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| Birkhead: Prosecutor Chastised Testimony - WKRG Posted: 21 Oct 2009 08:08 PM PDT Los Angeles, - A prosecutor who was accused of trying to intimidate one of the star witnesses in the Anna Nicole Smith drug case was absent from the courtroom Monday afternoon, and the district attorney's office said her further role in the case was under discussion. Larry Birkhead, father of the celebrity model's daughter, disclosed from the witness stand that Sarah Slice, the young prosecutor who had been escorting him to and from court, had given him advice about his testimony and warned that his daughter might have problems in later life because of her late mother's drug use. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being chastised," he said under questioning by defense attorney Ellyn Garofalo. Birkhead, whose romance with Smith began at a Kentucky Derby party, said Slice told him prosecutors were "frustrated" because he appeared to be taking the side of Howard K. Stern in the preliminary hearing which will decide whether Stern and two doctors stand trial. Stern Smith's former boyfriend and two doctors are charged with conspiracy to illegally give controlled substances to the former Playboy Playmate, who died of an accidental overdose in 2007. Birkhead, who ended his two-day stay on the witness stand, said he felt he was being pressured by Slice to "ramp up" his testimony against the defendants. He said the prosecutor's remarks followed by a text message after he got home made him upset, but the judge permitted him to continue his testimony when he said the exchange would not affect his account. He said he was being truthful. Outside court, Garofalo said, "We're distressed to learn of this attempt at witness intimidation." When court resumed after lunch, Slice was absent. At the end of the day, an employee of the district attorney's office collected Slice's briefcase from under the counsel table. Asked if Slice had been removed from the prosecution team, district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said, "The matter is being discussed, and no decision has been made as to her further role in this case." A state bar database shows that Slice was admitted to the bar last February. In subsequent examination by the head of the prosecution team, Renee Rose, Birkhead acknowledged that shortly after Smith gave birth to their daughter, he filed a paternity suit and included a declaration asking that the child be tested for drugs because of Smith's prescription drug usage. Birkhead also said he felt Smith was grief-stricken at the time because of the death of her son, Daniel, and might not be capable of caring for the baby. Birkhead earlier said Smith took more drugs than he had ever seen anyone take. But he also said she suffered from a wide array of ailments. Birkhead said Slice talked about his daughter after he testified Friday and suggested he was taking Stern's side in the case. "I felt the district attorney was frustrated," Birkhead said under questioning by Garofalo, who represents Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. "She said I should bite my tongue. She then went into a long speech about my daughter, and how there was going to be something wrong with her. "She said my daughter is going to be frustrated in learning and I should find something she excels in. She said she had studied the way the brain was made up." Birkhead said that after he left court, Slice text-messaged him, suggesting he should read to his daughter to help her development. Birkhead said he had not noticed any signs of physical or mental disability in 3-year-old Dannielynn Hope. Garofalo asked Birkhead how he felt about the prosecutor's remarks. "I didn't banter about it because I felt she had crossed the line about my daughter's health," Birkhead said. "It upset me." Asked by Superior Court Judge Robert Perry if he took this as a negative comment on his testimony, Birkhead replied that he did. On Monday, as the same prosecutor was escorting him up in the elevator before the hearing resumed, "it was suggested to me it appeared I was taking up for Mr. Stern and Anna couldn't speak for herself," Birkhead said. He added that Slice said "she probably shouldn't have this conversation" but then remarked that "Anna could not speak for herself and the doctors had exploited her." Rose later got Birkhead to describe media deals he made after Smith's death. He said he was paid a total of more than $2 million for interviews. The next witness, Dr. Nathalie Maullin, a psychiatrist who treated Smith at Cedars Sinai Medical Center while she was pregnant, described her as a difficult patient who was obviously going through withdrawal from multiple medications when she was admitted. "When I asked her what she had been taking, she blew me off," said Maullin, who recalled that Smith referred all questions to Stern, who was in the hospital room with her. She said she telephoned Kapoor, and he gave her a long list of drugs he had tried on Smith including Dilaudid, which she said surprised her because it is a powerful drug used in cancer patients and has addictive potential. She said Kapoor also said Smith had problems with alcohol. Among the allegations against the defendants are dispensing controlled substances to an addict and dispensing them by fraud by using false names. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Bethenny Frankel Confirms Pregnancy - The Celebrity Cafe.com Posted: 21 Oct 2009 03:55 AM PDT  Home : Features : People : Bethenny Frankel Confirms Pregnancy  Bethenny Frankel Confirms Pregnancy Frankel spoke with People about the recent media speculation that she is pregnant. She believes it is too early to be publicly discussing her big news, but felt pressured to make a statement after PerezHilton.com announced her pregnancy before she was given the chance. "It's premature to be telling people this," she said. "It's not like, 'Did I get Botox?' It's not the way I wanted it to get out. I haven't even gone through my first trimester. We haven't even heard the heartbeat. My (fiancé's) parents didn't even know…. I am praying everything is OK, but I don't know that yet." "Fiancé," and soon-to-be-father, is Jason Hoppy, a man Frankel met at a nightclub 11 months ago. Frankel joked that both "Hoppy" and her thought of it as an achievement that a couple their age could conceive a child. "I got to be honest, we were both feeling kind of proud of ourselves. We are both 38 and we were like, 'Listen, your fish can swim and I am fertile.' So that's exciting." Frankel also indicated that she expects to be married before the baby is born. