Archive for the 'Medical Issues' Category

Here I thought that was just her natural oil o’ skank booze and drugs byproduct oozing to the surface. Turns out it’s something else, though probably still lifestyle related.

The bumps on Amy Winehouse’s face by night are most likely balls, but those that can be seen by day have been diagnosed as impetigo.

It’s a bacterial skin infection that causes pimple-like lumps. And it’s highly contagious. Scratching or touching the sores could spread the infection to other parts of the body as well as to other people.

As if I needed another reason to never EVER sleep with it…

Her tattoos might look pretty cool with scabs on them. Sorta like an oil slick in the rain. Pretty rainbow colors…on nasty greasy filth.

[AOL]

Law enforcement sources have apparently told TMZ that an L.A. County Superior Court judge has signed a “5150,” meaning Britney Spears is on a three-day psychiatric hold at the UCLA Medical Center.

There is a “good possibility” that it could be extended to 14 days. They also learned there have been several attempts to get Britney on a 5150. Britney’s lawyers, Anne Kiley and Tara Scott, had just secured a new psychiatrist last week and he’s the one who triggered the 5150 last night.

Britney’s mother, father and brother have been working with the LAPD for weeks in order to get her psychiatric care. Now there’s a fight between Britney’s family and Sam Lutfi over who will make medical decisions, however, that fight is now put on hold because the judge has to make that call.

Stay tuned on this one. She’s either going to straighten out/get healthy or continue her downward spiral.

[TMZ]

According to reports on Wednesday, Beatles legend Paul McCartney had a secret heart operation. The 65-year-old underwent a coronary angioplasty, which opens up the arteries to allow greater blood-flow. This after he was complaining of feeling unwell.

“Paul had been complaining about not feeling well and and saw a Harley Street specialist at the London clinic,” an unidentified source told the tabloid newspaper.

“Tests were carried out and the decision was taken to operate. Paul had the angioplasty in a private hospital. It was all very routine but any work on your heart is a big deal,” he added.

It was probably all of the stress from dealing with his estranged gold-digging wife that had him feeling under the weather. That chick is like a Leprechaun. I wonder who she will charm next.

We wish you well Paul. There are only two Beatles left, and Ringo…well he’s Ringo.

[Yahoo]

Will the antics never stop? Every time you think you’ve heard it all, something new spews from the mouth of another random celebri-tard. Aspiring anatomy skeleton and anorexia spokes-stick Paris Hilton is leaking air again.

What’s she up to now? Apparently, she is getting all deep and philosophical, thinking about life and death in addition to looking for random objects to label “hot”, between the firing of synapses. According to a celebrity-mania.com article, Paris wants to be frozen with her pets upon death. She’s reportedly invested large dollar amounts into the world’s biggest suspended animation cemetery, Cryonics Institute.

I’m not buying it for a few reasons. A)She can not know what the hell that means. B) or how to spell it. C)It’s not a random object and it can’t bang her.

It’s cute really. Our little Princess is growing up. She’s just full of ideas. She wants to be revived in the future, with her famous Chihuahua Tinkerbell and her other hairless minions. She gets really
deep:

“It’s so cool. Almost all the cells in the body are still alive when death is pronounced. And if you’re immediately cooled, you can be perfectly preserved. My life could be extended by hundreds and thousands of years.”

Definitely am not buying it. No way in hell did she string all those words together. Babe, you are already gonna live forever. You banged a guy on tape!

Now can you please go back to sucking in oxygen and expelling your catch phrase?

Somewhere between two dozen and 40 medical employees at the Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey have been suspended without pay following the leaking of actor George Clooney’s hospital records. Clooney and his girlfriend Sarah Larson were treated for injuries sustained following a motorcycle accident last month including broken ribs but neither required extensive hospitalization. The rumors are that some of the nurses shared the home contact information of Clooney with friends or members of the press, a definite no-no when it comes to patient confidentiality.

To his credit the former “ER” medical doctor has taken a softer approach to the breach with his personal information. Clooney released a statement telling “While I believe in a patient’s right to privacy, I would hope that this could be settled without suspending medical workers.” A spokesperson for the union that represents some of the suspended employees also agreed that the hospital’s penalty was too harsh and is hoping that the affected workers will be allowed back to work shortly. Our therapeutic advice if you’re a celebrity with a cold or sore toe: you might want to try a private clinic instead of the Medical Center in Palisades.