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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Glen Burnie Doctor Headed to Super Bowl with Ravens

Dr. Alan Sokoloff is joining the Ravens on their trip to New Orleans as the team's chiropractor.

Dr. Alan Sokoloff–founder of the Yalich Clinic in Glen Burnie–will be joining the Baltimore Ravens on their trip to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII for almost a week's worth of practice and events surrounding the annual spectacle. Sokoloff–who is known by patients and coworkers as "Dr. Sok"–has been with the team since 1999. He is one of the few people within the organization, alongside middle linebacker Ray Lewis, who remembers the last time the Ravens were in the Super Bowl. Patch sat down with Sokoloff this week and asked him a few questions about his expectations for working with the Ravens in their pursuit of another Lombardi Trophy. Glen Burnie Patch: What goes on in the week leading up to the Super Bowl? Dr. Sokoloff: We're leaving…

Dr. Laura Nunno

12:29 am on Monday, February 4, 2013

Go Dr. Sokolof. That's my home town, Glen Burnie!!!   more ›

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Local Police Offer Opportunity to Get Rid of Old Prescription Medicines

Saturday event helps keep prescription drugs off the streets, out of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem.

Ever wonder what happens to the prescription drugs that you pour down the sink or flush down the toilet? Chances are pretty good that some of the old medicines might find their way into local waterways and ecosystems. According to Beth McGee, a water quality scientist with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: "Recent studies have documented a multitude of drugs and other pharmaceuticals in the rivers and streams in the Chesapeake basin, many of which have been flushed down the toilet. These findings are alarming and have raised concerns about potential effects of these chemicals on our aquatic resources." Another alarming trend for leftover pharmaceuticals that you might leave around the house—they can make your home a target drug abusers who …

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