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What’s It Like for Father-Son Cardiologists to Work in the Same Hospital?
The answer—from Drs. Stephen and Jeremy Pollock of the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center—might surprise you.
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Best of Baltimore 2025: Style & Wellness
From staycations and spa experiences to a staple community bookstore and innovative creative space, here's what impressed us this year.
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Local Provider Challenges Mental Health Stigmas, Especially for First-Generation Americans
Dr. Chiamaka Nnah of Catonsville's Serenity Wellness, whose parents immigrated from Nigeria, shares the importance of connecting with her community about mental health.
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Tips to Stay Safe During a Baltimore Heat Wave
We’re on track to face another record-breaking hot summer. Experts weigh in on keeping cool.
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‘Scary Mommy’ Founder Jill Smokler Faces Glioblastoma Diagnosis With Her Trademark Wit and Aplomb
That Smokler, 48, is navigating her grim diagnosis with humor isn’t a surprise to those who have been following her since her early blog days. Her brand has always been radical honesty.
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Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll Results 2025
You voted, and now, here are your picks for the best that Baltimore has to offer.
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Baltimore’s Top Dentists 2025
Browse this year's list to find local professionals who meet your needs in every specialty of dentistry.
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Top Nurses 2025
Our annual Excellence in Nursing Awards recognizes a fraction of the thousands of nurses working in the area every day to make patients’ lives healthier, safer, and happier.
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Home Health Nurses Bring Compassion and Considerable Skill to Patients—Wherever They Live
The specialty is increasingly in demand due to an aging population, a rise in the prevalence of chronic conditions, shorter hospital stays, and a strong desire by many patients to remain in their home while they receive care.
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Runners Run Takes an Inclusive Approach to Uniting the Local Running Community
After noticing a lack of representation at Baltimore races, former NFL defensive end Lo Johnson co-founded the group as “a safe space for all people who want to come and work out,” especially Black runners.
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Partners In Care Maryland, Inc., connects older adults with volunteers to build a thriving community.
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What’s Behind the Surge in Youth Anxiety?
These days, the CDC estimates 10 percent of children between the ages of three and 17 have a diagnosed anxiety disorder.
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Why Booking a Scalp Spa is the Ultimate Act of Self Care
“It’s basically the shampoo portion—the best part of getting your hair done—times twenty,” Dawn Fitzgerald of Parkville’s Fitz Hair Studio says of the trending service.
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The Power of Positive Psychology
Local mental health leaders weigh in on the practice, which focuses on growing human strengths to achieve greater levels of happiness, gratitude, and resilience.
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Wellness Directory
A comprehensive resource guide to beauty, fitness, and wellness professionals in the Baltimore area.
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Crafting Hope: The Life-Changing Art and Science of Prosthetics at JHU School of Medicine
With this intersection of art and anatomy, medical sculptors are like modern-day Michelangelos, creating facial and body prosthetics so lifelike, it’s hard to discern the difference between what’s man-made and what existed at birth.
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All of Your Burning Questions About Sex Therapy, Answered
Sex and relationship therapist Susan Stork of Space Between Counseling Services in Mt. Vernon discusses the many benefits of prioritizing intimacy.
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The Benefits of Red Light Therapy Go Well Beyond Glowy Skin
While those trendy light-up masks and devices can be used for antiaging and smoother skin, they also have major full-body and mind benefits, according to Dr. David Meredith of Very Well wellness center in Cross Keys.
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A New Gym in Waverly Dispels Everything You Think is True About CrossFit
If CrossFit seems intimidating, just one look at ZEHBRAS’ social media—featuring real people of all ages, shapes, and sizes sharing their goals and achievements—should put you at ease.
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Eight Baltimoreans Who Prove That Age is Just a Number
In their golden years, these older adults have gone back to school, launched art exhibitions, started weight lifting, become activists, and gotten certified in teaching yoga. In other words, their passions have given them purpose.
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The City That Cures: Baltimore’s Countless Contributions to Modern Medicine
From the automatic defibrillator to the first public medical school in the United States, so much of global medical practice that now seems standard was born in Baltimore.
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Incineration, Coal, and Curtis Bay: Why the South Baltimore Community Suffers Like No Other
The resilient neighborhood has been fighting the worst air pollution in the state for half a century.
