A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles, has sued the university’s regents, the doctor and 20 other parties. The woman’s lawsuit says Dr. James Heaps inappropriately touched her genitals, breast and buttock during a 2017 appointment to remove her intrauterine device. She […]
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Drew Barrymore Doesn't Beat Herself Up About Her Weight: ‘I Was Never Naturally That Thin’
Drew Barrymore has been a movie star since age 7, but she never bought into the Hollywood pressure to lose weight. “Never have, never will,” the actress, 44, tells PEOPLE. “I think it’s bulls—.” Part of the reason why, Barrymore says, is that she accepted early on that it would be fighting her body type. […]
Influencer Hannah Polites Shares a Candid Photo of Her Body 24 Hours After Giving Birth
Hannah Polites wants to keep it real in the days after giving birth to her second child. The Instagram influencer, 28, welcomed son Arlo William on Sunday, and 24 hours later, she snapped a picture of herself post-childbirth to show what bodies really look like in the hours after delivery. Polites shared the picture on […]
Dozens sickened by chlorine gas in public pool in Utah
Chlorine gas has sickened dozens of swimmers at a Utah public pool in what police called a freak accident. A pump malfunctioned Tuesday and forced too much chlorine out of a jet at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool about 36 miles (58 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, Pleasant Grove Police Capt. Britt Smith said. […]
Perdue Foods recalls ready-to-eat chicken that may be contaminated with bones: USDA
Purdue Foods has recalled nearly 32,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may have been contaminated with extraneous materials, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Interested in Recalls? The chicken products, which are fully cooked, were produced on March 21 and could contain bone material, the USDA announced in a press release on Friday. […]
‘Diabetics can lead lives free from medication, insulin’: Dr Pramod Tripathi
Founder Dr Pramod Tripathi says, “It is an integrated approach to diabetes reversal and has been created in the last six years. The diet and exercise protocols are designed to detoxify, repair, rehydrate and intensify fat loss and initiate muscle building.” Based on four protocols — diet, exercise, inner transformation and medication — Freedom From […]
Life after suicide — for an ABC News correspondent
James Longman, a successful foreign correspondent for ABC News, is in a club no one wants to belong to: suicide survivors. “There’s been a lot of secrecy in my family about it. This is not something that people want to talk about now, let alone all these years,” Longman told Dr. Jennifer Ashton on her […]
The gap in suicide rates among teen boys, girls is closing: Study
Teen suicide trends have long shown differences between the sexes: While girls have been more likely to attempt suicide, boys have died by suicide at higher rates. This disparity, however, may be getting smaller. Suicide rates among both girls and boys ages 10 to 19 had been on a downtrend throughout most of the 1990s […]
April Love Geary Reveals She Had an Abortion: ‘I Was Able to Make Decisions About MY Body’
April Love Geary is sharing her abortion story to explain how she can be a mother and also be pro-choice. Geary, who has two kids with fiancé Robin Thicke, said she decided to speak out after getting critical messages on Instagram. “I’ve been getting a bunch of DMs saying things like ‘how could you support […]
4 Moms Show Their Postpartum Bodies in Photo: 'If It Helped Even One Woman, We Would Be Happy'
Four mom bloggers are on a mission to change the way society views postpartum bodies. Desiree Fortin, Katie Crenshaw, Meg Boggs and Bethanie Garcia knew each other online before meeting in person for the first time in April. That was when they decided to pose for an honest and unfiltered photo showing how their bodies had […]