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 Ginsburg Hospitalized Again 

Justice suffers adverse reaction to medications, released after overnight stay

Oct 15, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg is out of the hospital after suffering an adverse reaction to medication last night. While waiting for takeoff on a plane bound for London, Ginsburg because extremely drowsy and fell from her seat because of a reaction between a prescription sleeping aid and an OTC cold medication,... More »

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg • cold medicine • US Supreme Court • sleeping pills • hospitalization • drug interaction • Supreme Court justice

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS UP

 Winehouse Feared 
 Exploding Boobs, 
 Hospitalized 

After cosmetic surgery, Amy Winehouse finds herself back in the hospital

Oct 12, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse might be regretting the boob job she got last week—she was hospitalized over the weekend after being “in such pain she could hardly lift her arms,” a source tells the Mirror. After a performance on a British reality show, “Amy started shouting, ‘... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • cosmetic surgery • Amy Winehouse • hospitalization

 Fall Sends Byrd to Hospital 

Spokesman says Democratic senator will likely not be admitted

Sep 22, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too... More »

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Congress • elderly • Senate • hospital • West Virginia • Democratic Party • hospitalization • Robert Byrd • fall

 Hasselhoff Was 
 Dizzy, Not Drunk 

Reps for the Baywatch actor claim medication, not alcohol, led to collapse

Sep 22, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though it probably depends on your definition of “normal,” David Hasselhoff “is totally normal,” his lawyer tells E!, claiming the Hoff’s hospitalization Sunday wasn’t due to substance abuse. A bad combination of drugs—one for an ear infection and one that helps keep alcoholics... More »

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entertainment • alcoholism • celebrity • David Hasselhoff • substance abuse • medication • hospitalization • drunk

(Newser) - Eunice Shriver, the 88-year-old sister of Sen. Ted Kennedy, is in intensive care in a Massachusetts hospital, the Cape Cod Times reports. The Special Olympics founder has been in the hospital for a week and is in critical but stable condition. Her family, including daughter Maria Shriver and son-in-law... More »

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Arnold Schwarzenegger • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Cape Cod • Maria Shriver • hospitalization • Special Olympics • intensive care unit • Eunice Shriver • Sargent Shriver

Freak Accident Nearly Kills Grand Prix Racer 

Car part bounces off track, fractures Felipe Massa's skull

Jul 26, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Brazilian auto racer is in “life-threatening,” though stable, condition after a spring from another car bounced off the track and hit the driver in the helmet, knocking him unconscious as he drove into a barrier, the Independent reports. Felipe Massa’s surgery for multiple skull fractures was... More »

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auto racing • accident • Hungary • Ferrari • hospitalization • head injury • Felipe Massa

 Fawcett 'Close to Death' 

Friends, family gather to say final farewells as star given last rites

Jun 25, 09 1:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett is in the final stages of her battle with anal cancer and her condition is believed to be deteriorating rapidly, the New York Daily News reports. Her loved ones, including longtime love Ryan O'Neal, have gathered at her bedside in a Los Angeles hospital and a priest has... More »

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 Farrah Hospitalized Again 

Actress is not doing well, a source says

Jun 23, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett has been back in the hospital for at least two weeks, and is not doing well, a source tells People. “There was a moment last week when she was supposed to be released and was going home but things changed,” the source says, while Fawcett’s... More »

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cancer • entertainment • celebrity • hospital • hospitalization • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal • anal cancer

 Thatcher in 
 Hospital After 
 Breaking Arm 

Former British PM expected to be released soon

Jun 12, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher, now 83, has been hospitalized after breaking her arm in a fall in her home in London, reports the UK Times. A spokeswoman for the long-serving prime minister said she would be released today and was "very lucky." Thatcher has suffered multiple strokes in recent years,... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • hospitalization • broken bone

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Former Wilco Rocker Dead at 45 

Plus, NFL player hospitalized, more

May 25, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rock musician Jay Bennett, a former member of Wilco, died early yesterday in his sleep, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. An autopsy for the 45-year-old is pending. Elsewhere:
  • NFL player Jeremy Shockey was rushed to the hospital yesterday after being found unconscious while partying at the Hard Rock Hotel in
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entertainment • NFL • celebrity • gossip • Amy Winehouse • Jeremy Shockey • Colin Farrell • hospitalization • Gordon Ramsay

