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Jeffrey Ortega has suffered with a condition that means his feet balloon to twice their natural size. Jeffrey Ortega wants his size 16 foot amputated after it swelled due to a genetic condition. He suffers from Proteus Syndrome which has caused his feet to balloon in scale. The condition causes bones, skin and tissue overgrowth, and affects just a handful ... Read More »

Jacky Sutton, a British BBC journalist and acting director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), has been found dead at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport after missing a connecting flight to Iraq. A journalist and student, she was due to carry out fieldwork in Irbil for a PhD on international development support to female media professionals in Iraq and ... Read More »

Ryan Sweeting is requesting spousal support from Kaley Cuoco in the wake of their divorce, according to court documents obtained by ET. Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting did have a pre-nup, which they signed in Nov. 2013 and stated they would both pay for attorney’s fees at the time of a divorce. But Sweeting has asked Cuoco to pay for ... Read More »

Nicholas Brendon said he was entering rehab for the second time this year to fix some issues. The “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum, who was arrested for domestic violence late last month, revealed that he had suicidal thoughts. “I’m going to be going into a 90-day treatment program to fix myself and to understand the traumas of my mind,” he ... Read More »

The American Cancer Society updated its mammogram guidelines today, recommending that most women should start receiving annual screenings for breast cancer at age 45 instead of the previous age of 40. The society’s first mammogram guideline revisions in more than a decade are only complicating matters. A breakdown, per NBC News and CNN: Women with an average risk of breast ... Read More »

Pat Woodell, who played Bobbi Jo on 1960s CBS sitcom ‘Petticoat Junction’, died in Fallbrook, California. She was 71. Pat Woodell, a native of Massachusetts but living in Fallbrook, California, at the time of her death, originated the role of Bobbi Jo in 1963, but left after the second season (she was replaced in 1965 by Lori Saunders). Read More »

A former Fukushima nuclear plant worker has been diagnosed with radiation-related cancer, Japanese authorities said Tuesday, in the first such confirmation more than four years after the worst atomic accident in a generation. Tokyo Electric Power Company, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant said last year that more than 44,000 people have been involved in the cleanup work since ... Read More »

Recent study finds the cost for a single baby born to a woman aged 40 and older ranges from $45,000 to over $100,000 under Quebec’s funded IVF program. Starting in August, 2010, the Quebec health-care system began funding IVF for women of any age in the province. It was left to individual clinics to establish cutoffs; some stopped offering the ... Read More »

Jose Ferreira, 50, charged with murder of Carrie Jopek, 13, in 1982. A man is behind bars after police say he confessed to a crime he committed as a teenager, breaking his decades-long denial. Prosecutors charged Jose Ferreira over the death of 13-year-old Carrie Ann Jopek, who went missing in 1982. Milwaukee television news station WISN 12 News reported last ... Read More »

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh has announced that he is suffering from bladder cancer. The 75-year-old announced his illness on the Facebook page of his San Rafael restaurant and concert hall, Terrapin Crossroads. Read More »

Introducing your child to the joys of a PB&J as early as possible may actually protect them from developing a food allergy, according to a new review published in the Canadian Medical Association (CMAJ). “If parents ask how to prevent allergy in their children, our current advice is to introduce the allergenic foods at four to six months of age,” ... Read More »