As if the list of potential negative side effects from Yaz and Yasmin wasn’t long enough, add a new one — decreased bone density. A study released in the January edition of Contraception found a 5.9 decrease in bone mineral density in the spines of young women (ages 14-30) who took a birth control pill…
Recently, a Chatham County high school student died of trauma suffered from a car wreck. Although he struggled for life at the Duke University Hospital, tragically, the Siler City, North Carolina (N.C.) teen died from serious injuries resulting from when his pick-up truck ran off the road and struck a tree. Although it is still…
Williamsburg-area resident Steven Whitehead, 22, was killed Sunday when he lost control of his 2006 Pontiac in Williamsburg, WAVY-TV reported. Whitehead, who lived in the 100 bock of Autumn East in the Seasons Trace section of James City County, was westbound on East Rochambeau Drive, a Virginia State Police spokeswoman told the media. He lost…
Almost a year after Cristina L. Palese of Fairfax County died tragically in a head-on crash on the Capital outside Washington, D.C., the man driving the car that struck her has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Travis J. Isaac was driving drunk the wrong way on Interstate 495 when he collided with Palese’s…
The North Carolina Highway Patrol says speed is to blame for the car accident that killed three people on Highway 421 in Liberty, North Carolina (NC). Brandon Chavis was traveling on Highway 421 near Browns Meadow Road in Liberty, North Carolina (NC) when he lost control of his BMW. Brandon Chavis swerved off the road…