Jane Kaczmarek: Hip Replacement Helped Her Reclaim Her Life
Jane Kaczmarek, a seven-time Emmy Award nominee and three-time Golden Globe Awards nominee for her role as Lois, the mother on the FOX television series “Malcolm in the Middle” appeared to be sailing through life. Behind the scenes, Kaczmarek, the mom to Frances, 15, George, 12, Mary Louisa, 9, with ex-husband, actor Bradley Whitford,
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Trista Sutter: The Unexpected Reality of Gestational Diabetes
As the runner-up on the first season of ABC’s reality show, “The Bachelor” and the star of its first sister show “The Bachelorette” Trista Sutter (then Rehn) captured the hearts of America, and a hunky fireman, Ryan Sutter. One of the few contestants of the hits series to truly find love ever-after long after
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Jeannine Edwards: Eyeing the Dry Side of Life
A love of horses as a little girl that blossomed into a career on the racetrack as an exercise rider, apprentice jockey and trainer in New York and New Jersey led to Jeannine Edwards landing a job as a reporter in 1993. Branching out from covering horses to doing interviews and handicapping horse races,
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Ellie Krieger: Eating to Ease RA
Ellie Krieger, a registered dietitian, culinary expert and star of the online talk-show “New Way RA”, hosted by Deborah Norville is committed to helping people coping with rheumatoid arthritis, the chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints, live better and eat to reduce the inflammation in their joints. Krieger, who also hosts Healthy Appetite on
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CariDee English: A Cover Girl That Doesn’t Cover Up Because of Psoriasis
Ever since she was a little girl, CariDee English knew she wanted to be a model. But psoriasis that started at age 5 threatened to dash her dreams. And sentenced English to a life of wearing long sleeves and pants. English grew up in what she calls an “outdoor lake country” in Fargo, North
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Lea Thompson: Caring For Loved Ones With Alzheimer’s
Just as her career was hitting star status in the 1980s, Lea Thompson, 50, was starring in the real-life role of devastated granddaughter. Thompson, who starred in the “Back to the Future” movie franchise watched Alzheimer’s claim the lives of both of her grandmothers nearly three decades ago. “My maternal and fraternal grandmothers both
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Kevin Sorbo: How Hercules Found Strength He Never Knew He Had
In September 1997, “Hercules” actor Kevin Sorbo, then 38, was on top of the world. Not only was he starring as the strongest man in the world in the title role on the hit show “Hercules,” Sorbo was in the best shape of his life. Spending hours a day in the gym lifting weights and
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Jon Lovitz: Stepping out of the Shadows of Psoriasis
Television and movie funnyman Jon Lovitz, 54, was diagnosed with severe psoriasis more than 10 years ago. And says the diagnosis came during the most stressful time of the comedian’s life. “I was in the midst of starting a new avenue in my career with stand-up comedy by opening my own comedy club, when
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Ben Morrison: Crohn’s Doesn’t Have to be a Pain in the Butt
Funnyman Ben Morrison, 32, says Crohn’s might impact his ability to eat spontaneously, but it’s not going to strip away his sense of humor, too. And the stand-up comic, who has also starred along Ashton Kutcher in “Punk’d,” wants people living with the digestive disease to know that even though crohn’s, an inflammatory bowel disease
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Gregory Itzin: Battling Ulcerative Colitis
Whether the role is the President of the U.S. on the TV hit series “24” or spy on “Covert Affairs,” Gregory Itzin brings intensity and unwavering professionalism to the set. That’s why he’s bound and determined to not let his ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory disease in the colon that causes pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, fever
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Gina Roberts-Grey is a prolific freelance writer specializing in celebrities, health, and consumer issues. Her work appears in leading print and online markets around the globe.
