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*After having a preventative double mastectomy, Angelina Jolie — who is genetically predisposed to contracting breast and ovarian cancer — will next undergo an operation to remove her ovaries. People magazine reports that she is planning to have the procedure and “doing well” following her double mastectomy in February and reconstructive surgery last month. Jolie [...]
*Although it is only a little more than a month since Robert Griffin III underwent reconstructive knee surgery, Washington Redskins officials are encouraged enough with his recovery to believe he has a legitimate chance to start in the 2013 opener, reports ESPN.com. The website’s Dan Graziano writes: Griffin recently returned to Washington, where he spent [...]
*The world is full with rare diseases that prevents millions from having a normal life. Getting up each morning is a battle, but they do it. But just think if you suffered from one of these rare, debilitating diseases and you were extremely poor. That adds another unbearable level of difficulty because there isn’t any [...]
*Doctors have discovered that Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is actually suffering from bipolar disorder, reported the Mayo Clinic on Monday. The Rochester, Minn.-based clinic specified his condition as Bipolar II, which is defined as periodic episodes of depression and hypomania, a less serious form of mania, says the Huffington Post. Bipolar II is a treatable [...]
*Little did 22-year-old Justin Street know that he would die after a Newark, New Jersey woman injected his penis with silicone in an attempt to get it enlarged. The woman, 34-year-old Kasia Rivera, gave Street the injection in May. According to TheGrio.com, Street died the day after his injection. His death is ruled a homicide [...]
*Adele is undergoing surgery on her vocal chords – but it’s not because she has cancer, as some publications have speculated, reports People. “We would like to reiterate that Adele is to undergo surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal chord,” her rep said in a statement Monday in response to rumors on Twitter that the British [...]
*No one would’ve known that this child would become the poster child to support pro-lifers in their crusade to end partial birth abortions. But, while the picture was meant to tell a story of a child having a phenomenal surgery in utero to prevent a debilitating disorder, that miraculous story was lost. (more…)
*A rep for R. Kelly says the R&B star is out of the hospital following throat surgery earlier this week. Spokesman Allan Mayer said today that the 44-year-old singer left Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago and is recuperating at home. Mayer says it still isn’t clear when the Chicago-native might be well enough to resume [...]
*R. Kelly is on an indefinite hiatus after undergoing emergency throat surgery on Tuesday. As previously reported, Kelly had complained of severe throat pain before being sent to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago by a specialist. There, doctors drained an abscess on one of the singer’s tonsils. “It is not known” when he will be [...]
*Aretha Franklin – still on the mend from an undisclosed surgery in December – says she will celebrate her 69th birthday with an elaborate night out in New York City, reports the AP. The Queen of Soul has scheduled a birthday bash Friday at a luxury hotel with performances and special guests. Her publicist, Tracey [...]
*In an interview with Access Hollywood, the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin emphatically says she did NOT have gastric bypass surgery. “Definitely not – and would not,” Franklin, 68, tells Access Hollywood in a two-part interview to air Monday and Tuesday. “I heard that [rumor]. I said, ‘That is crazy.’ ” Since undergoing a mysterious [...]
*Wendy Williams’ trademark “How you Doin’?” took on deeper meaning Wednesday when it was directed to none other than Aretha Franklin. A month after surgery in Detroit for an undisclosed ailment, the Queen of Soul called in to “The Wendy Williams Show,” telling the host her health is “superb” and that she was relaxing at [...]
*The Associated Press is reporting that a prayer vigil was held in Detroit for Aretha Franklin, a day before organizers say the singing legend is to undergo a medical procedure. City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson and others gathered downtown Wednesday to pray for Franklin. Last month, the 68-year-old singer announced she was canceling all concert dates [...]
*It’s no secret. Everyone knows something changed on NeNe Leakes. And it’s not her lovely, endearing personality. No, it sure isn’t ’cause she doesn’t have one. But we digress. The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star opened up recently to People magazine about why she decided to go through plastic surgery. “I’m very comfortable and confident [...]
*Rosie Perez is showing off the neck scar she suffered as a result of a particularly violent 2009 guest appearance on NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU.” Last week, the actress-dancer showed up to a White House event in a wheelchair, explaining to a baffled President Obama that she was suffering from a TV stunt gone [...]
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