Day: April 17, 2012

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Celebrities With Psoriasis: Kim Kardashian

Celebrities With Psoriasis: Kim Kardashian. People love her and people hate her, but there seems to be no getting away from her. Socialite and TV personality Kim Kardashian is known for many things, both good and bad.

First attracting attention in the instant blockbuster hit for E! “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” she later on gained public attention for her boutique, a perfume named after her and her other business ventures — as well as notoriety for her fickle 72-day marriage with basketball player Kris Humphries, her homemade sex tape with singer Ray J. She’s also attracted scorn for her being a “celebutante” and a socialite. [Ed’s note: Actually, Kardashian’s first claim to fame is her sex tape which came first before her TV hit.]

The people who hate her say she’s vapid, shallow, selfish and phony. But one good thing going for her is her brave admission of having psoriasis — and how that’s brought much-needed attention to the neglected, but often treacherous, skin disease.

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Cocaine Worsens Heart Disease (Atherosclerosis): Whitney Houston Case

“The handwriting was on the wall,” says sister-in-law Patricia of pop star legend Whitney Houston’s death by accidental drowning — with cocaine use and heart disease listed as contributing factors.

It had been possible to forecast that drugs would claim the singer’s life, she told the Agence France Presse after a coroner’s report released on March 22 showed that drowning was the main cause of Houston’s death — but that this was aggravated by atherosclerotic heart disease, that in turn was worsened by her chronic cocaine use.

Houston was found dead in a Beverly Hilton Hotel bathtub on February 11, a day before the Grammy Awards and hours ahead of a glittering pre-awards party in the hotel where she died.

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Bad Celebrity Breast Implants: Did Imogen Thomas Have Toxic PIP Implant?

Bad Celebrity Breast Implants: Did Imogen Thomas Have Toxic PIP Implant? Should you have a breast implant? In the end, you will make that decision. But it’s best if you read this article about Imogen Thomas, ‘toxic’ PIP implants and what you can learn from this.

Welsh beauty queen, glamour model and TV personality Imogen Thomas, who rose to fame after winning the 2003 Miss Wales title and lasting three months on the seventh series of Big Brother is also famous for one other thing: her big and beautiful breasts.

The thing is, they’re fake — but the 30-year old sex symbol isn’t shy about letting the world know. In 2008, the reality star announced that she would be getting a boob job. “As a model, appearance and feeling good about my body is very important to me,” she told the Swansea Evening Post.

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Celebrities With Alzheimers: US President Ronald Reagan

Celebrities With Alzheimers: US President Ronald Reagan. Like 30 million mostly elderly people in the world, former United States President Ronald Reagan suffered dementia from Alzheimer’s disease. But now scientists have unlocked — at least in part — how the brain encodes memories, leading to hopes that a cure for the memory and learning loss brought by the neurodegenerative disease may soon be found.

At 69, he was the oldest to enter the White House. But the former film star who became the 40th president of the United States radiated a youthful optimism rooted in the traditional virtues of a departed pre-World War II era.

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Abs Exercise Workout Triggers Orgasm in Women

Exercise triggers orgasm, women admit in new study. Ladies, do you find it hard to get out of bed to hit the gym or pavement? If so, here’s the motivation you’ve been looking for. A new study suggests that up to 15 percent of women have orgasms when they exercise.

“It sounds like a pornographic fitness flick: women, sweaty from physical exertion, climaxing at the gym,” quips TIME Magazine. But researchers at Indiana University have confirmed through a study that women can have orgasms while they exercise.

The researchers have even dubbed the phenomenon “coregasm” because it often happens while doing core abdominal muscle exercises. Their findings were published on March 19 in the special issue of the journal Sexual and Relationship Therapy.

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FDA Rejects Call to Ban BPA from Food Packaging

In a resounding defeat, health advocates and environmentalists in the United States lost the fight to take the chemical bisphenol-A out of food packaging. On March 30, the Food and Drug Administration rejected their petition to ban the industrial chemical from all food and drink packaging, including plastic bottles and canned food.

But the FDA stressed its latest ruling on the petition brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) wasn’t the final word. “The FDA denied the NRDC petition because it didn’t have the scientific data needed for the FDA to change current regulations, which allows the use of BPA in food packaging,” FDA spokesman Doug Karas said a media statement.

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