Name: Ryan Padilla LeeAge: 37Location: Sacramento, CaliforniaOccupation: Choral Director/Educator Start Weight: 205 poundsEnd Weight: 135 poundsTime Running: 16 months My weight has fluctuated between 160 and 200 pounds in my 30s, and at 5-foot-7, anything over 170 pounds weighs me down. Given my busy lifestyle, between regular work and side gigs, I barely had time
The use of novel, chemotherapy-free regimens in Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) is poised to become the new standard of care, according to a review assessment by Nicholas Short, MD, of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and colleagues. Since the introduction of highly potent BCR-ABL–mutation tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), Ph+
As a child, Levi was bullied at school and struggled to build confidence, so he ended up taking comfort in food. “I was extremely shy, I couldn’t talk in front of people, I couldn’t talk to people,” he says. In a new episode of Truly’s transformation series Brand New Me, Levi recalls how he continued
Dealing with a painful medical procedure is difficult for anyone, but often more so if the patient is a child. For example, a venipuncture—the penetrating of a vein for a procedure such as drawing blood or inserting an intravenous tube—may make a young patient anxious or uneasy. Many hospitals, including Johns Hopkins Children’s Center (JHCC),
The lungs Bill Thompson was born with told a gruesome, harrowing and unmistakable tale to Dr. Anthony Szema when he analyzed them and found the black spots, scarring, partially combusted jet fuel and metal inside. The retired Army staff sergeant had suffered catastrophic lung damage from breathing incinerated waste burned in massive open-air pits and
Baby Beckett! Jesse Tyler Ferguson opened up on Monday, March 8, about raising his 8-month-old son, from his “sweet” personality to his favorite book. Parents With Pride! Dwyane Wade and More Celebs Supporting Their LGBTQ Kids “It’s a new person in your life and just like anyone else … you’ve gotta figure out if you
Mat Fraser held onto his title of “Fittest Man on Earth” for another year in October 2020, when he won the annual CrossFit Games for the fifth year running. In a recent conversation with powerlifter Stefi Cohen on her YouTube channel, Fraser spoke about how his diet plays an important part in his overall fitness—and
There are few feelings more frustrating than lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep. In a new video, YouTuber Mike Shake shares his experience of trying different methods for getting to sleep more quickly at night. The challenge is broken down into two separate components: adjusting his habits throughout the day,
Doctors and nurses slam rapper T.I. for taking his daughter, 18, to ‘check her hymen’ every year and say that so-called ‘virginity tests’ are unreliable, ‘humiliating and painful’ In an interview for a podcast, rapper T.I. said he takes his 18-year-old daughter Deyjah Harris for an annual exams to determine if she’s still a virgin
Mother, 25, shares heartwarming photos of her four-year-old son on his first day at school after he nearly died of sepsis Abbey Burns gave birth at 27 weeks; son Roman weighed 2lb 11oz (1.2kg) Roman was born with group B strep, which caused him to develop sepsis Also had a severe bleed on his brain
All done! Tori Spelling admitted that her husband, Dean McDermott, does not want to have any more kids. “Literally, his skin crawls when people ask that,” the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum, 46, said on a Monday, June 17, episode of her husband’s “Daddy Issues” podcast with Adam Hunter and Nicky Paris. “It’s a lot.” The actress went
One way or another, we all eventually learn that you really can have too much of a good thing. A Canadian man learned that lesson the hard way: For more than two years, he regularly took an extremely high dose of vitamin D—which unfortunately caused permanent damage to his kidneys. The case study, published in the Canadian Medical Association
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