Actress Brittany Murphy Dies

The actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in the movies "Clueless," "8 Mile," and "Just Married," has died at the age of 32 of a heart attack. Her close friends say that she had a drug problem and was addicted to prescription drugs, including Vicodin. They say that she became dependent on painkillers after having a series of plastic surgery operations. Before her death, she had been taking prescription medication for flu-like symptoms and was very sick when she went into cardiac arrest. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, where she pronounced dead on arrival at 10:04 a.m. on Monday. Many different prescriptions were found in the home that were prescribed to her, her husband Simon, Monjack, and Murphy's mother. The LA County Coroner's office will perform an autopsy and toxicology report on her against her husband's wishes.

Michael Jackson's Doctor Returns to Work

On Monday, Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, returned to work at his medical clinic in Houston, TX for the first time since Jackson's death. He was greeted by several patients and the pastor of his church when he arrived at the clinic. Even though Jackson's death was ruled as a homicide caused by the propofol and another sedative administered by Dr. Murray, he has not been charged with a crime. Dr. Murray recently had been living in Las Vegas, where he has another clinic.

Rapper Juelz Santana Accused of Threatening Girlfriend

On Tuesday, the rapper Juelz Santana, whose real name is LaRon James, was charged with making terroristic threats and possessing a weapon after being accused of threatening his girlfriend with a knife at his home in New Jersey. He is currently free on $5,000 bail and is scheduled to appear in Municipal Court on September 9th.

Santana's girlfriend told police that the couple had a verbal dispute that turned physical. Santana told police that the woman was the aggressor and she was the one that had the knife. The girlfriend had minor injuries that didn't need medical treatment.

Actor LeVar Burton Involved in Car Crash

On Monday, the actor LeVar Burton, who hosted the show "Reading Rainbow," starred in the show "Star Trek: Next Generation," and was in the movie "Roots," was involved in a car accident when a 74 year old woman made a left turn in front of his vehicle and he hit her car and another parked vehicle. Both Burton and the woman were taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and were released with minor injuries.

Singer Michael Jackson Dies

The popular singer Michael Jackson died today at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of his death will not be known until an autopsy is performed but his brother says that it may have been due to cardiac arrest. Doctors tried to resuscitate Jackson at his rented home in Holmby Hills for more than an hour. His body is now in possession of a coroner's office.

Rapper T.I. Ordered to Increase Child Support Payments

On Tuesday, a judge ordered the rapper T.I. to pay more child support to the mother of two of his children. She had recently claimed that the $2,000 she was receiving each month wasn’t enough. T.I. has been ordered to pay a little over $3,000 a month to the woman named LaShon Dixon. The rapper must also continue to pay for the boys to attend private school, uninsured medical bills, and expenses related to the children’s extracurricular activities. He was also awarded joint custody of the two boys and Dixon was granted primary physical custody. The boys had previously spent 40 percent of their time with their father.

Rapper DMX Indicted on Charges

The rapper DMX has been indicted on felony charges by a grand jury in Arizona for using a false name to avoid paying for a hospital bill. He has been charged with one count of theft and one count of taking someone else's identity. He went to Scottsdale's Mayo Clinic in April using the name “Troy Jones” to receive medical care even though his real name is Earl Simmons and didn't have any intentions on paying the bill.

Rapper DMX Arrested at Arizona Mall

The rapper DMX was arrested at a mall in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday after suspicion that he gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to avoid paying for medical expenses. He went to Scottsdale’s Mayo Clinic in April and used the name Troy Jones, even though his real name is Earl Simmons, and tried to avoid paying the $7,500 bill.

DMX started being investigated about this incident after an animal neglect investigation that happened last year at his Phoenix home. The bond for this recent case has not been set yet.

Heart Doctor Pioneer Michael DeBakey Dies

Dr. Michael DeBakey, the famous cardiovascular surgeon that pioneered the bypass surgery and inventor of many devices to help people with heart problems, has died at the age of 99 from natural causes at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. In 1932, while he was still in medical school, he invented the roller pump, which later became the most important part of the heart-lung machine. The machine takes over the responsibilities of the heart and lungs during surgery. He was also the pioneer in the development of artificial hearts and heart pumps to help people waiting for transplants. He had helped to create more than 70 surgical instruments in his lifetime.

In the 1950s, DeBakey was the first person to perform the replacement of arterial aneurysms and obstructive lesions. He had developed bypass pumps and connections to replace parts of diseased arteries.

He had performed more than 60,000 heart surgeries in his career that lasted 70 years. His patients had included the Duke of Windsor, the Shah of Iran, King Hussein of Jordan, Turkish President Turgut Ozal, Nicaraguan leader Violetta Chamorro, President Kennedy, President Johnson, and President Nixon. He was a consultant when Russian President Boris Yeltsin had surgery.

