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Aneurysm Leaves Actor in Critical Condition
Manager on
Sizemore:
'There Is No
Further Hope'
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Manager on Sizemore: 'There Is No Further Hope'

Family of 61-year-old actor, in coma after brain aneurysm, are making 'end-of-life' decisions

(Newser) - It's not good news for Tom Sizemore. The 61-year-old actor, who collapsed in his Los Angeles home earlier this month after suffering a brain aneurysm from a stroke, remains in a coma in critical condition, and his manager says it's not going to get better from here. "...

Calif. Surfer 'Still in Disbelief I'm Alive' After Shark Attack

Great white clamped down on Eric Steinley's left leg, damaging artery

(Newser) - Update: Two surgeries later, Eric Steinley is "still in disbelief that I'm alive" after coming face to face with a great white shark. The surfer says he was dragged underwater Sunday at California's Salmon Creek Beach when a great white confirmed to be at least 10 feet...

2 Fall Mysteriously Ill Near UK Poisoning Site

Police cite an 'unknown substance' in Amesbury

(Newser) - The UK hospital that treated poisoned former Russia spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter is currently treating two others exposed to an "unknown substance." A man and woman in their 40s were found unconscious in a home in the town of Amesbury on Saturday and are now in...

Philly Cops Review Pursuit Policy After Dirt Bike Accident

Rider of bike allegedly hit girl and her aunt while fleeing police

(Newser) - A man fleeing Philadelphia police on a dirt bike struck a 6-year-old girl and her aunt, resulting in serious injuries to both as well as himself, police say. The girl was in serious condition and her 44-year-old aunt was in guarded condition, while the bike rider, 32-year-old Caliph Douglass, suffered...

Know America's Costliest Health Condition? No Way

Deadly but treatable, Sepsis is a complication of infections

(Newser) - Most Americans have never heard of sepsis, but the condition hospitalizes a million patients every year—more than heart attack and stroke hospitalizations combined—and is the nation's costliest reason for hospitalization, the Conversation reports. Yet it's hard to diagnose and many doctors don't look for, let...

Woman Fights for Life After Sipping Tea Laced With Lye

The restaurant says a worker mistook the cleaning solution for sugar

(Newser) - An employee at Dickey's Barbecue Pit in South Jordan, Utah, appears to have mistaken lye, an odorless chemical found in drain cleaners, for sugar, and made a batch of "sweet" tea with it. Jan Harding, a 67-year-old grandmother out to lunch with her husband and friends after church...

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