All tag results for 'doctor'

Before you get weirded out by Natalie Portman's dad commenting on a celebrities drastic choice about her boobs, we should clarify that Natalie Portman's dad is a doctor — and besides, it wasn't just a choice about boobs, it was a choice about health and living a long life!

Dr. Avner Hershlag is the chief of the Center for Human Reproduction at North Shore LIJ and also Natalie Portman's dad. He's spoken out about having the utmost respect for Angelina while sharing his own medical insight. Here's what he had to say:

Tags: angelina jolie, cancer, dad, doctor, double mastectomy, health, inspiration, natalie portman

Angelina Jolie has been the center of attention the last couple of days for raising awareness for women's health issues when she announced she was having preventative surgeries!

But some people are still a little unclear about all of the medical jargon that has come along with the news, so here are some important facts to help clear up any lingering confusion:

What is a BRCA1 gene?

Tags: angelina jolie, brca1 gene, breast cancer, cancer, dna, doctor, gene mutation, health, medical jargon, ovarian cancer, surgery, tested

We bet if there's one person who is TOTALLY over doctor's office visits, it's Robin Roberts!

On Wednesday, Robin had yet another appointment - but luckily, it was just a check up! It wasn't like the last time, which was due to a scare after getting sick on vacation. In fact, Robin updated all her fans and followers on Facebook about what the check up brought for her!

Here's what she said:

Tags: bone marrow transplant, doctor, hospital, robin roberts, update

We still can't believe we live in a world without Michael Jackson, but it's looking more and more like his penchant for drugs was deeper than we all thought. Just released was a frantic voicemail from Michael to his doctor where it appears that the singer is shopping for drugs.

This was just 7 weeks before his death!

What makes it scary is that it sounds like he can't even complete a short sentence on May 3, 2009 at around 11:06 a.m. He was begging Jason Pfeiffer, who worked for the singer’s Beverly Hills, Calif. dermatologist Dr. Klein, to call him back.

You can listen to it (above).

Pfieffer said this afterwards in an interview:

Tags: doctor, drugs, michael jackson, new voicemail, sad, scary, shopping

January Jones had nothing going on the other day, so she decided to head to the doctor's office to see what's up.

Actually, we're just telling ourselves that because we don't want anything to be wrong with her! Though, you'd think if it was a dire visit, she wouldn't have put the effort into looking so cute! Ha!

There's something adorbs about that white and green striped sweater!

In all honesty, though, we really do hope she's okay and that this was just some sort of check up! Maybe she needed to get a physical before she films some extreme stunts in Mad Men or something!

LOLz!

[Image via AKM-GSI.]

Tags: boredom, doctor, health, january jones, mad men, stunts, visit

Omg! How sad.

Staff doctor, Thierry Costa from French Survivor took his life yesterday in Cambodia after contestant Gerald Babin suffered a heart attack and unfortunately died.

The late 25-year-old went into cardiac arrest on the first day of filming the show's 12th season after he completed two challenges, which included jumping off a boat and swimming to shore to compete in a tug-of-war on the beach… and once Babin was done with the challenges, he experienced arm cramps and immediately fell to the ground.

Costa then ordered an emergency helicopter, but after the production team didn't want to give Gerald immediate attention because they didn't want to stop filming, he was taken away on a boat, rather than a chopper because it was considered "too costly."

The only problem with this was that "unjust accusations and assumptions [were] made against [Thierry]," which initially led to his suicide.

Ten days after Babin died, Costa left a note and committed suicide, he wrote:

Tags: cambodia, doctor, french survivor, gerald babin, heart attack, jeremie assous, suicide, survivor, thierry costa

Diddy, are you ok?!?

The entrepreneur visited his doctor in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, and as soon as he was seen leaving, we couldn't help but notice the forms on heartburn and acid reflux that he was carrying.

We know that running the city can be hard, but c'mon Diddy, you need to watch what you eat 'cuz indigestion problems ain't no joke!!

And while you're at it, lay off of the Ciroc because alcohol is known to increase the production of stomach acid, which in your case, is not good right now!

Let's hope Puffy got him some Prilosec because he needs to get well soon!!

[Image via JD Pht Bx & MCGM/Splash News.]

Tags: acid reflux, beverly hills, diddy, doctor, health, heartburn