GETTY IMAGES: The public perceives most professional athletes as superior specimens and in peak condition, but pros can suffer from debilitating health conditions just like the rest of us. For example: world champion and Cleveland Cavaliers star Richard Jefferson. Jefferson has been a professional basketball player since 2001 and has played for teams including the New Jersey […]

One brief moment in time would prove fatal for the Staten Island teen, who family and friends lovingly called, "Poppa Jawn."

One brief moment in time would prove fatal for the Staten Island teen, who family and friends lovingly called, "Poppa Jawn."

Just as we thought Chris Brown was staying out of trouble, something always comes up. The R&B singer and father of 1-year-old Royalty is being accused of making his daughter sick with asthma by his baby mother Nia Guzman, according to TMZ. Nia believes this has happened due to extreme exposure to secondhand smoke while Royalty is with Chris. The site reports: Guzman […]

12-year-old Laporshia Massey died of an asthma attack because her school’s staff members were unable to immediately care for her. The Bryant Elementary School in Cobbs Creek, PA only has a nurse on staff on Thursdays and Fridays due to the Philadelphia budget cuts; Massey became ill on Wednesday. According to FOX, Massey’s father, Daniel Burch, […]

Watch that microwave popcorn folks if you are about to have a baby! A pregnant woman’s exposure to microwaves, power lines, hair dryers, and other devices with electromagnetic fields may increase her child’s risk of asthma, a study suggests. Scientists checked pregnant women’s levels of exposure to low-frequency magnetic fields and compared the info to the […]