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Mary Lawal has survived five suicide attempts and is now a mental health advocate committed to sharing her story with others and spreading a message of hope. Lawal is a student at Prince George’s Community College. (Kenneth K. Lam/Staff)

Suicidal ideation is terrifying and isolating. This survivor is ‘living proof’ recovery is possible.

September 24, 2024 at 1:13 p.m.

After several years of intensive treatment, hospital stays, medication and therapy, she considers herself to be in recovery from suicidal ideation and self-harm.

Kyra Vocci, left, and her mother, Lisa Kolbe, stand with a portrait of Andrea Kolbe, who took her own life in December while fighting postpartum depression. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

1 in 5 maternal deaths are from suicide. Why is it so hard to get help?

March 22, 2024 at 11:44 a.m.

According to experts, screening and treatment for postpartum depression remains lacking across the country.

Kennedy Krieger Institute in Maryland, where a study about the lasting effects that COVID has on some children was done. (Jed Kirschbaum/The Baltimore Sun/TNS)

Study: About a third of children hospitalized with COVID-19 experience persistent symptoms

March 1, 2024 at 11:48 a.m.

About three in five children continued to struggle with headaches and just under half experienced weakness.

Jessie Buckley works with graduate student Katie Aveni during a voice therapy session at the University of Maryland College Park. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff)

Hello, world: A woman's transition to a new voice

February 27, 2024 at 12:29 p.m.

The Baltimore Sun followed Jessie Buckley for three months as she received gender-affirming voice therapy at the University of Maryland.

Shalene Gupta, who graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2009 with degrees in creative writing and psychology, wrote “The Cycle” about her experience with premenstrual dysphoric syndrome, research about the disorder and the story of how it became a legitimate diagnosis. “The Cycle” will be released on Feb. 27 from Flatiron Books.

Johns Hopkins graduate’s new book delves into life with a menstrual mood disorder

February 26, 2024 at 11:47 a.m.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD is a menstruation-related mood disorder that, before Shalene Gupta received treatment, caused her to have monthly depressive episodes.

Laura Pleasants at her allergist officein White Marsh, Allergy Asthma Specialists of Maryland.

‘It would change my life drastically’: First food allergy drug approved by FDA

February 26, 2024 at 11:22 a.m.

After a recent study, the FDA approved Xolair, a drug previously approved to treat asthma, for use helping prevent people with food allergies from experiencing reactions.

Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW, an at-home-rapid-COVID test.

Johns Hopkins study: Results from rapid COVID tests done at home can be trusted

February 16, 2024 at 9:54 a.m.

A Johns Hopkins-led study shows that rapid tests done at home are as reliable as rapid tests administered by health care providers.

A view of The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on Sept. 15, 2020.

Johns Hopkins researchers make progress in developing blood test for psychiatric disorders

February 13, 2024 at 11:34 a.m.

The potential blood test that would identify changes in the brain associated with psychiatric and neurological disorders — an advancement that could enable doctors to detect the early signs of...

In this photo illustration a one dose bottle of measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine, made by MERCK, is held up at the Salt Lake County Health Department on April 26, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo Illustration by George Frey/Getty Images)

The U.S. eliminated measles in 2000. Why is it back now?

January 31, 2024 at 11:32 a.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging health care providers to be “on alert” for patients with symptoms of measles.

Fiona Edwards recently earned her doctorate. She has ADHD and described herself as “teetering on the edge of autism.” (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

There are no US clinical guidelines for treating and diagnosing adult ADHD. That may change soon.

January 11, 2024 at 11:23 a.m.

The number of adults being diagnosed with ADHD is increasing rapidly in the U.S.

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