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  Luke Perry has died after suffering from a massive stroke on the morning of Monday, March 4th. The ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ star and Ohio native suffered a massive stroke last Wednesday morning at his Sherman Oaks home in California. Over the past few days, the ‘Riverdale’ actor’s health continued to decline and he never […]

Music

Over the weekend, legendary Canadian interviewer Nardwuar suffered a stroke.

Features

A spokeswoman for the ride-hailing company has rebutted a lawsuit by saying that no background check is "100 percent foolproof."

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According to the American Heart Association, more than 40 percent of blacks have high blood pressure (HBP).Though doctors aren’t 100% sure why this is, they…

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According to the American Pregnancy Association, the amount of weight you should gain during pregnancy depends on your weight and BMI (body mass index) before…

  Joe Jackson the patriarch of the Jackson family has suffered a stroke and is being treated in a Las Vegas hospital reportsx17online. “He’s in ‘serious’ condition. Joe has been struggling with his health a lot over the past three or four months,” said the source. “The good thing is that he was taken immediately to […]

News & Gossip

New York comedian, Patrice O’Neal, 41, passed away today after a long battle with diabetes and suffering a stroke. Radio Talk show host Opie of the Opie & Anthony Radio Show tweeted this morning, “Yes, it’s true that our pal Patrice O’Neal has passed away. The funniest and best thinker I’ve ever known PERIOD.” The […]

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Lawrence Bishop, 69, founding senior pastor of Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio, died this weekend on Friday, September 30th in his home. According to the church’s website, Bishop was discovered unresponsive by his wife, Darlene, also a noted evangelist, late Friday evening just before midnight. Photo: Dayton Daily News Bishop was transported to Atrium […]

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Strokes during pregnancy and after childbirth have increased at what one CDC researcher calls an alarming rate. The rate of stroke climbed about 47 percent in women before giving birth and about 83 percent in new moms in the postpartum period, 12 weeks after giving birth. Elena V. Kuklina, MD, PhD, a CDC epidemiologist, and […]

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We’re hearing more stories about people of all ages being diagnosed with an array of conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and even having heart attacks and strokes.  In the past, we’ve associated these conditions and diseases with older people however times have changed.

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It really seems like for the last few weeks in entertainment news, we’ve had to read and write more than enough obituaries, but this next one just hit all of us today like a bolder. Emmy Award-winning actress Rue McClanahan, everyone’s favorite ‘Golden Girl’ has died. Known as the sexually liberated (and at times promiscuous) […]

VIA: WEBMD.COM Logging Long Hours on the Job May Increase Risk for Heart Attack, Angina, Heart-Related Death, Study Finds   May 13, 2010 — Working a lot of overtime may be good for your wallet, but it may be bad for your heart. In a study of about 6,000 British civil servants followed for about […]