Jolie now having her ovaries removed

Angelina Jolie has revealed she has decided to remove her ovaries in addition to having a preventative double mastectomy. In a moving and powerful op-ed in The New York Times this week, the actress said she had the mastectomy in February after finding out she carried a gene that gave her an 87 per cent of getting breast cancer

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Botched Butt Implant Video Goes Viral – The Darker Side of Plastc Surgery Gone Wrong

  This video is hard to watch, but so many people are now the victim of unlicensed  plastic surgeons that it’s become imperative to check the credentials and reputation of ANYONE who is going to preform any type of medical (be it cosmetic or otherwise) procedures on you.   Woman Uploads Anonymous Video   A new YouTube […]

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Thieves Use Facebook to Determine Their Targets

A simple status update or uploading a picture on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter can also put you and your home at risk for theft and intrusions, says a report. A status update about your upcoming vacation or a check-in at a restaurant allows a person’s home to be vulnerable to criminal activities because […]

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Study: Link Between Antidepressants and Miscarriage

Pregnancy is often fraught with complications, not least for women suffering from depression while carrying a child: new research suggests that women who take antidepressant medications during pregnancy may have an increased risk of miscarriage. Scientists at the University of Montreal reported Monday, May 31, in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that women taking the drugs most often prescribed to treat depression and anxiety — including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors , serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and the older tricyclics — had a significantly higher risk of miscarriage than a matched control group of women who did not take antidepressants.

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AIG and U.S. Set Faster, Riskier Exit Path -4

AIG and U.S. Set Faster, Riskier Exit Path Greenberg said the asset sales reduced AIG’s diversification and added risk, especially because property-casualty business is volatile. “If I had the choice, I would sell the domestic life business rather than the Asian business (AIA),” Greenberg said. Benmosche said AIG may at some point consider a partial […]

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Aging bikers at greater risk of injury, death

Aging bikers at greater risk of injury, death Riders 40 and over nearly twice as likely to be killed, study says As the number of baby boomers taking to the road on motorbikes has risen, so has the average age of motorcyclists involved in crashes with riders aged 40 plus more likely to be injured […]

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