A Delaware man was sentenced yesterday to 17 years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute drugs in Baltimore and on the Eastern Shore and to obtain fraudulent identification documents, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s office.
Deshaun Dennis, 30, of Dover, stated in his guilty plea that he organized and collected money for cocaine deals between 2004 and 2008, selling between 50 and 150 kilograms of cocaine Read the rest of this entry »
Diana Gore is 44 years old and minutes away from surgery to remove the cancer in her breast. The mother of three daughters from Clinton, N.C., is trying to control a flood of emotions.
“Fear. Will this be it?” she says in the pre-op room. “Will it be gone when we’re finished here, or will we come back later on and say, ‘Oh, you know, there’s a little more left there, we’ve got to go back,’” Gore says.
Inside the operating room, Gore’s surgeon, Read the rest of this entry »
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been released from the hospital after suffering a seizure during an inaugural luncheon.
Sen. Kennedy’s office confirmed that on Wednesday morning he left Washington Hospital Center, where the 76-year-old had been resting overnight for observation. A spokeswoman said he was in good spirits and doctors wanted him to get some rest.
Doctors blamed fatigue for the seizure. Mr. Kennedy, first elected to the U.S. Senate in Read the rest of this entry »
(Knoxville News-Sentinel, The (TN) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 10–Michael Zemel says he wants to be the country’s “inefficiency expert.”
The University of Tennessee professor and director of The Nutrition Institute has invented Innutria, an all-natural ingredient that Zemel said will help make people “less efficient” at storing fat while giving a boost to metabolic and cardiovascular health.
“It’s true we can do that by eating a really good Read the rest of this entry »
An elderly woman has died in hospital a month after arsonists targeted her North Yorkshire home.
Yuen Har Ho, 93, was rescued from a burning ground-floor flat in Newby Crescent, Jennyfields, on 1 November.
The fire had been started deliberately in an outside bin, and Mrs Ho’s family issued a plea to anyone with information to contact the police.
Mrs Ho, who had suffered severe smoke inhalation, died in Harrogate District General Hospital on Read the rest of this entry »
Mt. Pleasant Area High School students are keeping more physically active, and thanks to the efforts of its physical education department, more equipment is on the way to keep students and faculty physically fit.
Sherry Kring, head of the Physical Education Department, said the school was awarded a $5,000 grant to be used within the department.
The grant was part of the “Schools on the Move,” a division of the “America on the Move: Steps to a Read the rest of this entry »
The heart-healthy beverage may also keep you from developing physical disabilities or Alzheimer’s Disease.
(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It’s common knowledge that a glass or two of red wine a night will do more than enhance a great meal or put you to sleep: it can reduce production of “bad” cholesterol, boost “good” cholesterol and reduce blood clotting, all of which will help reduce the risk of heart disease. But recent studies are showing that wine Read the rest of this entry »
Monday, January 19, 2009
Extra beds should be set aside in New Territories hospitals to cope with the threat of a cross-border bird flu outbreak, a leading scientist warned as two more mainland cases were confirmed last night.
Hong Kong faces a twin Lunar New Year bird flu threat as millions move around the nation and sit down to traditional feasts prepared with fresh poultry, Hong Kong University microbiologist Ho Pak-leung warned.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach has told staff he will leave the agency on January 20, the day Barack Obama becomes president.
In a memo sent on Monday, von Eschenbach said he would return home to Texas to spend time with his family after leaving the FDA.
“Until my final farewell on January 20, I will be working together with you to prepare the FDA for the change of political leadership Read the rest of this entry »
A volunteer organization is being developed to respond to disasters in La Salle County, whether they are acts of God or acts committed by terrorists.
La Salle County Health Department administrator Julie Kerestes announced Thursday during the health department board’s regular monthly meeting that the health department and county’s emergency management agency has secured a $10,000 grant for the creation of a La Salle County Medical Reserve Corps. Read the rest of this entry »