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Heidi Montag: Implants Were G-Cup-Size Mistake

M. Morris — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:36:00 CDT

The very last person to realize that Heidi Montag's plastic surgery binge was a mistake has seen the light. "It's heartbreaking," the reality star tells Life & Style in an interview about her G-cup implants." I can't live an everyday life." Complicating matters is the death of the perpetrator, plastic...

Palin Pal: Implants? What Implants?

M. Morris — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:25:00 CDT

In the first public reaction to the red-hot rumor that Sarah Palin had a boob job , an unidentified friend of the former Alaska governor has opened up to Us Weekly . "It's absolutely ridiculous," the source says. Notes Ken Layne of Wonkette , who ignited the speculation and has been warming himself...

Did Sarah Palin Get a Boob Job?

M. Morris — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:53:00 CDT

The rumor comes from Wonkette's Facebook page , but it never had a chance of staying there: Sarah Palin may or may not have gotten breast implants. The tipster is a woman, and "women seem to keep very careful mental records about such things," Ken Layne writes . "And we can report...

For Pirates 4, No Boob Jobs Need Apply

M. Morris — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:51:08 CDT

Casting is under way for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and the requirements are strange indeed: "Must have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants." In Los Angeles! No cheating, either—besides being required to know how to swim and dive, candidates will have to run...

Virginia Debates: Are Human Microchips Sign of Antichrist?

Harry Kimball — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:33:35 CST

These aren't the best of times, but the state legislature in Virginia is debating whether they might be end times. The involuntary implantation of microchips in people might be the biblical “mark of the beast,” a Virginia state legislator contends, and should be outlawed. Now, “I’m not a theologian,” Republican...

Beauty Queen's Death Highlights Surgery Risk

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:31 CST

It should go without saying that no cosmetic surgery comes without risks—but the death of former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano, following surgery on her buttocks, is leading to a closer look at the greatest dangers. CNN talks to Nigel Mercer, a top doctor pushing for change in the industry,...

Implant Tricks Brain To Lower Blood Pressure

Colleen Barry — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:42:34 CDT

A pacemaker-like implant that relies on small electrical shocks may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke in half for patients with drug-resistant hypertension, a new study shows. The device, which sends electrical shocks through the neck's carotid arteries, tricks the brain into thinking blood pressure is even higher...