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  • August 2008

    • Fashion Maven Mr. Blackwell Emerging From Coma

      Reuters  |  Aug 7, 08 10:17 PM CDT

      Fashion Maven Mr. Blackwell Emerging From Coma

      (Newser) - Mr. Blackwell, the former fashion designer whose scathing "Worst-Dressed List" is the bane of taste-challenged Hollywood, appears to emerging from a coma after collapsing at home earlier this week, Reuters reports. The 85-year-old Richard Blackwell was unconscious when hospitalized Tuesday, the AP notes, but today he began moving his hands and blinking. He is being treated for an unspecifed infection. More »

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      Amy Winehouse  • Victoria Beckham  • coma  • Mary-Kate Olsen  • Mr. Blackwell

  • July 2008

    • Boxer Diaz In Coma After Brain Surgery

      ESPN  |  Jul 18, 08 7:30 AM CDT

      Boxer Diaz In Coma After Brain Surgery

      (Newser) - Boxer Oscar Diaz remains in a coma after undergoing surgery to relieve swelling on his brain after he collapsed during a match, ESPN reports. Although his vital signs are good, Diaz is relying on a ventilator to breathe and his condition is "touch-and-go, very critical," said fight organizer Ron Katz. Diaz crumpled to the ground in his corner following the 10th round in his match against Delvin Rodriguez Wednesday night. More »

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      boxing  • coma  • brain surgery  • San Antonio  • welterweight

  • June 2008

    • Dungeon Girl Will Make Full Recovery: Docs

      BBC  |  Jun 11, 08 10:47 AM CDT

      Dungeon Girl Will Make Full Recovery: Docs

      (Newser) - A teenager who spent her life imprisoned in an Austrian cellar will recover fully and “develop normally” after major organ failure, said doctors at the hospital where she was treated. Kerstin Fritzl was recently awoken from an induced coma and reunited with her mother and siblings, who now live in a house on the hospital’s campus, the BBC reports. More »

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      Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • Elisabeth Fritzl  • hospital  • Amstetten, Austria  • reunion  • coma  • Kerstin Fritzl

    • Dungeon Girl Wakes From Coma

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jun 10, 08 5:12 AM CDT

      Dungeon Girl Wakes From Coma

      (Newser) - A teenager held captive her entire life in an underground dungeon with her mother and siblings has awoken from a seven-week coma, reports the Daily Telegraph. Kerstin Fritzl, 19, was reunited with her mother and other family members in a secure medical ward after flickering back to consciousness. There were no immediate details about the reunion or her condition. More »

  • May 2008

    • Docs Bringing Fritzl Daughter Out of Coma

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 27, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      Docs Bringing Fritzl Daughter Out of Coma

      (Newser) - Doctors are attempting to bring Kerstin Fritzl—the girl Josef Fritzl fathered with his own daughter in an Austrian dungeon—out of an induced coma, the Guardian reports. Kerstin, 19, was admitted to hospital April 19 with multiple organ failure, and was sent into a coma to give her time to recover. More »

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      Josef Fritzl  • incest  • coma  • Kerstin Fritzl  • dungeon

    • Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 2, 08 9:31 AM CDT

      Dungeon Daughter Will Probably Die

      (Newser) - Kerstin Fritzl, the eldest of Josef Fritzl’s “downstairs family,” has slipped into a coma from which she is unlikely to recover, the Daily Telegraph reports. “She is suffering from multiple organ failure,” said a hospital spokesman. “That means her chances of survival are very low.” Police say they will consider bringing murder charges against Fritzl if the girl dies. More »

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      child abuse  • Josef Fritzl  • Austria  • Amstetten, Austria  • child neglect  • coma  • Kerstin Fritzl

  • February 2008

    • Ariel Sharon Turns 80 in Coma

      Jerusalem Post (Israel)  |  Feb 27, 08 3:55 AM CST

      Ariel Sharon Turns 80 in Coma

      (Newser) - Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon turned 80 yesterday, still in a coma from a massive stroke in January 2006. Family members gathered at the hospital to mark the occasion, the Jerusalem Post reports. Among them was his eldest son, Omri, due to start a seven-month jail sentence today for illegally raising funds for one of his dad's campaigns. More »

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      Israel  • Ehud Olmert  • coma  • Ariel Sharon  • Omri Sharon

  • January 2008

    • Woman Sues Meth Dealer Over OD

      Leader-Post  |  Jan 10, 08 12:23 PM CST

      Woman Sues Meth Dealer Over OD

      (Newser) - A 23-year-old Canadian woman is suing her drug dealer for selling her the crystal meth she overdosed on in 2004, the Leader-Post reports. And since the judge struck down the defendant’s testimony on Friday, she’s essentially won—an outcome her attorney says is the first of its kind. More »

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      lawsuit  • drugs  • drug overdose  • overdose  • coma  • drug dealer  • crystal meth

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