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The FDA gives the green light, but is it cost effective to give men Gardasil?
Should boys be vaccinated against HPV? This is the new hot button question after the Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil use in men last week. The New York Times recently reported that advisory groups recommended boys between the ages of 9 and 25 soldier into doctor's offices and get injected with the costly, but effective, shot. Sex Does A Body Good
Gardasil, on the market since 2006, was previously just recommended for women as it protects against two strains of HPV that if undetected can lead to 90 percent of cervical cancer cases. While the shot prevents … Read More
A bra with TV screens may help cure cancer.
While we aren't fans of tacky arts and crafts, if they're tacky arts and crafts with a cause, then we give 'em a pass.
Enter The Boob Tube Bra. Yes, that's right. A generous-sized bra with screens on each cup, encouraging, nay ensuring, that men focus on your other set of eyes. You can completely throw out the large-breasted lady plight of "men never look at my face! look up here mister." Yeah, that's out the window once you strap on this baby. Me, My Husband And My Baby: Who Owns My Breasts?
On a serious note, the … Read More
Embracing your sexuality—even when hairless, throwing up and left ravaged by a mastectomy.
It's a common perception that only older women get breast cancer—old enough that they don't really care if they ever have sex again. And boobs? Whatever, take 'em… They already nursed their kids and the ta-tas are just getting saggy anyway. Right?
Wrong! I'm 26, and I have cancer in my breast. And no matter what age, women still want to be treated like the gorgeous creatures we are, even when hairless, probably throwing up and left ravaged by a mastectomy.
When I discovered my lump at 24, I was nearly scoffed out of a male breast cancer specialist's … Read More
Details from a book proposal by Andrew Young are not flattering for John Edwards.
If you can't trust a former personal injury lawyer then who can you trust? According to Celebitchy, the former Vice Presidential candidate and former North Carolina Senator John Edwards made some outlandish promises to mistress and possible baby's mama Rielle Hunter.
Celebitchy, based on leaked details from a book pitch by fall guy former aide Andrew Young (not the former mayor of Atlanta), intimates that John Edwards was a smooth operator and willing to make extravagent promises. As you may recall, Young was initially said to be dating Hunter and likely to have sired the feminine child … Read More
Sure, we've all read about how romantic or commitment-shy each zodiac sign is—but do you know what a person's sign says about how they feel about sex? Who likes role-playing and who likes a bed of roses? Who needs a long warm-up session and who's ready for take-off after a peck on the cheek? With the help of Phyllis Vega, author of Erotic Astrology: The Sex Secrets of Your Horoscope Revealed, we found out what your—or your love interest's—sign indicates about sexual style, turn-offs and turn-ons. Plus, find out which signs are sexually compatible.
Written by Justine … Read More
DJ AM's death reminds us of the late stars whose ex-lovers miss them most of all.
Our hearts go out to the family and many friends of DJ AM Adam Goldstein, who was found dead in New York City at age 36 on Friday, August 28, 2009. Celebrity Love: DJ AM's Final Days: Broken-hearted Over A Split
The public knows Adam for his talent as well as his high-profile relationships with stars like Nicole Richie, Mandy Moore and most recently 22-year-old apparel model Hayley Wood, who's been reported to have broken off their eight-month relationship last week.
Richie and Moore appear to be keeping a low profile after news of Adam's … Read More
Ted Kennedy was as notorious for his scandalous private life as he was for his career.
Ted Kennedy, the last of the living Kennedy brothers and renowned Massachusetts senator who held office as a Democrat since 1964, died Tuesday of brain cancer at the Kennedy estate in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.
Formally named Edward Moore Kennedy, Ted was as known for his questionable private life as his political feats. YourTango's Celebrity Love has constructed a timeline of the scandals that went on behind Ted Kennedy's loosely-closed doors for five decades.
1958 - After a yearlong courtship, Ted Kennedy married beauty queen and college classmate Virginia Joan Bennett (known now as Joan … Read More
Farrah Fawcett speaks to ex-husband Lee Majors for the first time in 23 years.
After not speaking to one another for over twenty years, Farrah Fawcett and ex-husband Lee Majors were able to reconcile before her death.
According to Us Weekly, Lee and Farrah had been in contact through friends once Lee found out Farrah was diaganosed with cancer in 2006.
"He didn't feel like he could reach out to her himself—it had just been too long, but he still cared about her deeply," a source told Us. "He would send funny messages to her through friends, and she would do the same, and it was very sweet."Answer: Why does an ex … Read More
Actress passed at Santa Monica hospital Thursday morning.
Although Ryan O'Neal told Barbara Walters he and longtime partner Farrah Fawcett were planning to marry as soon as possible, the pair was unable to exchange vows before Farrah died of cancer yesterday morning at the age of 62. O'Neal, Farrah's friend Alana Stewart, and her doctor were in the room when she passed, according to Us Weekly. The interview with Walters aired last night on ABC.
Farrah's passing after a three-year battle with cancer was overshadowed by the sudden death later in the day of Michael Jackson, but for a few hours, the media as well … Read More
Actors to make honest folks of each other—finally.
Ryan O'Neal has been trying to get Farrah Fawcett to marry him since her ex-husband, Lee Majors, first introduced them way back in the '70s. Now, with Farrah on her deathbed after a long battle with cancer, the weatherbeaten Love Story star says he'll get his lady to say "I do" at any cost. "I've asked her to marry me, again, and she's agreed," O'Neal told Barbara Walters in an interview for 20/20 that will air this Friday. "I used to ask her to marry me all the time," O'Neal said. "But ... it just got … Read More