In a new report by the World Health Organization, shows a divide in global killers. While "heart disease is responsible for the majority of deaths in rich nations", pneumonia, diarrhea and HIV/AIDS continue to kill...
Guillaume Depardieu, son of French actor Gerard Depardieu, has died at the age of 37 after a sudden case of pneumonia. "Guillaume Depardieu, the often-troubled son of renowned French film star Gerard Depardieu who...
As we move into the annual flu season, it's time to line up for that little shot in the arm. Influenza is a serious viral disease that often reaches epidemic proportions in N. America during the winter...
" When Melissa and Rudy Haberzettl's son Jacob was born in November 2006, he was perfect in every way -- full-term, healthy weight, and a champion eater. Like many new moms, Melissa was determined to follow doctor's orders: She breastfed Jake exclusively, put him to sleep on...
The family of renowned American comedian Bernie Mac, who died Saturday from pneumonia at the age of 50, had expected that he would recover from the illness that had hospitalized him since the middle of July....
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This recent story may give insights into the source of this sudden turn in his condition:
"Bernie Mac Recovering, Expected to Be Released from Hospital Soon
By Rebecca Brody - 14:59, August 9th 2008
Famous...
"Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor...
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Award winning Hollywood Comedian Bernie Mac is suffering from pneumonia and admitted in a hospital in home town at Chicago. Winner of numerous award nominations including two at the Emmys and the Golden Globes,...
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A man in Briatian has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting compost in his garden. "The 47-year-old Briton fell ill less than 24 hours after being engulfed by "clouds of dust" while working with rotting tree and plant mulch.At first medics thought the...
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" Lorenzo's Oil boy is dead at 30 Despite his parents' treatment, Lorenzo did not get better Lorenzo Odone, whose parents' battle to save him from a rare nerve...
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"The television presenter had been treated in hospital near his north London home for several days with pneumonia.
He had previously suffered a kidney tumour in 2004, which was treated by surgical removal of the...
"So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up / please stand up?"Um, the real Slim Shady can't stand up / can't stand up... "TMZ has learned Eminem was rushed to the hospital over the holidays.
Hospital sources tell...
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"Three of the baby patients were in critical condition and needed to be treated intensively, Deputy Director of Adjdarmo Hospital Meutia Elda said here on Friday.
Malnutrition patients are vulnerable to other...
I'm no hypochondriac at least I don't think I am but I had this virus last week. I had a normal cold and thought I was over it but all of a sudden I'm having chills fever and short of breath. Almost went to the...
Chip Reese folds after a stellar poker career. Our condolences."LAS VEGAS - David "Chip" Reese, whose plans for a Stanford University business school degree were sidetracked by his success at high-stakes poker in Las...
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