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Oregon Man Survives 12 Nails to the Head
An Oregon man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say.
Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails — up to 2 inches in length — into his head one by one.
The nails were not visible when doctors first examined the man in the emergency room of an unidentified Oregon hospital a day later.
Doctors were surprised when X-rays revealed six nails clustered between his right eye and ear, two below his right ear and four on the left side of his head.
The study did not say how long the nails were, and a hospital spokeswoman refused to release that information.
A photo published in the study suggests the nails range from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long.
No one before is known to have survived after intentionally firing so many foreign objects into the head, according to the report, written by Dr. G. Alexander West, the neurosurgeon who oversaw the treatment of the patient.
The man at first told doctors he had had a nail gun accident, but later admitted it was a suicide attempt.
The nails came close to major blood vessels and the brain stem but did not pierce them.
The patient was in remarkably good condition when he was transferred to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where the nails were removed.
The patient was later transferred to psychiatric care and stayed under court order for nearly a month before leaving against doctors' orders.
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Naked 'chimney sweep'
An American man spent five hours stuck in a chimney in the nude, before being arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs.
Police said Michael Urbano, 23, locked himself out of his stepmother's home in Hayward, California, and decided to try to get in using a cable TV wire to help him abseil down the inside of the chimney.
But first he took his clothes off, believing that would help his progress. When the wire broke Urbano fell and got wedged about three-quarters of the way down, according to police in Hayward.
He was only set free when a firefighter pushed him to safety.
Authorities were called in by a neighbour who heard "faint, distressing" calls. "We get him up, and he's naked as a jaybird," Hayward Police Lieutenant Gary Branson said.
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US preachers take aim -- at high gasoline prices
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Religious leaders were to meet in Washington to pray publicly for gasoline prices to ease, organizers with the group Pray Live said.
"It is our hope that seeing and hearing some of the nation's most powerful preachers gathered around a gas station and the United States capital as a backdrop, will remind everyone who is really in charge of our world -- God," said Wenda Royster, founder of Pray Live, a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week live prayer line, e-worship center, and Internet radio station.
Several leaders of Protestant organizations from Washington plan to participate in the event.
The rise in prices at gasoline stations has raised concerns in the United States, leading President George W. Bush to demand a federal inquiry to ensure Americans are not being swindled at the pump.
An Oregon man who went to a hospital complaining of a headache was found to have 12 nails embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt with a nail gun, doctors say.
Surgeons removed the nails with needle-nosed pliers and a drill, and the man survived with no serious lasting effects, according to a report on the medical oddity in the current issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery.
The unidentified 33-year-old man was suicidal and high on methamphetamine last year when he fired the nails — up to 2 inches in length — into his head one by one.
The nails were not visible when doctors first examined the man in the emergency room of an unidentified Oregon hospital a day later.
Doctors were surprised when X-rays revealed six nails clustered between his right eye and ear, two below his right ear and four on the left side of his head.
The study did not say how long the nails were, and a hospital spokeswoman refused to release that information.
A photo published in the study suggests the nails range from 1 1/2 to 2 inches long.
No one before is known to have survived after intentionally firing so many foreign objects into the head, according to the report, written by Dr. G. Alexander West, the neurosurgeon who oversaw the treatment of the patient.
The man at first told doctors he had had a nail gun accident, but later admitted it was a suicide attempt.
The nails came close to major blood vessels and the brain stem but did not pierce them.
The patient was in remarkably good condition when he was transferred to Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, where the nails were removed.
The patient was later transferred to psychiatric care and stayed under court order for nearly a month before leaving against doctors' orders.
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Naked 'chimney sweep'
An American man spent five hours stuck in a chimney in the nude, before being arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs.
Police said Michael Urbano, 23, locked himself out of his stepmother's home in Hayward, California, and decided to try to get in using a cable TV wire to help him abseil down the inside of the chimney.
But first he took his clothes off, believing that would help his progress. When the wire broke Urbano fell and got wedged about three-quarters of the way down, according to police in Hayward.
He was only set free when a firefighter pushed him to safety.
Authorities were called in by a neighbour who heard "faint, distressing" calls. "We get him up, and he's naked as a jaybird," Hayward Police Lieutenant Gary Branson said.
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US preachers take aim -- at high gasoline prices
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Religious leaders were to meet in Washington to pray publicly for gasoline prices to ease, organizers with the group Pray Live said.
"It is our hope that seeing and hearing some of the nation's most powerful preachers gathered around a gas station and the United States capital as a backdrop, will remind everyone who is really in charge of our world -- God," said Wenda Royster, founder of Pray Live, a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week live prayer line, e-worship center, and Internet radio station.
Several leaders of Protestant organizations from Washington plan to participate in the event.
The rise in prices at gasoline stations has raised concerns in the United States, leading President George W. Bush to demand a federal inquiry to ensure Americans are not being swindled at the pump.
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