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Scott Thompson, the former Yahoo CEO who resigned this past weekend when questions arose about inaccuracies in his resume, may have actually resigned because he had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. According to the Wall Street Journal, the 54-year-old reportedly told the Yahoo Board of Directors about the cancer diagnosis, but did not want that [...]
Good or Bad, celebrities continue to shock and amaze us, and 2011 was no exception. From Charlie Sheen’s outburst in February, and Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliff admitting to being an alcoholic, to the tragic losses of Steve Jobs, Ryan Dunn, Amy Winehouse and others, 2011 was a year filled with shocking celebrity health moments that [...]
English-American author and journalist Christopher Hitchens died today from cancer of the esophagus. He was diagnosed with this tumor about 17 months ago. What did Christopher Hitchens and Steve Jobs have in common? Both men used DNA to try to discover and treat the gene mutations that were driving their cancers. Jobs had his DNA [...]
I wrote the other day about the passing of breast cancer survivor and Pink Ribbon advocate Evelyn Lauder. In a somewhat unfortunate twist, the iconic symbol that Ms. Lauder so tirelessly promoted, has recently come under attack. Last month, which was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, several media outlets, including CBS and NPR ran articles about [...]
Everyone knows what “pink ribbons” signify. Breast cancer. But do you know who is responsible for making pink ribbons the so readily identifiable symbol it is? That would be Evelyn Lauder, daughter-in-law of cosmetics giant Esteé Lauder. Ms. Lauder died yesterday at the age of 75 of non-genetic ovarian cancer. Wife, Businesswoman, Cancer Survivor and [...]
Walter Isaacson‘s new biography of Steve Jobshas now filled in some of the missing medical details of Jobs’ 8-year battle with cancer. The three chapters describing different phases of his illness are: Chapter 35 Round One: Memento Mori (“Remember you will die”) Chapter 37 Round Two: The Cancer Recurs Chapter 41 Round Three: The Twilight [...]
When they first discovered the tumor in his pancreas in October 2003, his doctors told him an immediate operation was necessary, and could lead to a cure. As first reported by Peter Elkind in 2008, Jobs decided to think different, declined surgery, and explored alternative medicine treatments for his disease. Nine months later, in July 2004, the tumor had grown. Only then would [...]
A friend of the family said the cause was complications of pancreatic cancer. -New York Times …[In] recent years Jobs had fought a form of pancreatic cancer and had a liver transplant. -ABCNews In 2004, he announced to his employees that he was being treated for pancreatic cancer. -CNN These quotes are just three of [...]
If our headline describes you, you could be a psychopath. Really. Our title is actually part of a classified newspaper ad that researchers used to recruit potential psychopaths from non-jailed populations. The goal of the research was to study the differences between “successful” and “unsuccessful psychopaths.” Successful psychopaths are people that who would flunk The Psychopath [...]
Do you remember Tom Cruise‘s rant against psychiatry on the Today Show with Matt Lauer in 2007? Mr. Cruise, a member of the Church of Scientology, has been so consistently outspoken against psychiatry that the International Association of Scientology awarded him the Freedom Medal of Valor in 2004, in part for “eradicating the very thought [...]
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