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Bodyguard 
 Sues Brit 

Plus, Winehouse hospitalized yet again, and more

May 20, 09 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears’ legal battles continue—but this time it’s the pop princess who’s getting sued, by her former bodyguard, Us reports. Kerry Vine, who says he was hurt while working at Spears’ former home, is suing her for personal injury, battery, and negligence. Elsewhere:
  • Amy Winehouse was
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entertainment • Britney Spears • American Idol • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • lawsuit • Amy Winehouse • Ted Haggard • Carla Bruni • hospitalization • Kris Allen • Adam Lambert • Kerry Vine

 Sen. Byrd 
 Hospitalized 
 With 'Minor 
 Infection' 

91-year-old 'responding well' to antibiotics

May 18, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Robert Byrd, at 91 the Senate's oldest and longest-serving member, has been hospitalized with a temperature spike reportedly caused by a “minor infection,” his office said today. “He is being treated with antibiotics, responding well, and is expected to be released from the hospital in a... More »

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Congress • health • Senate • infection • hospitalization • Robert Byrd

Fawcett: False Tab Reports Add Pain to Cancer

Actress describes sting designed to catch leakers to Enquirer

May 11, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s battle with the prying media runs a close second to her battle with cancer. In an August interview with the Los Angeles Times published today, the actress slammed the National Enquirer’s often-inaccurate reporting of her condition and describes a sting she and her doctors designed to... More »

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media • paparazzi • National Enquirer • hospitalization • UCLA Medical Center • Farrah Fawcett • actress • anal cancer

 Booze Lands 
 Hoff in Hospital...Again 

Lawyer claims story only broke thanks to ex

May 4, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Hasselhoff was hospitalized, yet again, with alcohol poisoning Saturday, Radar reports. His daughter—not the one who videotaped him drunkenly eating a burger—found him unconscious on the floor of his home and called her mother, Pamela Bach, who rushed the one-time Michael Knight to the hospital. The actor,... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • alcoholism • celebrity • David Hasselhoff • hospitalization

(Newser) - Amy Winehouse collapsed yesterday in St. Lucia and had to spend the night in the hospital, the BBC reports. Her spokesman said she was “running around” with children and fainted from dehydration. The singer—who earlier won restrictions against paparazzi near her London home—is slated to play a... More »

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entertainment • music • St. Lucia • Amy Winehouse • singer • hospitalization • dehydration

(Newser) - Jay Leno has revealed the mystery illness that sidelined him last week: exhaustion. He blamed the The Tonight Show, his tough stand-up schedule, and writing jobs—he writes three columns too—for his first sick days in 17 years. It was still "embarrassing," he told People.... More »

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entertainment • Jay Leno • Tonight Show • exhaustion • fatigue • hospitalization

 It Must Have Been 
 the Pork: Leno 

Host spoofs hospitalization upon return

Apr 28, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno was back in form last night, joking on The Tonight Show that his hospital stay started when he “ate a raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico,” People reports. The host didn’t reveal the real cause of his illness, but found time to joke... More »

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celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Tonight Show • hospitalization

(Newser) - In a sign that Farrah Fawcett's condition may be deteriorating, her son Redmond O'Neal received a get-out-of-jail pass this weekend to visit her, E! reports. “A judge signed a removal order,” a Los Angeles Sheriff’s spokesman said. “It happens sometimes for a funeral or if someone... More »

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jail • hospitalization • prison release • Farrah Fawcett • drug charges • Redmond O'Neal • anal cancer

(Newser) - Casey Aldridge, father of Jamie Lynn Spears’ daughter, was hospitalized following a car crash early yesterday, People reports. The 19-year-old was charged with careless driving after flipping his truck during a Louisiana bachelor party. Police found no evidence of drugs or alcohol, TMZ notes, adding that three of the five... More »

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car accident • celebrity • car crash • Jamie Lynn Spears • Casey Aldridge • hospitalization • injured • bachelor party

(Newser) - Tonight Show host Jay Leno was hospitalized today, KTLA-TV reports, forcing the cancellation of this evening’s gabfest. Leno, who was feeling poorly, checked himself into the hospital, but his ailment is not serious—a spokeswoman said he was in “good spirits” and penning jests from his bed—and... More »

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television • Los Angeles • Jay Leno • late night host • Tonight Show • hospitalization • sickness

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