Category Archives: Health

Maria Menounos gives tips on keeping the weight off this holiday season

Susan Watts/New York Daily News Maria Menounos, host of EXTRA at the Ocean Spray cranberry bog in Rockefeller Center on Tuesday. Extra host Maria Menounos stays realistic about eating during the holidays: everyone is going to gain weight. The television personality, has written about her 40-pound weight loss in her bestselling “The EveryGirl’s Guide to Life,” but she’s never thought ...

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Stomach-churning violations at city’s high-end grocery stores

Bryan Smith Inspectors have found 27 violations since 2008 at the Whole Foods on Columbus Avenue and 97th Street. The Whole Foods on the Upper West Side is a foodie nirvana that sells top-quality cuts of grain-fed beef, pricy produce like organically-grown heirloom tomatoes, and a mouthwatering selection of fine French cheeses. It’s also been found to have mouse droppings ...

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Kim Kardashian reveals how she lost her post-baby weight

GRPR GUTS RAAK/AKM-GSI Kim Kardashian slipped into a pair of skinny jeans for a night out on the town over the weekend. New mom Kim Kardashian has revealed the secret to her post-baby body. “I’ve actually been doing the Atkins diet & luv it,” she said Sunday in a message to her 18 million Twitter followers. PHOTOS: KIM KARDASHIAN’S STYLE ...

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The most ‘dangerous’ gyms in NYC

He, Gary WWE wrestler Jason Calabrese aka ‘Jason Static’ puts in work at a Brooklyn New York Sports Club. The gym pops up five times on a list of the most ‘dangerous’ places to work out in NYC, determined by how many fast food restaurants are nearby. First, sweat it out — then super-size it? Post-workout binges on greasy grub ...

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Get the facts: Breast Cancer Awareness month

Keith Brofsky/Getty Images While 88% of Hispanic women say they know how to perform a breast self-examination, less than half (45%) do it on a monthly basis, according to a survey released this month by Procter & Gamble’s Latina-focused Orgullosa program. It’s a scary fact: Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Latinas, according to the Centers ...

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Angelina Jolie’s doctor: star’s double mastectomy is saving lives

Angelina Jolie‘s double mastectomy “has already begun to save lives,” the mega-star’s plastic surgeon says, speaking out for the first time since the Oscar winner revealed her procedure five months ago. “I’m seeing in my practice already women who are saying, ‘I was inspired by that to get gene testing,’” said Dr. Jay Orringer, the Beverly Hills surgeon who performed ...

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Andrew Madoff continues battle with stage-four cancer

CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images Andrew Madoff was originally diagnosed with cancer in 2003. He thought he’d beaten the disease, but was blindsided last year after it resurfaced. “I just wanted to express my deep gratitude for all the love and support,” Madoff said. “It’s meant so much to me. It’s been so helpful. I need it now more ...

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New fertility app Glow aims to help women conceive naturally

Glow Glow, a fertility app made for the iPhone, helps women track their fertility. Glow, available now for iOS, is Max Levchin’s first step in his goal of revolutionizing healthcare while helping women to conceive naturally, without having to turn to costly fertility treatments. The app, which is promoted with the tagline “Conceive With Confidence,” is essentially a fertility tracker ...

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New malaria vaccine 100% effective

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images “…This is a pivotal success,” said Stefan Kappe, a malaria researcher at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute in Washington. Hope for a cure to malaria is, at long-last, in large supply. Sanaria, a company in Rockville, Maryland, has developed a malaria vaccine that has become the first in providing 100% protection against the deadly disease. The vaccine, ...

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Man finds maggots on sandwich purchased at airport

www.sfgate.com After Joel Woloshuk purchased a foccaccia sandwich from Cafe Intermezzo at the Atlanta airport, he said he discovered live maggots crawling on the bread.  Look before you eat. A passenger at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was stunned to discover maggots crawling on top of a sandwich he ordered at a terminal restaurant last week. Joel Woloshuk purchased a focaccia ...

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