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Medical Minute: Legendary coach Pat Summitt diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s
Yesterday, the sports world was rocked by the heartbreaking news that legendary University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. The winner of eight national NCAA titles with the Tennessee Vols is only 59.
Imagine being 59 and finding out that you will soon wear adult diapers and be unable to care for yourself or maintain control of your most basic bodily functions.
The diagnosis was made after the Hall of Fame coach said she visited with doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., after the end of the 2010-11 basketball season.
When Ms. Summitt was given her diagnosis she said she reacted with anger and depression. Then she accepted her diagnosis and eventually shared it with her student athletes. She told them she plans to continue coaching with the aide of her assistant coaches.
“I plan to continue to be your coach,” Summitt said. “Obviously, I realize I may have some limitations with this condition since there will be some good days and some bad days.”
Next to cancer, dementia is the worst type of diagnosis for an energetic woman like Pat Summitt who is so full of life.
Dementia is a gradual loss of cognitive function (altered thought process) which leads to chronic memory loss and disorganized thinking. The onset of the disease usually begins after age 65 and can lead to Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years of diagnosis. Dementia is rare under age 65.
Report: ‘Will and Jada are having marriage problems’
Despite the vigorous denials from Will Smith, 42, and his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith, 39, rumors continued to swirl about the status of their marriage yesterday.
According to celebrity gossip blog TMZ.com (which tends to be more accurate than other gossip rags), a source told them that Will and Jada are definitely having marriage trouble.
We’re told it’s “definitely a possibility” but they haven’t pulled the trigger. In fact, we’ve learned Will, Jada and their kids are going away together soon — as a family. Our sources would neither confirm nor deny if the trip is a last ditch effort to save the relationship. Source
Jada released two statements disputing the gossip yesterday. The 1st was a joint statement with her husband which you can read here. In her second statement, released through a rep, Jada specifically denied the rumors about a romantic liaison between herself and her HawthoRNe co-star Marc Anthony.
The exact moment when President Obama was briefed on the DC earthquake
When a rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Washington DC Tuesday, President Obama, whose approval rating is at a record low 38%, was on a golf course in affluent Martha’s Vineyard where he’s vacationing with his family.
This AP photo shows the exact moment when President Obama’s golf swing was interrupted by a White House aide who called to tell him that the White House was still standing. The media was kept at a respectable distance from Mr. Obama but reporters overheard him say, “this couldn’t wait until I finished my 18 holes?”
OK I’m kidding about that last part.
Before resuming his golf game, Mr. Obama conferred with top aides, including his homeland security secretary, national security adviser and disaster response chief.
It was Mr. Obama’s 3rd golf outing since arriving in Martha’s Vineyard for a 10-day vacation on Thursday.
Caught on tape: officer vs thug in street fight
Well, the “officer” was actually an off-duty Memphis security guard who was still in uniform when he decided to serve up his own brand of bare knuckle street justice. Pay attention kids: this is how REAL men settle their differences — with their fists instead of guns and knives.
The street thug, Morgan Andrew, said the security officer approached him and accused him of harassing a woman.
The two men exchanged words and then came to blows before Memphis police arrived on the scene and broke up the fight. Mr. Andrew was briefly detained by police while the unidentified security guard beat a hasty retreat from the scene.
The security guard’s supervisor confirmed he was off-duty at the time of the fisticuffs. But his behavior was certainly unbecoming of an officer in full uniform.
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett respond to breakup rumors
After struggling with breakup rumors all day, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith released a joint statement to Entertainment Tonight confirming their 13-year marriage is still intact.
In a joint statement from Will and Jada, they tell Entertainment Tonight, “Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false. We are still together, and our marriage is intact.” Source
When will the national media stop taking its news from non-journalism sources?
Even before his famous parents spoke up, their son Trey Smith deaded the rumors on his Twitter page this morning. In two successive tweets, an irked Trey addressed the rumors:
Updated: According to respected journalist Jawn Murray, the person posing as Will Smith’s son Trey Smith on Twitter.com is an impostor.
Who felt the earthquake?
A shuddering 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook the East coast to its core about an hour ago. Reports of ground tremors and buildings swaying first filtered onto social networking website Twitter.com, followed immediately by Breaking news reports on the network and local news.
Tremors were felt in Washington DC, Chapel Hill, N.C., Virginia, and as far away as New York City and New Jersey. The White House, parts of the Pentagon and other government buildings were evacuated. Many New Yorkers, still wary 10 years after 9/11, poured out of office buildings and into the streets as tremors caused buildings to sway. Office workers were advised to go home and many business closed for the day.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep and centered in rural Virginia. Since the earthquake was not centered way out in the ocean, there are no Tsunami alerts for NY, NJ or DC.
Worried cell phone users around the country checking on family and friends jammed networks causing major outages at Verizon and Sprint. But T-Mobile reported few outages.
No shaking was felt here in Atlanta despite exaggerated reports of tremors occurring here in the deep South. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Did you feel the earthquake?
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