| Sleeping draught killed Heath Ledger?
The whole world was saddned to hear the news that 28-year-old Heath Ledger died. Heath Ledger was well-known for his role as a gay cowboy in Brokeback Mountain . News reports have revealed that Heath took the prescription sleep aid Ambien to help him sleep along with anti-anxiety medications. Heath Ledger was found dead on Tuesday, January 22, by his housekeeper and masseuse. He was lying naked, face down at the foot of his bed according to police .
CaringBridge: A connection for support, recovery
When Janet Marshall was sick last year and taking medication that kept her awake at night, she was glad to turn to her computer for support. Marshall, a Lafayette mother of four, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in December 2006. She spent most of the next year going through intensive treatment for the disease, which is incurable in Marshall because it had already spread to her lymph nodes by the time she was diagnosed. "With the medicine I was on, you're either dead tired or you can't sleep. So in the middle of the night, when you don't want to bother anyone, you have that support," she said of CaringBridge, a free, nonprofit Internet service that helps patients keep their friends and relatives up-to-speed on their treatment. St. Elizabeth Regional Health recently announced a partnership that provides all its patients a free, private and personalized Web site with CaringBridge.
VU's genetic research identifies best drugs to treat schizophrenia
Doctors assured the Charlotte man that medications would make the people who were trying to kill him for his body parts go away. But the first drug Bryce Arola tried to treat his schizophrenia didn't end his delusions. Instead, Arola said, it just made him feel like someone had cut off the top of his skull, poured gasoline on his brain, and set it on fire. The second drug made him gain nearly 100 pounds, sleep all the time, and see everything as a cartoon character. .
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