October 2008
Posts published in October 2008
Mom in China avoids jail after killing mentally ill daughter
Date: 10/31/2008 BEIJING (AP) _ A Chinese mother who admitted poisoning and smothering her mentally ill daughter to death has been spared a jail sentence, state media reported Friday. Li Daohong fed her 20-year-old daughter, who suffered from brain paralysis, more than 200 sleeping pills in a Beijing hotel before smothering her with towels and ...
Marshals arrest brother of mummified Ky. woman
Date: 10/29/2008 GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) _ A Kentucky man arrested after police found the mummified remains of his disabled sister in the trunk of his car was set to appear in court Wednesday for an extradition hearing. Timothy Allen Brown, 36, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in St. Louis on Tuesday night, said Georgetown Police ...
Egyptian boy, kicked by teacher, dies in hospital
Date: 10/28/2008 By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press Writer CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ An Egyptian security official says police detained a teacher in the northern coastal city of Alexandria after one of his pupils — a schoolboy — died in hospital, after allegedly being hit by the teacher. The official says the city prosecutor ordered the detention ...
Wisconsin Brain Injury Association Seeking Grant Reviewers
10/27/08 From the Brain Injury Association of Wisconsin (BIAW): The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is looking for newand experienced objective grant reviewers with expertise in traumatic braininjury. HRSA is looking specifically for individuals with specializededucation, knowledge, and experience in the area of traumatic brain injuryto apply to be a HRSA Grant Reviewer for ...
Hospitals ease ER crowding with ward beds in halls
Date: 10/26/2008 By CARLA K. JOHNSONAssociated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ There’s no phone and no television. Only a screen offers privacy. But heart patient Edward Gray understands why the hospital put him in a cardiac unit hallway. “They sent me up here to make room for other emergency patients,” Gray, 78, said last week ...
NM woman faces eviction over medical marijuana use
Date: 10/23/2008 1:26 PM SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) _ A woman was told to move out of her apartment when the landlord discovered she has marijuana for medical use. Bobbie Wooten, 47, uses a wheelchair because she was paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash several years ago and suffers severe spasms. She ...
Magnet device aims to treat depression patients
Date: 10/20/2008 5:05 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression — a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. If it sounds like science-fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain cells to fire. Yet it ...
Brain’s reaction to yummy food may predict weight
Date: 10/16/2008 2:04 PM By LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Drink a milkshake and the pleasure center in your brain gets a hit of happy — unless you’re overweight. It sounds counterintuitive. But scientists who watched young women savor milkshakes inside a brain scanner concluded that when the brain doesn’t sense enough gratification ...
Parents of boy who shot himself plead not guilty
Date: 10/14/2008 4:18 PM NORWICH, Conn. (AP) _ The parents of a 2-year-old boy who died after accidentally shooting himself with a gun he found at home pleaded not guilty to charges related to the death. Jason Matteau, 27, and Rebecca Matteau, 24, of Jewett City, were arraigned Tuesday in Norwich Superior Court on charges ...
Turkey apologizes for inmate beating death
Date: 10/14/2008 10:01 AM Turkey apologizes for inmate beating death ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ In a rare gesture, Turkey’s justice minister apologized Tuesday to the family of an inmate who was allegedly beaten to death in Istanbul and said 19 prison workers have been suspended in connection with the killing. Human rights groups said 29-year-old ...
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