Daily Archives: December 15, 2011

HPV DNA Testing More Sensitive than Pap Test

December 15, 2011   Jocelyn Apodaca   No comments

HPV DNA testing is more sensitive for detecting cervical lesions than cytology alone.

Findings provide, “overwhelming evidence of the benefits of inclusion of HPV testing in scaning programs.”

The Lancet Oncology reported a recent Population Based Screening study Amsterdam (POBASCAM) maned by Chris Meijer MD of VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. The study screened women between the ages of 29-56 between Jan 1999 to Sept 2002 to either HPV DNA testing and cytology or to just cytology alone. The screening included a five year followup.

Researchers found that in the five year followup, they had fewer higher grade lesions and cervical cancers.

The study led to “earlier detection of clinically relevant [neoplasia] grade 2 or worse. ”

 

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Sandusky Waivers Right To Preliminary Hearing.

December 15, 2011   Jaclyn Rivera   No comments

On Wednesday December 14, Attorney for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky waived the right for a preliminary hearing in order to stop the risk of bail increase.

Sandusky is being charged with 50 counts of abuse, and a bail set at $250,000. The former coach is currently under house arrest at his Pennsylvania home and being monitored with an electronic ankle bracelet.

According to reuters.com, A preliminary trail was scheduled for Sandusky on December 13 at Common Pleas Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. With a last minute waiver from the defense, the case will be sent directly to trail next year.

The reason for the last minute decision was due to the fact that Sandusky does not have enough money to pay a higher bail, according to his lawyer Joseph Amendola.

Amendola also told Reuters.com that in order to pay his $250,000 bail, the former assistant coach had to put his house up as collateral.

“He was going to ask the judge to increase the bail,” Amendola said of the prosecutor. “I expected it would be substantial.”

With the prosecution’s originally asking price for bail at $1 million, Amendola said they had intended to raise the bail once again at the start of the preliminary trial.

“We would not have had the ability to counterpunch,” Amendola said.

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Double-Murder and Suicide Occurs in Fort Wayne

December 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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A double-murder and suicide that occurred in Fort Wayne, Indiana may have ties to West Michigan.

Two 19-year olds and a third person, who is believed to be the killer, were found dead inside a Fort Wayne home.

The man believed to be the killer is Bart Heller, who grew up in Coldwater, Michigan.

His brother Brett Heller, who still lives in Coldwater, said his brother had posted on Facebook “Someone call 911.  I’ve killed Ryann, Erin, and myself.  People were warned not to play me…ruin me.  They didn’t listen, sorry about your luck.”

Bart Heller was in a relationship with one of the victims, 19-year-old Erin Jehl, who is twenty years younger than him.  Supposedly Heller was jealous that she was friends with the other victim, 19-year-old Ryan Tipton.

Police went to the house after they received a call from a woman in Washington who saw Heller’s post.

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Abortion Does Not Cause Mental Health Problems

December 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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It has been proven that having an abortion does not raise the risk of a woman suffering mental health problems.

Data from 44 studies has show that women who have an unwanted pregnancy, regardless of whether they have the child or get an abortion, have a higher incidence of mental health problems.

The review revealed that women with unwanted pregnancies had a rate of around three times higher than the average woman to suffer from common disorders like anxiety and depression.  Regardless of whether one had an abortion or gave birth to the child, the results carried roughly equal risks.

The study excluded the feelings of guilt, shame, and regret, and assessed women up to 90 days of having an abortion.  Researchers hope that this evidence will reassure women that having an abortion is a safe procedure with no impact on their mental health.

Anti-abortion campaigners are calling foul however, saying that the study wants to minimize the psychological effect of ending a pregnancy.

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Another Hazing Lawsuit for FAMU

December 15, 2011   Jocelyn Apodaca   No comments

Freshman band member, Bria Hunter, is giving up an $82,000 -four year scholarship to Florida A&M University after enduring what police reports called a brutal hazing ritual.

Hunter is leaving school and suing, confirmed her attorney, Wednesday.

After finishing the semester, Hunter returned to her parent’s home in Atlanta, GA.

The hazing occurred at an off-campus apartment, where pledges were recruited to join the Red Dawg Order, composed of Georgia students. Hunter was lined up with 11 pledges and punched repeatedly in the thighs by two male students. During a second meeting, a metal ruler was used.

On Nov 7, Hunter was sent in an ambulance to the hospital suffering from deep bone bruising, a cracked femur and blood clots in her legs.

Three FAMU students were arrested on charges related to Hunter’s hazing. Two of the three students are facing felony battery charges. They left Leon County jail after posting bond Tuesday.

 

Robert Champion, a fellow band member from the Atlanta area died last month from apparent hazing after the Florida Classic football game in Orlando. The Champion family announced their lawsuit against FAMU.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement declared Tuesday, it uncovered issues with “fraud and/or misconduct by employees

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Anger Management Student Stabs Classmate over “Dr. Phil” Video

December 15, 2011   Jocelyn Apodaca   No comments

Anger management class student, Faribah Maradiaga, stabbed her classmate Luna Oraivej in the neck over an argument about a “Dr. Phil” episode according to Oregon’s King County Superior Courts Civil Suits.

Oraivej, 37, is suing the company that left her, “terrified and bleeding” in the October 9, 2011 incident at the court-mandated anger management classes at Court Services Institute. Courthouse News legal documents report CSI, “did nothing to intervene or de-escalate the violent confrontation.”

Oraivej alleges she defended the “Dr. Phil” video that classmate Faribah Maradiaga criticized after walking into class late, despite the rules against tardy admittance.

Maradiaga, according to the suit, approached Oraivej, pulling out a blade and “swung the knife four times… aiming for her neck.”

Oraivej, “instinctively shrunk back in her chair,” leaving cut marks on her shoulders.

Class instructor Eric Leberg, according to documents, did not tend to Oraivej or alert authorities, but instead walked Maradiaga out of class.

Despite her wounds, Oraivej did not seek immediate medical attention, fearing she would not recieve credit for her class.

Maradiaga was with second-degree assult. According to Seattle Press-Intelligencer,  she has not shown up for court.

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