Topic: brain tumor

Sheryl Crow Blames Brain Tumor On Cell Phone…And Scares The Sh*t Out Of Us

Katie Couric launched her new talk show yesterday, which disappointed many-a-fan expecting more of the journalistic Katie we all knew and loved back in the day. And while her first guest was none other than Jessica Simpson–talking about (what else?) her post-baby weight loss–we found Couric’s interview with Sheryl Crow more noteworthy. Especially when Crow attributed her brain tumor to her old cell phone and scared the sh*t out of us. More »

Dental X-Rays Linked To Brain Tumors–I Knew It!

My dentist must hate me. Every time I go and she wants to do X-rays, I refuse. Nope, I don’t want them, they can’t be good for you, I don’t want that radiation in my body. To which she responds by trying to tell me it’s perfectly safe and can help detect any issues. Unless there’s a problem that you can see, I’m not budging, I say. This goes back and forth for a few minutes (don’t they make a note of this in their charts or something?), and then she finally concedes. I know they all think I’m a freak, but next time, I want to bring a new research study that suggests people who had certain kinds of dental X-rays in the past may be at an increased risk for brain tumors. I knew it! More »

Should a Walmart Worker Be Fired for Smoking Medical Marijuana?

Getting laid off for drug use might seem pretty understandable, but a man in Michigan was fired from his job at Walmart for using medical marijuana to relieve pain from an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer. He had to … More »