Tag: medicine

Five months old. That’s the age of my nephew, who now faces the first major challenge of his short life. You see, Ryland was recently diagnosed with a rare immune deficiency disorder called Wiskott Aldrich syndrome (WAS).

Q: We took Fiber, our terrier, to the vet for an injury to his eye. He scratched his cornea running after a ball in the bushes. The vet gave us some antibiotic ointment to put in his eye once or twice a day. But he’s not getting any better. The vet wants to see him again to do some tests and we’re not sure what to do. Should we take him to a specialist? Why isn’t the eye getting better?

A top administrator of Santa Clara County’s health plan was charged with 18 felonies this week, accused of trading prescriptions for addictive drugs - including Oxycontin - in return for cash and methamphetamine, according to authorities from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office.

Heather Carroll, the Hollister woman whose body was discovered after a standoff in a Cerra Vista Drive home, died of strangulation and blunt force trauma, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Man arrested for cocaine sales

Drugs, particularly methamphetamine, appear to be taking up a large portion of recent Gilroy arrests. Here are a few events: 

Patti Hamaguchi first dabbled in speech-language pathology as a kid, teaching new words to a neighbor boy who struggled to speak, before she even knew the name for the practice.

This past week, Gilroy Police responded to several cases of methanphetamines, both influence and possesion, home burglaries, and someone trying to shoplift coats. Here are a few noteworthy incidents.

The pre-trial hearing for a Morgan Hill man accused of killing a bobcat without a license and eating it was postponed, authorities said. 

Causing a rattle that would make a den of diamondbacks jealous, Casey Johansen plopped a clattering, shoe box-sized pill carrier on her kitchen table.