injures School Official

  Steve Silverman | May 10, 2006 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Nancy Mann, the interim Superintendent of Anne Arundel County schools was involved in a wreck Monday. Mann ran a red light on her way to a meeting and crashed into another car which was passing through the intersection. She was treated at Baltimore Washington Medical Center and released.According to the Baltimore Sun:Myshawn Ball, 34, of the 500 block of Millshire Drive of Millersville and...

• Maryland Girls Falls From Amusement Park Ride

  Jenny Albano | August 06, 2007 6:02 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  A young girl fell from a ride called the Octopus at the Six Flags America amusement park on Friday, August 3. The Octopus is described by the park as a "mild thrill ride" that takes riders up and down and spins in circles. Some witnesses say the girl, who's name and age have not been released, fell 25 feet from the amusement park ride. When the paramedics arrived the child was conscious. She...

• E. Coli Infection Linked To Spinach Sickens Maryland Boy

  Steve Silverman | September 27, 2006 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  Health authorities have identified a 5-year-old Harford County, Maryland boy-whose mother fed him spinach-as one of Maryland's three confirmed infections by the deadly E. coli bacteria. According to the Baltimore Sun one of the Maryland cases has been fatal. Although health authorities have not officially linked the recent Maryland cases to the nationwide outbreak, there are significant...

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  Staff Writer | January 08, 2006 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

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• Kennedy Gives Speech Opposing Medical Malpractice Legislation

  Staff Writer | May 10, 2006 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsBaltimore, MD

  According to the Democratic Daily, on Monday Senator Kennedy gave an excellent speech outlining his opposition to medical malpractice reform. This opened "health week" in which the GOP is pushing tort reform. While the Senate defeated two bills to cap damages in medical malpractice cases, Republicans hope the proposals at least won support from conservative voters.The senator's speech pointed...