Cop Said to Taser Partner After Soda Fight

A police officer has been charged with using a Taser on his partner during an argument over whether they should stop for a soft drink.

Ronald Dupuis, 32, was charged Wednesday with assault and could face up to three months in jail if convicted. The six-year veteran was fired after the Nov. 3 incident.

Dupuis and partner Prema Graham began arguing after Dupuis demanded she stop their car at a store so he could buy a soft drink, according to a police report.

The two then struggled over the steering wheel, and Dupuis hit her leg with his department-issued Taser, the report said. She was not seriously hurt.

Hamtramck police union lawyer Eugene Bolanowski said he expected Dupuis to hire a private lawyer.

Hamtramck is a city of 23,000 surrounded by Detroit.

Woman Allegedly Bites Off Beau's Fingertip

A woman is facing an aggravated assault charge after sheriff's deputies say she bit off the tip of one of her boyfriend's fingers during an argument.

Shannon Leah Mohr, 32, was booked into the Yavapai County Jail Wednesday on $2,500 bail.

Investigators say the incident occurred at a residence in the Village of Oak Creek, where Mohr lives. The victim was taken to Verde Valley Medical Center in good condition. Deputies did not know if the fingertip was saved.

Women Charged After Stopping for Apple Pie

Two women's craving for apple pie got them in a pickle. The manager of a McDonald's restaurant called police Tuesday after the women, whom employees say were acting strangely as they ordered the pies at a drive-through, struck the side of the building with their pickup.

When officers arrived, they found Heather Amber Anderson, 24, inside the restaurant and behind the counter trying to open a cash register.

"I asked her what she was doing, and she stated she was trying to pay for her food," Sgt. Chad Mosely wrote in his report. "I checked with the manager and learned that the girl was not an employee and that she had been fired approximately two weeks ago."

Mosely said Anderson was unsteady on her feet and her speech was slurred. He charged her with public intoxication and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Outside, the driver of the pickup, 41-year-old Neeica Jean Mull, also appeared intoxicated and told police she had taken prescription medication. She was charged with driving under the influence.

**** HEALTH NEWS ****
Women, elderly should receive chemotherapy

WASHINGTON, -- A Georgetown University study of more than
85,000 colon cancer victims indicates many female and elderly
patients are not offered chemotherapy treatment. Researchers
said although all eligible patients with stage III colon
cancer should be offered adjuvant chemotherapy because it
improves survival, up to one-third are not. Investigators
found patients receiving chemotherapy after advanced colon
cancer surgery had a 16 percent improved benefit in relative
five-year survival as compared with patients who were not
treated with chemotherapy. That means the patients receiving
chemotherapy had more than a 30 percent increased chance of
being alive five years after treatment. Women and older
patients given chemotherapy enjoyed the same benefit, but
they were significantly less often treated with chemotherapy,
according to the research team, led by Dr. J. Milburn Jessup
of both Georgetown University Medical Center and the National
Cancer Institute. Jessup said the study's results should
alert both community-based oncologists and colon cancer
patients that chemotherapy is, for most people, a beneficial
treatment. The research appears in the Journal of the
American Medical Association.

Brain may mimic pain after source is gone

TORONTO, - A University of Toronto study indicates an in-
flamed injury may increase levels of a protein responsible
for persistent pain. And the enhanced levels of that pro-
tein can cause one's brain to mimic pain long after the
original pain source has disappeared. The Canadian re-
searchers said their study might have serious implications
for the millions of people suffering from chronic pain. The
study demonstrates how inflammation in mice increases NR2B
proteins -- proteins that facilitate nerve cell communica-
tion -- that imprint a painful response in the brain even
after the stimulus is removed. "What we're interested in
uncovering are the molecular mechanisms that can turn
early pain into persistent pain," said Physiology Professor
Min Zhuo, the lead author of the study. "We believe that
the body's inflammatory response helps to etch the initial
pain into our memory." The research is detailed in the
current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

Fructose may spur obesity epidemic

GAINESVILLE, Fla., -- University of Florida researchers
say one possible reason for rising obesity rates is fruc-
tose, found in fruit, honey, table sugar and other sweet-
eners. The scientists say their studies in animals have
revealed fructose's role in a biochemical chain reaction
that triggers weight gain and other features of metabolic
syndrome -- the main precursor to type 2 diabetes. And,
in related research, they also prevented rats from gain-
ing weight by interrupting the way the rodents' bodies
processed the simple sugar, even when the animals con-
tinued to consume it. The researchers say the findings
add to growing evidence that implicates fructose as a
cause of the obesity epidemic. The study is reported in
the December issue of Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
and in this month's online edition of the American
Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology.

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