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Obese Women Gain Too Much Weight In Pregnancy, Then Retain Weight A ... - Science Daily Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:54 PM PDT ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2009) — Obese women who gain more than the recommended amount during pregnancy are much more likely to retain a portion of that weight one year after they give birth, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the November issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology. This is the largest U.S. study to examine the relationship between excessive weight gain during pregnancy and weight retention specifically in pregnant women who are obese. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study of 1,656 obese women found that most of them gained too much weight during pregnancy, then, on average, kept on 40 percent of the weight one year after they gave birth. "We found that nearly three quarters of obese women gain too much weight during pregnancy -- and the more weight they gain, the harder it is to lose," said study lead author Kim Vesco, MD, MPH, a practicing OB/GYN and an investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. "This extra weight also increases the risk of pregnancy and delivery complications like diabetes, preeclampsia, bigger babies, C-sections, and birthing injuries." Vesco is also leading a new study to help obese women maintain their weight during pregnancy. (See related release on the "Healthy Moms" study.) This study defined excess weight as more than 15 pounds, which until recently was the minimum amount of weight gain recommended for obese pregnant women by the Institute of Medicine. In May of 2009, the IOM set an upper limit for weight gain in obese pregnant women, suggesting they gain between 11-20 pounds. This study found that, on average, women retained 40 percent of the weight they gained during pregnancy one year after delivery. So if a woman gained 15 pounds during pregnancy, she could be expected to retain 6 of those pounds at one year; if she gained 30 pounds, she would retain 12 pounds. The study included 1,656 Oregon and Washington women enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health plan whose body mass index was 30 or higher at the start of their pregnancies, and who gave birth between January 2000 and December 2005. To be included in the study, women had to have three key weight measurements recorded in their medical records: a starting weight between six months prior to conception and 12 weeks after conception; a delivery weight within two weeks after giving birth; and a follow-up weight 8-18 months after delivery. The study looked at pregnancy weight gain and weight retained one year after delivery. Compared to women who gained less than the recommended 15 pounds, women who gained 15-25 pounds were twice as likely to retain 10 excess pounds; women who gained more than 35 pounds were nearly eight times more likely to retain at least 10 pounds. The study also found that younger women and first-time mothers were most likely to gain too much weight. "We need to do a better job of helping obese women control weight gain during their pregnancies. Once the baby is born, it's much harder to change eating habits and start an exercise program," said Victor Stevens, Ph.D., co-author and senior investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. "If we can prevent the weight gain in the first place, moms and babies will be healthier in the long run." Authors of the study from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., include Kimberly Vesco, MD, MPH; Joanne Rizzo, MPA; Victor J. Stevens, PhD; Nancy Perrin, PhD; Donald J. Bachman, MS; and Mark Hornbrook, PhD. Authors of the study from the Division of Reproductive Health, National Center of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga., include Patricia M. Dietz, DrPH, MPH; William M. Callaghan, MD,MPH; and Carol Bruce, BSN, MPH. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Salma Hayek Doesn't Believe In The Pregnancy Glow - celebritybabyscoop Posted: 21 Oct 2009 06:43 PM PDT  Salma Hayek's first role since the birth of her daughter Valentina Paloma in September 2007, has her sporting a beard for the supernatural thriller Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, in theatres October 23. In a recent interview with Parade, the 43-year-old actress likens her bushy beard to the so-called pregnancy glow:
"Valentina saw me with the beard and seemed to understand it was only makeup," adds Salma. "She was seven months old and she was not freaking out." The Frida actress, who recently wed Valentina's French billionaire father François-Henri Pinault, loved being able to have her now 2-year-old daughter on the set with her during production: "I kept my daughter with me the whole time we were filming because otherwise I don't see her the whole day," she says. "She's an amazing child. At nine months old she was already walking and talking." Though she may play a "freak" in The Vampire's Assistant, she believes it's the paparazzi who are the real freaks: "I think what's freaky is those guys with the cameras who are so desperate and so excited because they're seeing you walk into a supermarket and they want to get a picture," says Salma. "I think that's freaky. They're the freaks. I'm not a freak but, I'm being attacked by the freaks sometimes. That's the strange part." This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Posted: 21 Oct 2009 04:34 PM PDT In other health related news more than half of the women in the United States are overweight or obese when they become pregnant. Because excess weight gain during pregnancy can lead to complications for the mother and the baby researchers are questioning whether obese women should avoid gaining weight during pregnancy. While doctors usually say that gaining between 25 and 35 pounds during the pregnancy is healthy researchers are reconsidering whether overweight women should heed that advice. Though the latest report from the institute of medicine recommends that obese women should only gain about half of what is normally recommended researchers feel this study suggests that even a modest 10 to 15 pound weight gain isn't necessary for the mommy tobe. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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