Amanda Bynes’ parents have taken the first official steps to become her conservators.
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Randy Travis in surgery after stroke
Country music star Randy Travis suffered a stroke while at a Texas hospital and was in surgery late Wednesday (Thursday, NZ time) , the singer’s publicist said. Publicist Kirt Webster said that the 54-year-old Travis suffered the stroke while he was being treated for congestive heart failure because of a viral illness
Reel life returns with festival
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Counting Crows counting the years
Adam Duritz, the singer and frontman of hit American band Counting Crows, has in recent years been open about wrestling with mental illness. “There was this thing where I came off all these meds [in 2011],” he says
North Korea Army Chief Has Been Relieved of All Posts After ‘Illness’
Ri Yong Ho held several other posts in the government and was considered a close aide to Kim Jong Un, the young North Korean leader. This move, to relieve Ri Yong Ho may signify a power struggle within the regime, an analyst says. The military official, Ri Yong Ho, was believed to be one of […]
China’s Gay Community Fights Online Censorship
When the Beijing LGBT Center screened a prerecorded lecture on gay-themed movies last year, the venue was so packed that latecomers had to jostle for a spot on the windowsills of the rented classroom doubling as their makeshift theater. This year, however, a similar event attracted only a handful of people, leaving much of the same room empty.
Katrina’s Lingering Medical Nightmare
Melinda Amedee was scheduled to have a tumor removed from her kidney at a New Orleans hospital on August 30. She lives far enough away from the city to have missed serious damage from Hurricane Katrina.
A Primer for Pessimists
Obesity and smoking may be the most conspicuous causes of illness in this country, but physical factors don’t account for everything. Your psychology — namely, your personality and outlook on life — can be just as important to your well-being as exercising and eating right.
Is Bin Laden Dead?
General Michael Hayden, Director of the CIA, walked into the celebration of Saudi Arabia’s national day in Washington D.C. and was immediately posed with the question of the day.
Obsessive Internet Use Linked with Depression in Teens
Spending hours on the Internet may trigger depression, say researchers from Australia and China.