Posted on January 7th, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health is a much discussed topic after he was noticed a sudden weight loss since 2008. His cancellation of a keynote speech at Macworld 2009 sparked a lot to think Jobs is in great ill, some pransters even spoofed Steve Jobs death news. In a letter to quell Apple community’s concerns for his health, CEO Steve Jobs said it was a hormone imbalance that caused him the weight loss while without giving any details. Also, he said he was expected to regain weight late this Spring as the remedy for his nutritional problem “is relatively simple and straightforward”. However, Times‘ article on the topic doubted Steve Jobs’ hormone imbalance excuse/explaination and even suspected he might have a second cancer (Steve was striken with pancreatic cancer in 2004):
[...] No illness involving a combination of a hormone imbalance and a loss of proteins that causes dramatic weight loss could be remedied with a simple nutritional fix, Lustig says.
A hormonal imbalance would indeed suggest an endocrine problem, like diabetes, says Lustig, but many of the conditions that cause the body to lose vital proteins are not endocrine in nature. If a patient were losing the proteins through urine, diabetes could be an explanation, but so could other conditions, including multiple myeloma, a cancer that causes symptoms ranging from bone pain to weight loss.
Pancreatic cancer could also cause protein loss during the digestive process, Lustig says, which would suggest a recurrence of the malignant tumor that Jobs battled 2004. It is unlikely, however, that Jobs’ original cancer has spread, Lustig says. Since pancreatic cancer is so swift and deadly, “We have to assume he was cured of that,” Lustig says. “If he weren’t, he would have been dead years ago.” But having developed one endocrine tumor increases the patient’s risk for developing a second.
Another explanation for a protein deficiency is that the body is simply not producing enough of them — a symptom of conditions including hypothyroidism, in which the body underproduces necessary hormones, or Cushing’s syndrome, Lustig says. But both conditions cause weight gain, not loss. Another possible cause is celiac disease, in which a gluten intolerance diminishes the body’s ability to absorb nutrients, but that’s a digestive order, not the result of a hormone imbalance, Lustig says. What’s more, almost none of the hypothesized disorders involving hormone imbalance and protein deficiency can be treated with a basic change in nutrition. “There is no one disease process that encompasses these three medical threads,” says Lustig.
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
Hollywood actors Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn have become proud parents. Their twin daughters who are named Dolly Rebecca Roseand and Charlie Tamara Tulip were born on December 28, 2008. According to celebrity-babies.com, Dolly is in honor of Dolly Parton, while Charlie is assumed to be for Jerry’s brother Charlie O’Connell and Tamara for Rebecca’s sister.
Jerry O’Connell and Rebecca Romijn Pic @ hoahoctro.vn
Pregnant Rebecca Romijn Pic
The news that Rebecca Romijn gave birth came one week later on January 5. Also on the day a jubilant Jerry O’Connell showed the footprints of his twins with Rebecca Romijn to the photogs outside an Oxnard, California hospital.
Jerry O’Connell, 35, and Rebecca Romijn, 37, married (wedding photo) near Los Angeles in Calabasas, California in July, 2007. Earlier 2008 , Jerry revealed that his marriage with Rebecca is not blissful, full of fights and disagreements when competing on The Howard Stern Show’s Super Fan Contest. But the seemingly mercifull marriage did not prevent Jerry from being a father. In July, Rebecca Romijn was announced pregnant with twins, who was conceived not by in vitro fertility treament but the result of Chinese acupuncture!
Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
Zhang Ziyi Beach Pictures! Beach photos of Zhang Ziyi and boyfriend Vivi Nevo vacationing at St Barth on the new year days are the most sought and most commented items currently in China and other areas (like Malaysia, Singapore) where Chinese is also spoken.
Since this afternoon, more than 1 million netizens probably saw them. Within the next 72 hours, the number should go past 10 million or even 100 million. Many of the comments were angry shouts by Chinese men. Even though they are somewhere else on the Internet, you can still imagine the masses of mouths and the millions of tongues wagging in anger. [ESWN]
Right after those of Zhang Ziyi beach bikini pics by X17online hit the internet, the 29-year-old Chinese actress was set to stir some controversies in a modern but still conservative Chinese society. We don’t want to elaborate anything on the issue, but you can go to AsiaOne.com to read what the big deal (in Chinese audience’s minds) of Zhang Ziyi’s compromising beach sunbathing photos (the pics posted here are very safe for watch).
Zhang Ziyi’s rep said her client’s privacy was invaded:
Ziyi and her fiance [Vivi Nevo] were vacationing on a private beach enjoying a normal part of life for the two of them. This is a matter of personal privacy. I sympathize with Ziyi and with all celebrities who have had their privacy invaded. It is difficult for them to enjoy vacations and even ordinary, everyday life. [Danwei]
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Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by Lindsay Britney
Daniel Giersch (pictured above) is the 2nd husband of actress Kelly Rutherford. The couple now is in the process of a divorce. Daniel Giersch filed for legal separation the same day when Kelly Rutherford, who played Lily van der Woodsen in Gossip Girls, submitted her own divorce papers, according to People. The German-born internet entrepreneur was famously known his win against Google for the Gmail trademark lawsuit in Germany. With Kelly, Giersch fathered a son and an unborn baby whom was just conceived three months ago.
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