Country singer/songwriter Chris Young has been hospitalized in Denver with a leg infection. The 28-yr-old 2006 winner of Nashville Star is currently on tour promoting his single Aw Naw from his new album which is set to be released in September. He is in stable condition. According to his website: While the origin of the infection [...]
Figure skater Dorothy Hamill knows what it takes to win an athletic competition. The 56-year-old became a household name when she won the gold medal in figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics. But winning a mirror ball trophy on Dancing With The Stars may be more difficult than she bargained for. Hamill has had [...]
Alexandra (“Sasha”) McHale, daughter of Houston Rockets coach Kevin McHale has died at the age of 23. It is reported that she died of complications from the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosis (“lupus” or SLE for short). Sasha had been battling the disease for a number of years, but it did not stop her from [...]
Lance Armstrong has decided to step down as the Chairman of the cancer-support organization Livestrong.org. His decision comes on the heels of a report released by the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) that outlines the case against Armstrong (see more below). Although Armstrong still denies doping, he decided not to continue his fight against the USADA, [...]
This morning I was doing my usual search for stories when I came upon this story: Ashley Judd Plastic Surgery? Ms. Judd was on Canadian TV promoting her new series Missing, which premiers tonight. In it, she plays an ex-CIA agent whose son is kidnapped while studying abroad. But the buzz after her TV appearance [...]
In January, America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon, 31, was hospitalized with what was called “mild kidney failure.” Cannon is now telling People magazine that the cause of that kidney failure was an autoimmune disease, similar to lupus: They kind of say [my] autoimmune [disease] is – like a lupus type of thing, but no [...]
It’s not been a good year healthwise for the Williams sisters. First, Serena is sidelined with surgery after a pulmonary embolism, and now Venus, 31, has pulled out of the US Open with a diagnosis of Sjögren’s Syndrome. Williams, who boasts 21 Grand Slam titles, had won her first match of the Open on Monday, [...]
In tonight’s new episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kim goes to her dermatologist, Dr Harold A. Lancer, to have him look at a rash on her legs. He diagnoses her as having psoriasis, a skin condition that her mother, Kris Jenner, has had for many years. The doctor explains that the disease is [...]
A photo President Barack Obama and other senior officials watching the operation live from the White House situation room has become one of the most striking images of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is shown with her hand over her mouth. It now [...]
This year’s Miss America Pageant has one contestant that epitomizes the phrase “Bald is Beautiful.” Miss Delaware, Kayla Martell, isn’t afraid to talk about her lack of hair. In fact, she is looking forward to the opportunity to educate the public about the condition that has left her bald- alopecia areata. Kayla began losing her [...]
