heart disease-related stories
Posted Nov 16th 2009 11:30AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime, Celebrities, Reality-Free
There will be
an interesting guest checking in with The Doctors today -- Barbra Streisand. No, the singer/actress/director won't be talking about dry throat or stage fright or even tinnitus, an ailment she suffers from that causes an unending high-pitched ringing in the ears.
Barbra Streisand is calling in to
The Doctors to discuss heart health awareness for women... and even though I've never watched
The Doctors, I will today. I guess that's why and how celebrity helps causes like this. It draws attention and, presumably, I'm going to get something of value out of tuning in. I've already had my eyes opened.
Continue reading Barbra Streisand talks to The Doctors
Posted Aug 8th 2009 9:02AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Commercials, Celebrities, Obituaries, Reality-Free
So now we know why Billy Mays was so hyped in his commercials -- he used cocaine. The autopsy results for the TV pitchman confirm that he died of heart disease, but there were also
traces of cocaine in Billy Mays' system from a few days prior to his demise.
There was a family history of heart disease, and cocaine can elevate blood pressure and contribute to coronary blockages. The coroner, Dr. Chrostowski, reported that "cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of Mays' heart disease and thereby contributed to his death."
Continue reading Coke contributed to Billy Mays' death
Posted Jun 29th 2009 2:16PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Obituaries
If you're wearing
blue to pay tribute Billy Mays, you were probably as shocked by
the pitchman's death as I was. Heck, I was even more surprised by Billy's passing than I was by Michael Jackson's. The guy seemed as healthy as a horse, sporting nothing more than the slight beer gut anyone of his age that's not a fitness fanatic and lives the good life is likely to have.
So in a perverse way, some of us approaching middle age were hoping that the cause of Billy's death could have been explained by the bump on the head he got after his flight had a rough landing the day before he died. We figured it was a delayed response to head trauma, a la what happened to Natasha Richardson earlier this year.
But autopsy results, verified by
Billy Mays III on his Twitter feed, showed that there was no head trauma.
Mays simply died of heart disease. Continue reading Billy Mays died of heart disease, says autopsy
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