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Actress Gabourey Sidibe has been flaunting her dramatic weight loss online in quite a few selfies these days and now she’s finally come clean about having weight-loss surgery.
The Empire star reportedly underwent bariatric surgery last year after battling depression, anxiety and bulima. Now, she’s opening up about her struggles in her new memoir, This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare and also speaks about it in a new interview with PEOPLE. Continue Reading…
Fantasia Barrino has been injured and has reportedly been hospitalized after a bizarre accident.
While specific details are unknown at this time, the Grammy Award-winning singer suffered second degree burns and is currently recovering from her injuries and has postponed at least one of her tour dates.
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Rapper Kid Cudi has reportedly checked himself into rehab for depression and suicidal urges after posting a message to fans stating, “I am not at peace.”
Cudi revealed in his post that he’s been dealing with anxiety and depression throughout his life but managed to hid his illness by isolating himself.
My anxiety and depression have ruled my life for as long as I can remember and I never leave the house because of it. I cant make new friends because of it. I dont trust anyone because of it and Im tired of being held back in my life. I deserve to have peace.
Fortunately, Kid Cudi has now chosen the path to recovery and shared his story in a recent Facebook post.
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Porsha Williams of The Real Housewives of Atlanta suffered a medical emergency in the midst of a flight from Atlanta to Miami yesterday when she fainted in her seat, prompting that call … “Is there a doctor on board?”
Several sources on board report that Williams was spotted in first class when she got a little ‘woozy’ and at least 3 doctors responded to the flight attendant’s call for for assistance.
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A bizarre tale of a woman who almost died after forgetting about a tampon she inserted has gone viral.
Emily Pankhurst, a student in England, spent three days in intensive care and is still struggling to walk now, about a month after leaving her tampon in for 9 days. 9 DAYS!
[Sidebar: Tampon and 9 days shouldn’t even be in the same sentence…. but I digress!]
Pankhurst, 20, said she wants to share her story as a warning to others who may not be paying attention to their body during stress… or better yet, she wishes to be an extreme example of what can happen when you forget to take care of your va-jay-jay!
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The U.K.’s TeenTech Awards were held Tuesday, June 23, 2015 and there were three youngsters there who won in the healthcare category with an innovative new idea that could forever change the conversation around sexual health.
[FLASHBACK: WTF?! Pregnancy From Oral Sex? It Can (DID) Happen!]
Daanyaal Ali and Chirag Shah, both 14, and Muaz Nawaz, 13 (all pictured above) created a solution for ‘safer’ safe sex that won them the top prize… a condom that changes colors when it detects an STD!
Details + video about the teens’ innovative creation below… Continue Reading…
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