Coroner: Comic Jeni had mental illness
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Comedian Richard Jeni, who shot himself to death in March, had a history of mental illness and was hospitalized late last year for suicidal depression, according to a coroner's report obtained Thursday.
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Commissioner Reva Goetz of Los Angeles County Superior Court appointed a physician on Monday to determine if Britney Spears, 26, is competent to make decisions, The Associated Press reported. While Ms. Spears continues to be held in a psychiatric ward, the judge also barred that troubled singer from contact with her friend and sometime manager Sam Lutfi, and extended until Feb. 14 the conservatorship over her personal and financial affairs granted last week to her father, James Spears, and her lawyer Andrew Wallet.
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Our position is: State must find a way to provide better support for families of the mentally ill. Pamela Wohlhieter says being the mother of a son with paranoid schizophrenia often feels like crawling out of a &quot;bottomless pit.
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If Ashlee Simpson's stomach was upset Saturday night, imagine how she's feeling now. The 19-year-old singer was busted for a "Saturday Night Live" lip-synch gone awry. Her manager-father said Monday his daughter used the extra help because acid reflux disease had made her voice hoarse.
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NEWARK, NJ Aug. 20, 2004  A judge on Friday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a doctor who told reporters he had an affair with the former aide accusing Gov. James E. McGreevey of sexual harassment.
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By Dan Springer, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--A lawsuit filed on behalf of a woman left with permanent brain damage after she tried to hang herself in the Monroe County Jail in 2002 has been settled for $13.1 million, her attorney said Wednesday.
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SEATTLE - A woman being treated for a brain-wasting condition involving misfolded proteins, or prions, has died, and an autopsy may help identify the ailment, authorities said.
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New Orleans' coroner said Thursday he has the material he needs to present findings to a grand jury that will consider indictments against a doctor and two nurses accused of killing patients in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina.
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The death last month of troubled 25-year-old actor Brad Renfro was caused by a heroin and morphine overdose, according to the coroner's report released Friday.
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A middle-aged Alaskan woman who died in Harborview Medical Center with dementia hinting of an ailment similar to mad cow disease appears to have succumbed to an unknown kind of neurodegenerative disease.
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Brain tissue samples from an American woman who died with a brain-wasting condition believed to be related to mad cow disease are being sent for testing, Washington state health officials said Friday.
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Jane Pauley, whose highly anticipated syndicated talk show debuts Aug. 30, reveals she was treated for bipolar disorder in her new memoir, "Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue."
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A teenager who survived what is thought to be a suicide pact in which her friend died has begun talking about what happened.
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Esai Morales, former NYPD Blue star, is being sued by his ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Mazzocchi, for allegedly giving her genital herpes. Mazzocchi claims that Morales was aware of his STD and intentionally transmitted the virus to her without her knowled...
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MIAMI A man suspected of fatally shooting a former western New York man during a search for child pornography has told a judge that he has a mental illness caused by AIDS.
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A woman convicted in the shooting death of her preacher husband was moved from a county jail to a mental health facility, officials said Thursday.
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In a new autobiography, Jane Pauley reveals that several years ago she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It&#39;s a revelation that surprised her fans and colleagues alike.