Douglas’ Throat Cancer Caused By Oral Sex
Michael Douglas’ spokesman Allen Burry has released a statement explaining that the actor was just saying that oral sex can cause cancer, not that it necessarily led to his diagnosis. “In a discussion with the newspaper, they talked about the causes of oral cancer, one of which was oral sex, which is noted and has been known for a while now,” Burry said.
Previously, Douglas has opened up about his past diagnosis, revealing that oral sex, not smoking or drinking, caused his type of throat cancer. In a candid new interview with UK’s The Guardian, Douglas admits that his illness was caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). “Without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV, which actually comes about from cunnilingus,” 68-year-old star explains.
Douglas, who fought a six-month battle with the disease from August 2010 until January 2011, also confesses that he thought that his battle with cancer would be a fatal one. He says at first he assumed the stress from his son Cameron’s legal troubles played a big factor in his sickness. (Huffington Post)
longest Word Killed By New law
A tweak to state laws in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to conform with current EU regulations has caused an unexpected casualty: The longest word in the German language.
The Rindfleischetikettierungsueberwachungsaufgabenuebertragungsgesetz is no more. The “law delegating beef label monitoring” was introduced by the state in 1999 as part of measures against mad cow disease. But the dpa news agency reported the law was removed from the books recently because European Union regulations have changed. German still has words like the very robust Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenswitwe to fall back on — meaning “widow of a Danube steamboat company captain.”
Dpa reports such words have been so rarely used, however, that they’re not in the dictionary. There the longest word honour falls to Kraftfahrzeug-Haftpflichtversicherung: Automobile liability insurance. (Huffington Post)
Patient steals ambulance, takes paramedics on wild ride
In a bizarre instance of role reversal, a patient stole an ambulance in Atlanta and took two paramedics in the back on a wild ride, authorities said. The episode began at a hospital and ended when the patient crashed the ambulance into a chiropractor’s office near Decatur and fled on foot, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. He remained at large several hours later.
The two DeKalb County fire paramedics who found themselves trapped inside the stolen vehicle escaped serious injury, the newspaper said. The unidentified patient took control of the ambulance about 2 pm while the paramedics were in the back completing paperwork after having dropped off another patient at Emory University Hospital.
DeKalb fire Battalion Chief Christopher Morrison Jr said the man “came out of the hospital, dressed in a gown and rubber gloves, jumped in the front seat, locked the doors and took off in the unit.” The suspect “looked through the little window in the back and told them, ‘be quiet and hold on,’” Morrison said. (UPI)
Mother gives birth to third set of twins
A Scottish woman has defied odds of 500,000 to one by giving birth to twins for the third time. Karen Rodger, 41, welcomed her first pair of girls (Rowan and Isla) after having twice given birth to twin boys. “I still haven’t really taken it on board because I was convinced I was having two boys,” Rodger told Sky News. Karen says her husband Colin was equally stunned when the pair learned they were going to have their fifth and sixth child.
The average couple has about a 3 per cent chance of having twins when not accounting for fertility drugs. And with each subsequent pregnancy, the odds of producing twins a second, or even third time, become exponentially less likely. (Yahoo News)
Actress Pia Zadora arrested over bedtime tiff
Singer-actress Pia Zadora was arrested at her las Vegas home following a rapidly escalating attempt to impose a bedtime on her teenage son.
The spat, which ended with the one-time blond bombshell scratching the faces of her 16-year-old son and husband, began with her attempt to hustle her son to bed so she could get some rest, according to a police report. Zadora’s son was hanging out with her husband and his son when she asked him to turn in. When he protested, she sprayed him and his step-brother with a hose, according to her statement to police.
She then began scratching and punching her husband, Michael Jeffries, and his son as they tried to calm her down, according to the 16-year-old’s statement to police. Zadora was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery and coercion and released after posting $4,000 bail. (AP)