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May 18, 2012
Weed Wackiness: Here Are Common Drugs More Dangerous Than Marijuana
As the debate over medical marijuana continues in New York and the rest of the U.S., there's bound to be a lot of conflicting information out there. Opponents of medical marijuana tend to argue that it is dangerous and has no therapeutic qualities. We're not medical experts, so we're not going to d ... More >>
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May 7, 2012
Domino's Introduces Gluten-Free Crust
Domino's Pizza is jumping on the gluten-free bandwagon. The chain restaurant has partnered up with the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness and will be rolling out a gluten-free crust. Ingredients: rice starch, water, rice flour, olive oil, and potato starch. "Domino's new Gluten Free Crust pi ... More >>
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May 3, 2012
Look What Was Next To The Security Sign At the Miami Airport!
A fleet enema! Someone obviously thought it best to leave it there rather than try to get it aboard the plane along with all the toothpastes, body lotions, and hemorrhoid creams. And it's a good thing, if you ask me.
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April 25, 2012
Parents Now Pushing Unneeded Surgeries on Obese Kids
We're guessing that Dr. Ben Spock wouldn't suggest this... The New York Times reports that parents of obese kids are increasingly treating gallbladder ailments by having their children undergo invasive operations to remove the organ. Here's the thing: Most of the time, the kids don't need surgery ... More >>
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March 31, 2012
Hilarious "My Ass" Video By Two Insane Drag Queens
Mickey Avalon's immortal genital-rap classic "My Dick" was bound to get a spoof, but nothing else about the above clip was inevitable. It's fresh, racy, funny, smelly, and pink on both sides and brown in the middle. It's "My Ass" by P-Flo--namely Pickles (aka writer/producer Michael Wakefield) and ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
New Guidelines for Gluten Sensitivity: Report
A panel of experts recently released a report that proposed a new way of classifying gluten-related disorders, according to the Wall Street Journal. The authors of the report, which was partially supported by a company that sells gluten-free products and published in the journal BMC Medicine, ass ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
The Doctors TV Show Rips Paula Deen
Here's the picture of Deen shown on this morning's The Doctors. First thing on this morning's episode of the CBS show The Doctors, the panel lit into Paula Deen. They first criticized her for knowing she had diabetes three years ago and still promoting unhealthy meals on TV, noting "80 percent of ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
The Mayor and Health Department Will Keep Scaring You With Gross Obesity Ads
Mike Bloomberg thinks that it's perfectly OK to scare you into behaving -- at least when it comes to what you eat. The mayor's office and health department say that their in-your-face public health ads -- one of which features a fake amputee -- are necessary shock tactics to get people to make heal ... More >>
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February 5, 2012
Bad Boats: Cruise Ships See Outbreak Of Norovirus
Cruise ships have never been something we've found appealing, personally. Really, there's something about being trapped in a large vessel on the open sea with a bunch of people we don't know that has always kind of freaked us out. The boats themselves haven't been doing a lot to prove us wrong recen ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
Lexington Brass Chef Franklin Becker on Diabetic Cooking, Paula Deen, and Light Super Bowl Bites
Photo courtesy Franklin BeckerFranklin Becker still loves chicken wings on game day...but grilled onesYesterday we spoke with Franklin Becker, the chef at both Abe & Arthur's and Lexington Brass, who told us all about revamping the menu at Abe & Arthur's and what food trends are here to stay. ... More >>
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January 17, 2012
Did Paula Deen's Diet Cause Her Diabetes?
This article delves into the possibilities, wondering, "How can bacon-doughnut egg burgers possibly be good for you?"
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January 17, 2012
Paula Deen, Southern Butter Belle, Confirms Diabetes Rumors
Paula Deen has diabetes, but the Southern belle of butter intends to keep on eating the fatty, sugary, salty foods linked to the disease, according to Time.
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December 15, 2011
The Cutest Guy On TV Right Now!
No, that's not him in the above illustration -- though it might be his insides. I'm talking about the guy on the commercial for Crohn's disease, the awful condition that has to do with "damaging inflammations" of the bowels and lots of running to the toilet. I'm sure you've seen the ad (unless you ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Almost Everyone in America Is Too Fat
Good morning! Are you enjoying a delicious donut with this blog post? Do you have full-fat milk in your coffee? Did you get your full intake of pizza-as-vegetable last night? Maybe so! According to two new research from the American Heart Association, Americans are getting fatter and sicker f ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Foreskins Are Saving Lives!
