SAN BRUNO, Calif.—A judge has ruled that a 28-year-old man who fatally stabbed a stranger as he walked down the street should be hospitalized rather than incarcerated.
Earlier this year, Brandon Louis Gill of King City pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for stabbing to death Romero Lansang in March 2004.
Gill also pleaded insanity, leaving a San Mateo County judge to decide his fate. Gill could have been sentenced to 15 years to life Read the rest of this entry »
The San Francisco medical examiner’s office is asking for the public’s help to identify the remains of a middle-aged man whose body washed ashore on Ocean Beach on Saturday.
A jogger discovered the body floating in the surf line near Ortega Street at about 8 a.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner’s office.
The approximately 45-year-old Asian man had no identification, wore no jewelry, and had no identifying scars or tattoos, the medical Read the rest of this entry »
Fortunately for those of us over 50, a great deal of promising research is being conducted regarding aging and health. This is great news for the baby boomers. Both physical fitness and healthy cognitive functioning are major concerns in this age group.
Fortunately for those of us over 50, a great deal of promising research is being conducted regarding aging and health. This is great news for the baby boomers. Both physical fitness and healthy cognitive Read the rest of this entry »
Edgar Flores wants to be a doctor when he grows up. And what is it exactly that doctors do?
“They poke,” he tells me. “And they help children.”
Five-year-old Edgar has become quite an expert on doctors. After a car fire in July 2007 left him burned over 85 percent of his body, he spent five months in the burn unit at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center and had 16 operations. Several times, his doctors didn’t think he would make it.
But Edgar had Read the rest of this entry »
12:36 AM CDT on Sunday, September 7, 2008
A Dallas police officer is being treated at Baylor University Medical Center for leg injuries after his squad car crashed into a tree during a high-speed chase that ended in Pleasant Grove.
The officer’s name was not immediately released, but his injuries are not expected to be life-threatening, said Dallas police spokesman Gerardo Monreal.
The chase began in Lake Highlands Read the rest of this entry »
Drugs, gun, cash seized in weekend arrests
NEW BEDFORD — Narcotics police seized drugs and a loaded handgun and arrested three individuals during a weekend raid in the West End.
Police executing a search warrant Saturday at 87 Parker St. seized 3.5 grams of heroin, 22 grams of marijuana, a .380 handgun with ammunition, $1,000 in cash, two digital scales and packaging materials, according to court records.
Arrested were Christopher J. Garzon, Read the rest of this entry »
Some
of the natural substances taken through the FDA approval process don’t
appear to be dangerous. For example, Omacor, the FDA approved fish oil,
is only a problem because it is so expensive compared to regular fish
oil. All of us who pay Medicare taxes are bearing this cost since
Medicare won’t reimburse any other fish oil.
But,
unlike Omacor, there are other natural substances coming through the
FDA approval process that could be positively Read the rest of this entry »
“We are pleased to recognize Rear Admiral
Rosen with the Distinguished Community Service Award,”
said James R. Tallon, Jr., president of the United Hospital Fund. “He
identified a critical need in the New York community–the
need of individuals who put their lives at risk in service to their
community and country–and he found a way to
address that need, first in concept, then in practice. Like the Fund Read the rest of this entry »
on Wednesday examined how, as “people around the country respond to financial and economic hard times by juggling the cost of necessities like groceries and housing, drugs are sometimes having to wait.” An analysis conducted recently by
found that U.S. prescription drug sales in the first eight months of 2008 failed to increase for the first time in more than 10 years. In addition,
, the largest pharmaceutical company worldwide by sales, on Read the rest of this entry »
Doctors for almost 15 years have predicted imminent death for John Griffin, not yet 56 years old.
In 1994, he was diagnosed with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, its most severe form.
“I’ve lost count of the times I’ve been told I have six to 18 months to live,” Griffin said. “From the first day, I told the doctor I had AIDS, I’ve heard that.”
Griffin is tired. Aching some days, sick others. Taking Read the rest of this entry »