Daniel Radcliffe, best known to the world as the magical Harry Potter, told GQ magazine’s British edition that he had an alcohol problem while filming the Harry Potter series in 2009. According to the article, to be released July 7th: “I became so reliant on (alcohol) to enjoy stuff…There were a few years there when [...]
Daniel Radcliffe: Why I no longer drink alcohol
by Dr. M on July 6, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
Novak Djokovic Wins Wimbledon Living Life Without Beer and Bread
by Dr. M on July 3, 2011 in Articles and Sports
Twenty-four year old Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has beaten Rafael Nadal to win the cup at Wimbledon today. Djokovic beat the defending champion Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 in Sunday’s final. The Wall Street Journal has a theory about what may have given the Serbian his edge this year: Since last year, he’s swearing [...]
Charlie Sheen “Roid Rage” during Major League?
by Dr. M on July 1, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment, Sports
This week, Sports Illustrated released an interview with actor Charlie Sheen in which the former Two and a Half Men actor reported that he took anabolic steroids during the filming of the 1989 movie Major League. Sheen is an avid baseball fan, calling it more than a hobby- ” it’s a religion”. Understandably, Sheen jumped [...]
Missy Elliot and 7 things you need to know about Graves’ disease.
by Dr. M on June 29, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
Hip-hop star Missy Elliot says the reason she hasn’t been seen much lately is that she has been suffering from Graves’ Disease. Elliot, 39, told People magazine that she was diagnosed with the thyroid condition in 2008. At that time, the disease “began affecting her motor skills, followed by a string of symptoms: dizzy spells, [...]
WANTED: Charming, aggressive, carefree people who are good at looking out for Number 1
by Dr. B on June 27, 2011 in Articles and Business, CSI-Forensics-Toxicology, Literature, Mental Health, Politics, Religion
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 [...]
Serena Williams advances through second round at Wimbledon
by Dr. M on June 23, 2011 in Articles and Sports
Tennis superstar Serena Williams is not going to let a few major illnesses get in her way to another Wimbledon crown. Although the 29 year-old Williams lost the first set to her 19 year-old opponent, Romanian Simona Halep 3-6, she seemed to get into her groove and came back with 6-2, 6-1 victories in the [...]
Ryan Dunn legally drunk at time of fatal crash
by Dr. M on June 23, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
The blood alcohol level on Jackass star Ryan Dunn came back at 0.196, more than twice the legal limit in Pennsylvania. Dunn, 34, was killed in a fiery car crash early Monday morning. Police estimate that he was driving between 132 and 140 mph when his Porsche hit a guardrail, flew off the road, hitting [...]
Aretha Franklin Breaks Toe over Jimmy Choos
by Dr. M on June 21, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
The 69 year-old Queen of Soul broke her toe tripping over her Jimmy Choo shoes, according to People magazine. Franklin’s tour bus stopped at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis, where X-rays revealed a fracture in her left index toe. According to her rep, Franklin said: It hurt like heck for a minute, but seemed to [...]
Sex or Deaf? Hugh Hefner’s Viagra Story
by Dr. M on June 20, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment, Media
Playboy entrepreneur Hugh Hefner is having a week. First, we found out that his 25-year-old fiancee Crystal Harris called off their wedding and now his 21-year-old twin girlfriends Karissa and Kristina Shannon are moving back into the Playboy Mansion. The Shannon twins, however, reported to the UK’s The Sun, that Hef has gone nearly deaf [...]
What do the new FDA requirements for sunscreen labels mean?
by Dr. M on June 17, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
Does trying to figure out the label on sunscreen drive you crazy? Do you stand there in the sunscreen aisle scratching your head about how much SPF do you need? If an SPF of 30 is good, is 100 better? Should they be waterproof? Sweatproof? Too many choices! This week the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) [...]
Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky Breaks a Leg
by Dr. M on June 15, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
People magazine is reporting that former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky is sporting crutches after fracturing her femur while kickboxing. Although she originally thought she had torn a ligament in her knee, an MRI revealed a fracture, which was a result of a osteochondral defect in the cartilage in her leg. Fedotowsky’s rep says that she will [...]
Selena Gomez is “exhausted” and “malnourished”
by Dr. M on June 14, 2011 in Articles and Entertainment
Last week Wizards of Waverly Place actress, pop singer, and current Justin Bieber girlfriend, Selena Gomez was hospitalized after her appearance on the Tonight show. At the time she complained of nausea and a severe headache. After running some tests, the 18-year-old was back on stage Monday for a Santa Monica Place show she had [...]
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