Health Rewind: American Idol’ s Joanne Borgella Diagnosed With Cancer
Plus, one in 10 young people have committed rape.
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Model and Singer Joanne Borgella Has Cancer - Recently, American Idol’s Joanne Borgella announced on her Facebook page that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. In a video she posted, she said, “It’s been crazy. It’s very unexpected. I’m 31 years old. I go to the doctor — I’ve gotten checkups,” she stated. “It’s a rare case because it has spread to my chest.” Borgella did not say which type of cancer she has. —Kellee Terrell(Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for BMI)
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Can Cinnamon Treat Irregular Periods? - Can cinnamon supplements help regulate women’s periods? A new study says yes. Researchers from Columbia University in New York looked at women with polycystic ovary syndrome, a common infertility disorder that disrupts menstruation, and found that the herb helped “jump start” these women’s periods, even helping some get pregnant without additional fertility help, writes Health Day News.(Photo: Hoberman Collection/UIG via Getty Images)
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Do Bisexual Teens Have Higher Depression Rates? - Being an LGBT youth is hard enough, but a new study found that bisexual teens may face even greater challenges. Researchers found that bisexual teens tend to have higher rates of depression as they transition into adulthood. The study’s authors blame the lack of programs solely geared toward bisexual teens and bisexual teens’ own feelings of not being accepted by gays and lesbians for this disparity, Science Daily writes. (Photo: Photodisc/Getty Images)
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Healthy Foods Not So Accessible for Poor Blacks - A new study found that most low-income grocery stores in Philadelphia didn’t carry a variety of healthy foods and 80 percent of these stores got low scores for quality on their meats, fruits and vegetables. Sadly, a third of the city’s residents surveyed told researchers that they only can afford to shop at these stores and cannot travel outside of the area to buy groceries.(Photo: Hans Pennink/AP Photo File)
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Report: Air Pollution Causes Cancer - Breathing in smog is a detriment to our health, says a new report put out by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The Agency says that air pollution can cause lung cancer in people, the Associated Press writes. In 2010, 220,000 lung cancer deaths around the world were connected to air pollution. (Photo Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
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