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Aretha Franklin’s Health Is In the Clear — The Queen of Soul says her medical problems are resolved, but she won’t discuss reports that it was pancreatic cancer. (MSNBC)
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Celebrity Surgery: Hollywood’s Year In Health


This week, 30 Rock comedian Tracy Morgan revealed that he’d had a kidney transplant earlier this month. He’s said to be doing well, but Morgan is hardly the first celeb to suffer health problems this year. A slew of other famous folk have survived major health threats in the last twelve months — and have gone under the knife to remedy of a variety of ailments. … More »

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Aretha Franklin’s Pancreatic Cancer Is An Obesity Wake-Up Call


News about Aretha Franklin’s pancreatic cancer caused pangs of anguish for all of us who grew up encouraged to feel like a natural woman (and belt out songs that we were totally unfit to sing) thanks to the Queen of Soul. But if we’re honest, we’ve been feeling pangs over Aretha for quite some time: Her voice hasn’t changed, but her body sure has; an all-too visible indication not of aging or of diminishing looks, but of poor health. No matter how impressive her performances, year after year, we’ve caught ourselves gasping over her ballooning weight, wondering when it would pop and give way to serious medical issues (if it wasn’t already).

We know that many people are uncomfortable with the correlation between obesity and disease. “But pancreatic cancer killed Patrick Swayze, and he wasn’t fat!” you’ll argue. It’s true that not everyone who gets cancer is overweight, and not everyone who’s overweight gets cancer. But selective ignorance of medical advice and studies doesn’t make them go away: … More »

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Aretha Franklin’s Pancreatic Cancer Is An Obesity Wake-Up Call