Is autism curable?

This seems sort of irresponsible to me. Jenny McCarthy's son, Evan, has autism. His actress mom has been a very dedicated advocate in trying to find a cure and raising money for autism and I applaud her for that, but this newest story makes me think she may end up doing more damage than good.

McCarthy tells the newest edition of Us Magazine that she has cured her son of his autism with diet. I'm sure there's more to her miracle "cure," but diet seems to be the main thing. I guess all cures have to start somewhere, and some cures come from very strange sources, but to go on a national magazine claiming to have cured her son of autism seems maybe a bit premature.

Celeb Med - Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe has admitted to having the brain disorder, dyspraxia, which leaves the star with coordination problems.

Radcliffe says he got into acting in a last bid to boost his confidence after the condition lowered his self-esteem and made school hard.

Radcliffe tells the Daily Mail, "I was having a hard time at school in terms of being c**p at everything, with no discernible talent."

The 19-year-old actor says he still has to face some difficulties - especially tying his own shoe laces. He adds, "I sometimes think, ‘Why, oh why, has Velcro not taken off?’"

Celeb Med - Kim Kardashian

I run a celebrity gossip blog plus a Nashville gossip blog and I come across celebrity medical stuff a lot. I've been thinking for a while about adding some of the more interesting celebrity medical news here. So here's my first, Kim Kardashian.

Kim is a celebrity who is known basically for being a celebrity. She's on a reality show, but she's better known for her big booty and dating various famous men. You can read more about her here.

Kim apparently cut her toe in a hotel room. Ouch. On the bright side, at least her toenails looked nice for the photos. {source}

Actor's gas could set heart attack awareness back

I love to blog, but sometimes I think that bloggers do more damage than good.

French Actor, Jean Reno, recently went emergently to the hospital with what was thought to be a heart attack. The gossip blogs and news organizations went crazy with reports of his massive heart attack. Then it came out this evening that he didn't in fact have a heart attack, but rather just gas caused by spicy foods. Now that's all over gossip blogs and news organizations.

I'm happy for the actor that he just had gas (and sorry for him that the whole world knows it), but I'm afraid that people will read the stories and remember that a heart attack might just be gas and wont get checked out for their own chest pains. I'm hoping that in the days or months to come stories don't start emerging of people who didn't get checked out by their physician or hospital because they thought they just had an upset stomach or heart burn.

Sometimes too much information is just that, too much information. I wish that the bloggers out there reporting on this story would do the responsible thing and post a link to the American Heart Association's warning signs of a heart attack. Maybe it would actually help someone.