Like T-Boz, I have struggled with alot of nay sayers when dealing with my battle with Sickle Cell Anemia.  Having been wrote off as someone who wouldn’t live past the age of 30, would not be able to have any children, and would never live a full-filled life… we both as many many others have proved time and time again that doctors can be wrong.  My own grandfather who had sickle cell anemia died at the age of 72.  Very blessed.  So, I was too excited when I heard T-Boz of TLC whom is one of the few celebrity advocates for the disease, take the time out to talk with CNN’s Dr. Sunjay Gupta about her own situation and her personal battles.

In part, she shared:

I had previously heard about Tionne having to also have brain surgery after finding out she had a benign brain tumor, and she touches on that topic as well in the interview.  She mentioned that…

“I started having headaches, but they were so frequent, something was wrong. My doctor called, but his voice sounded funny. And I said, ‘You’re gonna say something like I have a brain tumor, right?’ He got quiet .”

 

 

That’s why its so important for more african americans, blacks and anyone really to consider bone marrow donation nowadays.  Check out the video after the jump and share your thoughts Read the rest of this entry

‘Basketball Wives’ Star Royce Reed suffered from an apparent seizure suddenly at a charity softball game yesterday.  There assumingly was no prior incidents like this for her, so this was a surprise.  Royce is claiming that it was caused by the heat, exhaustion, and stress.

According to TMZ, Royce was in Wilmington DE for Duffy’s Hope Celebrity Softball Game.  She signed autographs for fans,  then played decently until pulling a hamstring at some point during the game.  When she went to sit down, she passed out.  After coming to soon after, she was told she had a seizure and relayed back that it was her first time experiencing such. 

She did not seek to go to the  hospital after recieving medical attention immediately from paramedics, rather choosing to see her physician after returning to Florida.  I’m not sure that’s a great idea though, if she claims it never happened before…

Via MedlinePlus, seizures are “physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain [... ].  A person who has had a new or severe seizure is usually seen in a hospital emergency room. The health care provider will try to diagnose the type of seizure based on the symptoms.  Tests will be done to rule out other medical conditions that cause seizures or similar symptoms. This may include fainting, transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke, panic attacks, migraine headaches, sleep disturbances, and others.”

If that had ever happened to ME, I would have went straight to the nearest hospital… But, different strokes for different folks.

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Kim Kardashian and her mom are two well known socialites here in the US who have the skin condition of psoriasis, a non contagous condition that causes raised, thick, itchy skin that sometimes flakes and looks inflamed with a redish tint to the color.  It also causes severe dandruff to the scalp, genital lesions, thick nails and joint pain.

Although there is no way to prevent psorasis from appearing, there are several treatments for the irritating condition including the obvious: keeping clean with regular showers/baths, in addition to cortisone creams and mosturizers, oatmeal baths, and regular sunlight.

According to Life&Style Mag:

Mom Kris Jenner was diagnosed with psoriasis when she was 30, too. “There’s a large genetic component,” Dr. Jordana S. Gilman, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in NYC. But Kim, who makes an enviable living showing off her skin during photo shoots, worries about the diagnosis. “People don’t understand the pressure on me to look perfect,” she says. “When I gain a pound, it’s in the headlines, so imagine what the tabloids will do to me when they see all these spots.”

Not to worry — Dr. Gilman tells Life & Style that Kim’s condition is completely manageable. “There are many treatment options, ranging from creams to pills to injectable medications,” she says. “If managed properly, it can be kept under control and she can lead a perfectly normal life.”

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BFFs Kelly Rowland & LaLa Anthony recently teamed up to show off some exercise moves for the latest issue of Shape Magazine.  They both aim to “motivate” readers into getting in shape and work on better health.

BTW, Kelly’s album release of  ”Here I Am” is just around the corner, July 26th… Make sure you pick up your copy in support!

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Here’s some disturbing health news… an uncurable gonorrhea strain was recently discovered.  The specific strain is currently resistant to all antibiotics, and the details on this sexually transmitted disease was discovered by an international research team.  According to the CDC, african amercans have 20.5 times the reported gonorrhea rates than whites.  That’s scary, to say the least….

The team of researchers successfully identified a heretofore unknown variant of the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Analyzing this new strain, dubbed H041, allowed researchers to identify the genetic mutations responsible for the bacterium’s extreme resistance to all cephalosporin-class antibiotics — the last remaining drugs still effective in treating gonorrhea.

“This is both an alarming and a predictable discovery,” noted Dr. Unemo of the Swedish Reference Laboratory for Pathogenic Neisseria. “Since antibiotics became the standard treatment for gonorrhea in the 1940s, this bacterium has shown a remarkable capacity to develop resistance mechanisms to all drugs introduced to control it.”

“While it is still too early to assess if this new strain has become widespread, the history of newly emergent resistance in the bacterium suggests that it may spread rapidly unless new drugs and effective treatment programs are developed,” Dr. Unemo continued.

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Could Kelly Rowland possibly motivate you to get in shape with a exercise DVD??  Hmm…. I’m not so sure if I can be sold on this idea, especially when I have never seen Kelly needing to lose ANYTHING.  I always thought she was naturally thin and never had to worry about watching her weight, as I was myself pre-pregnancy.

But low and behold… She and Queen Latifah’s ex – celebrity fitness trainer Jeanette Jenkins have partnered up to release a workout vid called “Sexy Abs.” So if you are interested in toning up your mid-section in perhaps the same way that Ms Kelly does with her own trainer, then perhaps you will be very interested in this video.

Could you see yourself watching this at all?  And better yet, can you see your self working out in a lacefront? hehe…

As for me, I will wait until a celeb who has at least given birth to one child decides comes out with a DVD to tell us all how they got their abs so flat, lol.  Jada and Chilli come to mind for me.  Else, Janet Jackson is a good fit too, since she has been up and down with weight in her life just like a yoyo!  But no shade, Kelly Rowland is definitely doing her thing right about now and I ain’t mad at her

Tell me your thoughts and check out a video after the jump

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