Jury finds Ritter’s death wasn’t negligent
March 14th, 2008
The jury hearing the case of the late actor John Ritter’s wrongful death lawsuit, which demanded $67 million, evidently saw the actor himself played a role.
Tag Archive 'heart attacks'
Could John Ritter have been saved?
March 13th, 2008
Yes, real medicine is about — sometimes — very odd, very rare disorders, but most of the time, things are boring, run-of-the-mill stuff. The staff in an emergency room, often well-versed in handling all sorts of medical issues, such as anything from a pencil eraser in a six-year-old’s ear canal to someone who fell from atop an eight-story building and is impaled with what was a 14-foot steel rod that’s sliced its way through the person’s body on an angle, and is not just over six feet long because the fire department had to cut the pole to a size that could be handled in an ambulance. Yep, typical run-of-the-mill stuff.
Dark chocolate, like aspirin, helps reduce heart attacks
November 1st, 2006
Many people, especially those seemingly addicted to milk chocolate and other sweet chocolates may not not like the latest news from the medical front. According to findings released at the annual American Heart Association conference, eating a bit of dark chocolate regularly may be the key to surviving heart attacks.
