Pastor Dies After Telling Church Congregation He Cheated On Wife
Source: The Huffington Post A pastor reportedly died Sunday after confessing to his congregants that he had committed adultery. Bishop Bobby Davis of the Miracle Faith World Outreach church in...
View ArticleWesley Warren Jr., Man With 132-LB. Scrotum, Dead At 49
Source: David Moye / The Huffington Post Wesley Warren Jr., who received worldwide notoriety because of his problems with a scrotum that grew to 132 pounds, died Friday at a Las Vegas hospital. He was...
View ArticleWidow Of Longtime Radio Legend E. Steven Collins Sues Hospital For Wrongful...
Source: Dana DiFilippo / Philly.com The family of the late radio legend and civic leader E. Steven Collins has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Chestnut Hill Hospital, saying staff there failed...
View ArticleGOP Governors’ Refusal To Expand Medicaid Leaves Nearly 4 Million People...
Source: Alex Leichenger / ThinkProgress Half of the states in the country have blocked the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, denying insurance coverage to 3.7 million Americans with mental...
View ArticleBritish Mom Who Contracted HIV After Fling Admits, ‘I Thought Only People In...
Source: Britni Danielle / Clutch Magazine Rachel Dilley, a 48-year-old mother of three, recently appeared on a British morning show to talk about contracting HIV as a middle-aged woman. Dilley was a...
View Article7 Doctors Got More Than $10M From Medicare In 2012
Source: Peter Eisler, Meghan Hoyer and Alex Beall / USA Today WASHINGTON — In 2012, seven physicians in the country received more than $10 million in reimbursements for services billed to Medicare,...
View ArticleSingle Mom From Florida Dies After State Rejects Medicaid Expansion
Source: Billy Manes / Orlando Weekly On March 21, Charlene Dill was supposed to bring her three children over to the South Orlando home of her best friend, Kathleen Voss Woolrich. The two had...
View ArticleBP Oil Spill Health Concerns Linger
Researchers studying the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill say it could be years before they understand how the exposure to oil and dispersants is impacting people in the Gulf. But fishermen say they are...
View ArticleNearly 10 Percent Of U.S. Adults Now Have Diabetes: Study
Source: Serena Gordon / CBS News The percentage of Americans with diabetes has doubled since 1988, with nearly one in 10 adults now diagnosed with the blood-sugar disease, researchers report. In the...
View ArticleLab Loses Thousands Of Vials Of Deadly SARS Virus
Source: Sydney Lupkin / ABC News A French lab has lost more than 2,000 vials containing fragments of the deadly SARS virus, which killed nearly 800 people in a 2003 epidemic across four continents. The...
View ArticleJudge Again Rejects Deal In NFL Concussion Cases
Source: AP / theGrio PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge in Philadelphia has again declined to approve deals for some of the retired players suing the NFL over concussions. U.S. District Judge Anita Brody’s...
View ArticleRapper Severs Penis, Jumps Off Building And Survives
Source: Maria Puente / USA Today News of a bizarre tragedy is emerging out of Los Angeles today, with TMZ, CNN and other media outlets reporting that a rapper named Andre Johnson of Northstar cut off...
View ArticleDangerous Bacteria Survive In Contact Lens Cleaning Solution
Source: Robert Preidt / CBS News Bacteria that can cause serious eye infections are able to survive longer in contact lens cleaning solution than previously known, a new study finds. Researchers looked...
View ArticleDoctors Unable To Reattach Severed Penis Of Wu-Tang Clan-Affiliated Rapper:...
Source: Joe Kemp / New York Daily News The Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated rapper who cut off his penis before leaping off the second-floor balcony of his North Hollywood apartment has lost the appendage for...
View ArticleVeteran ‘NBA On TNT’ Sideline Reporter Craig Sager Battling Leukemia
Source: Andy Clayton / New York Daily News Craig Sager, the veteran sideline reporter famous for his colorful attire, is battling leukemia. The news was shared via Twitter by his son Craig Sager Jr....
View ArticleEx-Jags LB Russell Allen Had Stroke In Game, Will Never Play Football Again
Source: Robert Klemko / The Monday Morning Quarterback / Sports Illustrated CARLSBAD, Calif. — Jaguars linebacker Russell Allen thought he had his bell rung against the Bills in Week 15 last season....
View ArticlePregnant Women Could Be Kept On Life Support If Louisiana House Bill Passes
Source: Julia O’Donoghue / The Times-Picayune The Louisiana House Health and Welfare Committee approved legislation that might prohibit a family from ending medical treatment for a pregnant woman who...
View ArticleDonald Sterling Is Battling Cancer, Sources Say
Source: ABC News Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is battling cancer, sources have confirmed to ESPN.com. The news, which was first reported by the New York Post, came as other NBA owners...
View ArticleFlorida Hospital Workers Who Treated MERS Patient Also Ill
Source: Maggie Fox / NBC News Two of the health care workers who treated a MERS patient in Florida have come down with respiratory symptoms, and are being tested to see if they may have caught the...
View ArticleComedian Paul Mooney Battling Prostate Cancer
Source: Mo Barnes / Rolling Out Many people in the elite black comedy world have kept a secret for well over a year; their friend, mentor and colleague, Paul Mooney, is sick. Many people who do not...
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