Parents warned of trendy metal water bottle threat to kids after girl is rushed to emergency surgery after tongue gets STUCK

Young girl got her tongue stuck in the top of a metal water bottle after suction made it impossible for her to pull it out
Had to have surgery to remove the bottle
Faced threat of choking or having her tongue ‘die’
One in a number of similar incidents, prompting company to pull the bottles from store’s shelves

Parents were today warned about the dangers of metal water bottles after a number of children [...]

King Juan Carlos of Spain trips up

The 74-year-old stumbled up a step on a visit to army headquarters in Madrid yesterday morning and was photographed as he lay sprawled on the flagstones while aides rushed to pick him up.

The accident caused no lasting damage, the Royal Palace said, and the King was able to complete his visit as planned.

He later attended a photo call with military chiefs sporting a swollen and grazed nose.

It is the latest [...]

Deadly Germ ALERT: Woman dies of flesh-eating bug in 6th US case

Victim had been preacher at Sacramento church for last ten years
Devastated daughter describes her mother as ‘her best friend’
Bacterial infection called flesh-eating because of its aggressive nature
Death comes in wake of college student who lost hands and leg to infection

A new mother and grandmother have also been struck by deadly germ

Devastating: Linda Snyder has become the first person to die of a deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Five other people have been [...]

IT IS FRIGHTENING!! BREAKING ALERT!! FIFTH victim struck down by flesh-eating virus: Woman has emergency surgery after mysterious ‘pins and needles’ pain in her leg

A South Carolina  grandmother has become the fifth victim of the flesh-eating bacteria that has sparked terror across Georgia.

Louise Thompson underwent emergency surgery to remove infected flesh from her leg and was in a coma for five days.

Until being diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis she had never even heard of the bacteria, which attacks soft tissue and muscle. 

Thompson had gone to a Simpsonville doctor reporting a pain in her leg that [...]

Actress hurt in Transformers 3 stunt wins $18MILLION payout for permanent brain injury after being hit by flying cable

Gabriella Cedillo injured while working as an extra in September 2010

Lawyers said Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Studios ‘did everything they could’ to avoid paying the young woman’s medical bills

A young woman who was left with a permanent brain injury while working as an extra on the movie Transformers 3 received an $18.5 million settlement today.

Gabriella Cedillo, then 24, was airlifted to hospital after being hit in the head as she [...]

Man Nearly Dies After Swallowing Bristle From Metallic BBQ Grill Brush

RIVER EDGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) – Think twice before you put the metal to the barbequethis grilling season.

A New Jersey man’s brush with death last week was apparently due to a grilling tool.

Michael DeStafan went to Hackensack University Medical Center thinking he had appendicitis after experiencing excruciating pain in his stomach.

WCBS 880?s Sean Adams reports

 

Doctors conducted tests and found a 1 ½-inch-long metallic object had pierced the 54-year-old’s large intestine.

Doctors thought he had swallowed a [...]

Fleeing Shoplifter Chops Off Store Security Guard’s Ear With Hatchet

?(SW) Anyone who thinks that “loss prevention specialists” (a.k.a. security guards) at grocery stores have easy jobs should talk to David Morrison, the head of security at Fred Meyer in Longview. But just wait to talk to him until he’s out of emergency surgery.

Longview police spokesman Ofc. Chuck Davis tells Seattle Weekly that Morrison was working around noon on Monday when he saw a 31-year-old unidentified suspect steal four items: a Marilyn [...]

Boy pulls out own teeth after dad puts off dentist

(Photo Courtesy – ABC News)

EASTON, Pa. (WLS) – A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment after his teenage son tried to pull out his own teeth because he hadn’t been taken to a dentist.

The Express-Times of Easton reports that 40-year-old Francisco Torres told a Northampton County judge Monday that he “procrastinated” about get the boy dental care.

Police say the boy tried to pull [...]

Eel removed from man’s bladder after entering through penis

An erratic eel wriggled its way up a man’s penis and into his bladder following an accident during an unorthodox beauty spa in China.

Zhang Nan was bathing with live eels to cleanse his skin when one rogue serpent took a liking to his manhood.

Foreign object: The dead eel is placed next to the surgical tool used to remove it from Zhang Nan’s bladder (Picture: CEN)

The eel treatment [...]

COPS: Man Cut Off Son’s Thumb Trying to Remove Cast With Power Saw

Broward Sheriff’s Office

Lawrence Roberts

A man was charged with aggravated child abuse after cutting off the top of his son’s right thumb while attempting to saw off the teen’s cast, authorities said.

Lawrence Roberts, 33, arrived at his son’s house in a white pick-up truck around 11 a.m. on Sunday, the arrest report said. The 15-year-old boy lives with his mother and other siblings at the [...]