He served as the chairman of the President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke during President Johnson’s administration. He had helped to establish the National Library of Medicine and was the author of more than 1,000 medical reports, papers, chapters, and books on surgery, medicine, and similar topics.

In 1953, he performed the first Dacron graft to be able to replace part of occluded arteries. In the 1960s he started coronary artery bypasses. In 1966, he was the first person to successfully use a partial artificial heart. In the 1990s, he helped to create the Michael E. DeBakey Heart Instititute at Hays Medical Center.

Senator Edward Kennedy Returns Home After Surgery

The senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy has left Duke University Medical Center to go home to recuperate after his surgery. His progress has been well since the surgery to remove a cancerous brain tumor was done a week ago.

He was diagnosed with a malignant glioma last month after having a seizure at his home in Cape Cod. A malignant glioma is deadly and is one of the worst types of brain cancer. He went through three and a half hours of surgery last week to remove as much of the tumor as possible. Chemotherapy and radiation treatments are the next course of actions that are most likely to happen.

Sean Levert’s Widow Files Lawsuit

The widow of singer Sean Levert, named Angela Lowe, has decided to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the county officials who were holding him in jail when he had gotten sick soon before he died. She filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court that accuses his jailers of showing disregard for his medical needs. Lowe and Levert’s estate are seeking to receive an unspecified amount in damages.

Sean Levert died on March 30^th soon after he was removed from jail and taken to a hospital. A coroner ruled that he died of natural causes. He was in jail serving a 22 month sentence for failure to pay child support.

Track Star Marion Jones Goes to Prison

The ex-track star Marion Jones has began her six month prison sentence on Friday. She was convicted of lying to investigators about using performance-enhancing drugs and her part in a check-fraud scam. She turned herself in before noon on Friday at the Federal Medical Center Carswell, which is on the Naval Air Station. She had until Tuesday to turn herself in. The prison that she is in specializes in medical and mental health services, but it also has inmates who don’t need any care.

Remy Ma Being Sued For Millions By Shooting Victim

The rapper Remy Ma is being sued for $20 million dollars by the woman she reportedly shot twice in the abdomen over money. Remy Ma had accused the woman of stealing $2,000 from her purse. The woman was hospitalized for more than two weeks after the shooting and had to have surgery and receive blood transfusions. She says that she will have to continue to need medical treatments. She says that the shooting made her disabled, anxious, and depressed.

The lawsuit is also against Universal Music Group and people who play an important part of Remy Ma’s career because she feels that they should have known the rapper had a history of unlawful, violent, and anti-social behavior and she also feels that they encouraged her to behave with patterns of harassment, threats, intimidation, physical violence, and doing illegal acts. Since the arrest, Remy Ma hasn’t been able to get enough U.S. bookings and a proposed recording contract was put on hold. She is currently free on a $250,000 bail.

Couple Arrested in Medical Diagnosing Scam

A man, named Brent Eric Finley, was sentenced to more than four years in prison for scamming friends and family out of more than $800,000 by telling them that his wife was a government agent that could diagnose their medical problems through satellite imaging. He was sentenced in federal court to serve 51 months in prison and then three years of supervised release. His wife, Stacey Finley, was sentenced to 63 months in prison. The couple is ordered to pay $873,786.94 in restitution. The couple also pleaded guilty to wire fraud.

The couple told people that Stacey Finley was a CIA agent that had contacts that she could use to schedule a medical scan of the people’s bodies using satellite imaging that could detect any medical problems. They said that if any medical problems were found, secret agents would give them medicine while they were asleep if they paid them.

Assumed Dead Man Awakens During Autopsy

In Caracas, Venezuela a man, named Carlos Camejo, was declared dead after a highway accident but woke up in a lot of pain after medical examiners had began an autopsy on him. After the examiner began the autopsy, they realized something was wrong when Camejo started bleeding. They then stitched up the incision they made in his face and removed him from the morgue.

93 Year Old Man Gets Even With Attacker

It is reported that a 93 year old man by the name of Willie Hill told police that he saw a robber while he was in his bedroom. Willie confronted the robber and ended up getting hit at least 50 times and getting knocked out. After Willie gained his consciousness, he pulled out a .38-caliber handgun on the robber. After the robber saw the handgun he tried to attack Willie but he fired one round which ended up hitting the robber in the throat.

When paramedics arrived, they took Willie and the robber to the Medical Center of South Arkansas to be treated. The doctors later sent the robber to the Louisiana State University Medical Center at Shreveport, where he was listed in critical condition.

Officers found a set a keys, two hearing aids, a CD player, an MP3 player, a Craftsman drill bit set and three pocket knives inside the robber's pockets. Police plan to charge the robber with residential burglary, second-degree battery, theft of property and theft by receiving.