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 [...]
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 [...]
Yesterday, Oprah aired the second part of her interview with author James Frey. As you may recall, Frey came to his celebrity when he published a best selling book, A Million Little Pieces, which was presented as a memoir of his experiences during his treatment for alcohol and drug addiction at a rehabilitation center in [...]
In December, 2009, we reported that 30 Rock regular Grizzwald “Grizz” Chapman had revealed on the Dr. Oz Show that he has kidney failure due to untreated high blood pressure and receives dialysis three times a week. We are now happy to report that Chapman underwent a successful kidney transplant one month ago at New [...]
Legendary author, Jerome David Salinger died yesterday of natural causes in his home in Cornish, New Hampshire were he lived in self-exile for decades. Mr. Salinger was 91. His most famous novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was required reading in high school English courses for generations of students. Natural causes is a frequently given [...]
This week we lost two well- known authors- Robert B. Parker and Erich Segal. Both died of heart attacks. Robert B. Parker,77, was a prolific mystery writer, and creator of the character Spenser, a tough Boston detective who was the hero of almost 40 books, and which inspired the 1980′s TV show Spenser for Hire, which starred Robert Ulrich. Parker was apparently at work on a new novel when he collapsed at his desk.
Erich Segal, was best known for his 1970 novel and screenplay Love Story, which overnight made Segal a pop-culture phenomenon.Its signature line became a catch phrase: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Segal also worked on the screenplay for the Beatles movie Yellow Submarine.
Mr. Gebart’s wife, Pat, declined to specify what type of cancer her husband had and we respect her privacy. FYI, according the the CDC (the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the top 10 cancers in American men are shown below. Top 10 cancers for American women are here or here. Mr. Gelbart was [...]
This week Entourage actor Jeremy Piven talked to David Letterman on Late Night about the controversy surrounding his sudden withdrawal from David Mamet’s Broadway show Speed-the-Plow last December. Piven reported that he was told by his physician that he had mercury poisoning, most likely caused by his diet of twice a day sushi and Chinese [...]
Dominick Dunne 1925-2009 In the United States, bladder cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the ninth most common cancer in women. About 45,000 men and 17,000 women are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year. Symptoms of bladder cancer may include blood in the urine (hematuria), pain during urination (dysuria), [...]
As reported a couple of days ago, Angela’s Ashes author, Frank McCourt, was gravely ill with meningitis. He died today from that illness. McCourt had recently been diagnosed with malignant melanoma, a dangerous skin cancer. Melanoma is a cancer that forms in skin cells, called melanocytes, which produce skin pigment. These cells grow in an [...]
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Kelly Ripa Diagnoses Herself With Mysterious Neurological Disorder
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Suzanne Somers used Belly Fat Stem Cells to grow Her New Breasts
Gwyneth Spouting GOOP… Again
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Demi’s Heartbreak Breakdown
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