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Fire Kills 26 in Peru Drug Rehab Center

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:05:05 CST

A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital today, killing at least 26 people as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The "Christ is Love" center for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and...

Giffords Leaves Hospital for Rehab

Rob Quinn — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:38:17 CST

Gabrielle Giffords was moved from the Houston hospital where she's been recuperating to a nearby rehabilitation facility today, after her condition was upgraded from serious to good. Police halted traffic along the route, and construction workers draped tarps around one of the rehab center's entrances to obscure Giffords' arrival, the...

Giffords Heard Cheers, Teared Up

Polly Davis Doig — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 08:05:02 CST

Gabrielle Giffords' Tucson doctors handed her over to Houston rehab officials in a "flawless transfer" yesterday, and the congresswoman responded to Arizona crowds cheering along her route by "smiling and even tearing up a little bit," says one of her doctors. Giffords' plane flew 14,000 feet lower than normal...

Gabrielle Giffords to Leave Hospital in Weeks ... or Days

Kate Schwartz — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:05:41 CST

The miraculous recovery is sounding even more miraculous: Gabrielle Giffords could be discharged from her Tucson hospital in weeks, or even days. Her doctors made the announcement yesterday, adding that her family is currently searching for the rehabilitation center that Giffords will move to next, reports the Wall Street Journal...

17 Massacred at Mexican Rehab Clinic

Rob Quinn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:08:46 CDT

Hooded gunmen killed 17 people after storming a Mexican drug and alcohol rehab center in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, Sky News reports. The men, believed to be hitmen from a drug cartel, forced the patients to line up in a corrider before gunning them down. Gangs have targeted rehab clinics in...

Ronnie Wood Rolls Into Rehab

Rob Quinn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:24:11 CDT

Rapidly aging rocker Ronnie Wood has checked back into rehab—his seventh time—for help with his drinking problem, the Independent reports. The 61-year-old Rolling Stone returned to the UK to straighten out, apparently in a bid to save his marriage. He had fled to Ireland with a 19-year-old Russian...

Rocker Tyler No Longer Livin' On the Edge

Rob Quinn — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:21:38 CDT

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has checked into a California rehab facility, E! Online reports. The singer is being treated for undisclosed substance abuse at the center where Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab was filmed. The dad of actress Liv Tyler had been clean for over 20 years since his wild '70s...

Nursing Homes Misuse Meds to Control Patients

Kevin Spak — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:05:00 CST

Understaffed US nursing homes are increasingly turning to antipsychotic drugs to control elderly residents, even though most display symptoms of dementia rather than the psychotic disorders the drugs are intended to treat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Such “off-label” usage defies FDA warnings that elderly patients using the drugs face...

Lohan Hopes Third Time's a Charm in Rehab

Heather McPherson — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:35:23 CDT

Lindsay Lohan checked into a luxe Utah rehab facility over the weekend, the Insider reports, on the heels of an arrest for drunk driving and drug possession. Boasting a battery of therapies and a price tag of at least $30K, the Cirque Lodge is rumored to have hosted celebs David...