Next time you're face to face with an uncut, cheesy noodle, don't scoff! That thing could be medically useful! Or at the very least cosmetically so. According to research, human foreskin fibroblasts can be used to help restore cells for everyone from diabetics to burn victims. And I'm not ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Do Diet Sodas Make You Fat? A University of Texas Study Seems to Say So
Do Not Drink? It was too good to be true - the idea that you could drink massive amounts of diet soda and suffer no ill consequences. The NY Post reports today on a University of Texas medical school study that shows that people who drink diet sodas are 70% more likely to suffer an increase ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
Lenka
Do Not Drink? It was too good to be true - the idea that you could drink massive amounts of diet soda and suffer no ill consequences. The NY Post reports today on a University of Texas medical school study that shows that people who drink diet sodas are 70% more likely to suffer an increase ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
Foods with (Fake) Health Benefits? It's Been the Case for Years -- Just Look at Breakfast Cereals.
flickr/Frank GruberHeart healthy? Or heart healthful? The New York Times recently published an excellent story about how food companies are peddling so-called "miracle foods" that can cure every type of ailment and discomfort. Of course such food companies can't claim that the foods actuall ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
TOILET TALK
A controversial Spanish play tests New Yorkers
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April 21, 2011
Serial Restaurant Burglar At Large in Manhattan
Burglary suspectCausing heartburn among a select few around the city in the past six weeks, a serial burglar has cut through security gates late at night and swiped cash from at least 17 little businesses in Manhattan, most of them restaurants, cops say. Tips are welcome, not only at the restau ... More >>
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March 25, 2011
Imperial No. Nine's Sam Talbot on Being a Chef with Diabetes and Why Chefs Need to be Ego-Free
Photo courtesy Sam TalbotGo fish, Sam Talbot. Yesterday we spoke with Sam Talbot, who is now helming sustainable seafood restaurant Imperial No. Nine in the Mondrian Hotel. Today he talks about growing up with diabetes and how that's influenced him to write a lifestyle-focused cookbook.
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January 23, 2011
Elderly CUNY Professor Faces Death Threats from Glenn Beck Fans; Southern Sudan Votes to Secede
Today, it's advisable that you stay the hell inside again: it'll be a high of 24. Get prepared for tomorrow, which won't even break 20 degrees. Frances Fox Piven is a 78-year-old liberal CUNY professor. She's also now the recipient of death threats as a result of Glenn Beck's efforts to paint he ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Lose Weight With Preparation H
I've heard for years about people who ingeniously use Preparation H to shrink the bags under their eyes, but I never imagined it would also be used to reduce one's waistline. So I was stunned when a dimpled male beauty contestant told me that he regularly smears his middle section in Prop. 8 ... More >>
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September 5, 2010
Reviewing Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine
MmmmmmIt's like your mother always said: you don't know if you like it until you try it. Think about how much you enjoy brussels sprouts now. And they sort of smell like pee, too! BoingBoing was kind enough to point us in the direction of the special Gilpin Family single malt blend, which is ... More >>
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August 30, 2010
Gilpin Family Whisky Brings New Meaning to the Term 'Piss Drunk'
Gilpin Family WhiskySort of like turning water into wine, but not really.Today in news guaranteed to to promote regurgitation, an industrious entrepreneur has started making whisky from the urine of elderly diabetics.
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July 22, 2010
Chatting With Veggie Burgers Every Which Way's Lukas Volger About Reinventing the Bête Noire of Vegetarian Dining
Veggie Burger MadnessLukas Volger displays one of his creations.Even though it's generally accepted that vegetarian food has evolved by leaps and bounds over the past several years, veggie burgers by and large remain stuck in the herbivore ghetto. There's the Morningstar-Boca Burger contingen ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
MAD AS HELL
Jamie Kilstein has some ideas for Obama
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May 24, 2010
A Look at the Latest Beer Gardens; Oil Spill Threatens Seafood Industry
The Tribeca Grand's Church Lounge attracts an A-list crowd of bar, restaurant, and club owners; doormen; DJs; and promoters every Sunday for brunch. [NY Post] As Astoria's Bohemian Hall celebrates its 100th anniversary, a look at the city's newest beer gardens, including Mission Dolores in P ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
A Walk in a Corporate Garden; Grub Crawls A-Go-Go
Corporations like PepsiCo have started planting organic corporate vegetable gardens, where employees can weed during breaks and take home the harvest. [NY Times] Grub crawls are all the rage these days. Neighborhoods like South Williamsburg and the Lower East Side are ideal for grazing at a ... More >>
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April 8, 2010
Things That Could Ruin Your Day, But Won't: Death by Asteroid
Potential Proctologists Association campaign ad waiting to happen.You know what asteroids and hemorrhoids have in common? Four letters at the end and the ability to severely fuck up one's day. You should enjoy today knowing that you missed at least one of them.
