Last week, rumors spread wildly that former Xscape singer and reality TV star Tameka "Tiny" Harris flew to Tunisia to undergo a controversial cosmetic procedure to permanently change her eye color.
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The 3rd patient to be diagnosed with Ebola on U.S. soil is a 29-year-old nurse who worked in close contact with an Ebola patient who died last week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta (CDC) reports that doctors and nurses are fleeing the Ebola hot zones in Liberia amid fears that the virus is more easily transmitted than first assumed.
There wasn't a dry eye in the house when the NFL's New England Patriots honored a player on an opposing team during Sunday night's live football telecast on NBC.
A patient who recently traveled to the U.S. from West Africa is being treated for Ebola-like symptoms at Howard University Hospital in Washington D.C.
The American Red Cross delivered food and beverages to a North Dallas apartment where the family of Ebola patient, Thomas Duncan, are quarantined under police guard.
PCOS means Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or many ovarian cysts. PCOS can cause health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity and high cholesterol levels. The cause is unknown and the condition is thought to be genetic (runs in the family).
More good news for Joan Rivers fans: the feisty 81-year-old comedian was moved out of intensive care and into a private room at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC.
Comedian Joan Rivers was rushed to a NY area hospital where she is listed in stable condition after she stopped breathing while undergoing a routine endoscopic procedure at an outpatient clinic. An endoscope is a small, flexible tube with a camera and a light at the end of it. The endoscope is passed down a patient's throat by doctors who look for abnormalities (tumors, ulcers, etc.) in the patient's esophagus or the stomach.
Rivers, 81, is pictured above with the late Robin Williams.
We've all seen the TV commercials for male and female incontinence. Incontinence can be an embarrassing and humiliating experience, as evidenced by rapper Slim Thug who wet himself while rushing to the restroom.
Urinary urgency is the urgent need to empty the bladder immediately. Wetting yourself before you can make it to the restroom is called incontinence.