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March 16, 2010
Simon Nunez, Missing Bronx Man, Found
We mentioned that Simon Nunez was missing yesterday. Good news: The 74-year-old Bronx man, who suffers from Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes, has been found at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Nunez was about five miles from his Beach Avenue home when he apparently became disoriented and wandered ... More >>
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March 2, 2010
Split Lip Rayfield
We mentioned that Simon Nunez was missing yesterday. Good news: The 74-year-old Bronx man, who suffers from Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes, has been found at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Nunez was about five miles from his Beach Avenue home when he apparently became disoriented and wandered ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Nightmares Before Thanksgiving: Medicos Warn of Holiday-Related Injuries, Celiac Disease, Etc.
Christ in Heaven, King Kong and the Rockettes have announced holiday Christmas season. So it's time to start thinking about that cozy, mildly-patriotic warm-up event, Thanksgiving, and the turkey with which those of us who are not celebrity vegans celebrate. Looking forward to it? Let us fi ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
The Family That Makes Together: Studies in Crap Keeps Regular With Kelloggs' Keep on the Sunny Side of Life
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Keep on the Sunny Side of Life: A New Way of Living Date: 1933 Publisher: K ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Quick Hits
Avenue D and 10th Street ca. 1937. h/t The Bowery Boys. Four men dressed as the Super Mario Brothers beat up and robbed a cabbie in Staten Island on Halloween. The Staten Island Advance has the story and some bizarre footage. A mysterious powder was found on the floor of a New Jersey Tra ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Carly Simon Sues Starbucks; Are Burgers Bad?
Should Americans banish burgers? Ground beef contaminated with E. coli bacteria has sickened, paralyzed, and even killed people. Bill Marler, an expert on foodborne illness litigation, has been trying to rid the American diet of burgers since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak of 1993. [CNN ... More >>
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July 29, 2009
Marion Nestle on Calorie Counts, 16 Months In
When the New York City Department of Health regulated that chain restaurants must post calories, they promised huge health gains--calorie labels would prevent 30,000 cases of diabetes, they said, and reduce the number of obese New Yorkers by 150,000. Of course, it's too early to know whether or not ... More >>
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April 28, 2009
Sometimes the Past Offers Wisdom, and Sometimes It Suggests Rubbing Kerosene On a Baby's Head: Studies in Crap Presents Our Babies
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. He does this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Our Babies: Their Feeding, Care, and TrainingAuthor: Dr. Herman N. BundesenDate: 1941Discovered at: Es ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 18, 2009
DIVINE MADNESS
John Waters discusses his new art exhibit
Blogs
April 11, 2008
"Snooze" Alarm: Today's Perky Daily News (And Other Great Headlines)
John Waters discusses his new art exhibit
Blogs
June 8, 2007
Top Chef Now has its Own Holiday
John Waters discusses his new art exhibit
NYC Life
December 19, 2006
Repeat After Us: I Will Stop Eating Candy in 2007
She gave up her addiction to strawberry laces and Milk Duds, and lived to tell the tale
NYC Life
November 29, 2005
Rotting Away
Thousands of New York inmates have hepatitis C. Only a few hundred get treatment.
Film
October 12, 2004
Film
Thousands of New York inmates have hepatitis C. Only a few hundred get treatment.
News
April 29, 2003
Our Starving, 'Psychotic' Allies
The Coalition of the Unwilling
News
April 23, 2002
Hepatitis C in the NYPD
Sick Cops Claim the Department is Dodging the Law to Deny Them Benefits
News
November 7, 2000
One Dead in Ohio
An Inmate's Death Casts Doubt on the Company Picked to Run the City's Prison Health System
Theater
August 24, 1999
Bourgeois Nights
An Inmate's Death Casts Doubt on the Company Picked to Run the City's Prison Health System
News
July 13, 1999
Profit Prophets
Wonks Predict Stormy Health Care Ahead
News
March 9, 1999
Bad Blood
FDA Catches Brookdale Hospital in transfusion confusion
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