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Yahoo
03-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Sangita Patel reflects on having an 'ugly cry' after being diagnosed with cancer: 'I've never had a breakdown'
Sangita Patel is reflecting on her journey with a rare form of thyroid cancer. In a interview released in March for "Carry The Fire," a podcast from the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation hosted by Canadian journalist Lisa LaFlamme, Patel opened up about receiving her diagnosis at the peak of her professional life. The Toronto-born TV host was told she had encapsulated angioinvasive oncoytic carcinoma in 2023. Although she's now cancer-free, she said she's only now begun healing emotionally from the life-changing diagnosis, surgeries and treatment. This April is Cancer Awareness Month, otherwise known as Daffodil Month. In honour of the special month, here's everything we learned about Patel's recent conversation with LaFlamme. Patel is a strong person, both physically and mentally. The former ET Canada host has cultivated an online presence filled with fitness, healthy recipes and positivity. This article was first published in March 2025. However, when LaFlamme asked the 46-year-old mother of two about her biggest takeaway from cancer, Patel had a surprising answer. "That I'm allowed to be weak," Patel said, adding that for her, weakness looks like "vulnerability." Despite the lesson, Patel added she's still learning how to put it into practice. Patel was understandably nervous when the lump on her throat was biopsied and when she underwent surgery to have one side of her thyroid removed. However, following the surgery, Patel's pathology report revealed she had encapsulated angioinvasive oncoytic carcinoma, also known as Hürthle cell carcinoma. It's a form of thyroid cancer that can be more aggressive and potentially spread to the lungs or bones. Patel said she understood the pathology report was serious because her husband, a radiologist named Samir, was quiet when reading the results. "It's bullshit. I was just like, 'I can't believe this is happening,'" Patel said. "I thought I've done my part. I'm healing. Life is good. I've done what I had to do ... and I'm like, 'What's wrong with me? What is happening right now?'" View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sangita Patel (@ Patel and her family decided to retreat to Barbados following the official diagnosis. Although the trip was supposed to be restorative, she said she experienced a new emotional low point. "I've never had a breakdown in my 45 years. I don't even know what happened. Something my daughter said. And we were at dinner, and I went back to our hotel room and I had the ugly cry," she said. "I don't remember the last time I ever had an ugly cry like that. And my husband was there, and I'm thinking about death, and I'm thinking about everything, just things I would never think about. I finally said, 'Holy shit, I could die.'" Patel said her husband admitted he had a similar breakdown after learning of her cancer and said she was going to do more to see how Samir's feeling even now that she's cancer-free. Patel's surgeon, Dr. Jesse Pasternak of University Health Network in Toronto, removed the rest of her thyroid. For both surgeries, Pasternak used a cutting edge method called TOETVA (transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy-vestibular approach). TOETVA involves making incisions inside the mouth to access the thyroid, instead of accessing the gland through the neck, meaning there's no visible scarring. Pasternak is the only surgeon in Canada using the method, and although the surgery was successful, he ordered more treatment to help prevent future cancer recurrences. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sangita Patel (@ "Radioactive iodine is an iodine pill that you take that has, instead of the regular iodine that we eat in our iodine salt, it's got a radioactive particle attached to it," he explained to LaFlamme. "Interestingly, only thyroid cells in the body use iodine, and so the iodine only goes to the thyroid cells, and then it basically explodes once it gets to those thyroid cells and kills the thyroid cell with it." While Patel is on the mend emotionally, she now focusing on new projects. That includes establishing a wellness brand, which she compared to Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop. "Building my brand is what my goal is for the next few years, and I take it step by step. If there's one thing I do is I definitely stay on my own journey," she said. "I don't look to the left. I don't look to the right. I stay on my journey. "I don't even know how I got here, but it's partly because I stayed on my journey. And that's my next step, is to actually explode internationally, to be in that space, knowing there's a whole world out there."
Fox News
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Meghan Trainor credits dramatic weight loss to biohacking, says 'science is the secret'
After months of speculation surrounding her recent weight loss, Meghan Trainor is crediting her physical transformation to "science." While attending the 2025 Billboard Women in Music event over the weekend, the "All About That Bass" singer opened up about the steps she's taken to "biohack" her body. "Science is the secret. I love it," the mom of two told Entertainment Tonight when asked about the secret behind her new look. "I learned a lot of tricks that I had no idea [about]. I was working out so incorrectly wrong for so long. I was running and doing cardio and my body was inflamed, always." "I'm trying to biohack my body," she added. "So anything that'll help me age backward, I'm into it." "I just learned about the NADs [supplements]. I was like, 'Make me Hailey Bieber. I'll do it. I'll take it' … I'm trying all the things. I love a doctor explaining stuff to me." NADs, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, "helps keep our cells functioning properly," according to Emma Wedgwood, an advanced nurse practitioner. "It plays an essential role in energy production by converting the food we eat into the fuel our cells need," Wedgwood told GQ last year. "NAD comes in two forms, NAD+ and NADH, both working together to ensure that our bodies have the energy they need to perform vital functions. Beyond energy, NAD also supports processes like DNA repair and immune health. As we get older, NAD+ levels tend to drop, which can affect our energy and cell regeneration, making it a focus in anti-ageing and wellness research." When it comes to her health and fitness, Trainor has always been open about her journey throughout the years. The "Been Like This" songstress previously lost 60 lbs after giving birth to her first son. "I was my heaviest I've ever been. I was like over 200 pounds when I C-sectioned him out. I just wasn't feeling great," Trainor told ET Canada in 2022. She "challenged" herself to lose the weight gradually. "I was like, 'If I can survive a C-section, I can do anything!' – [and] I was very dedicated and I started seeing the pounds come off like one week at a time, one pound… I learned that I do like healthy food and I learned what portions mean. And I learned my brain is so happy when I exercise, so I'm just [feeling] better than ever."
Fox News
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Meghan Trainor critics spark Ozempic claims with singer's dramatic weight loss transformation
Meghan Trainor triggered criticism online after sharing a series of images showing off her weight-loss transformation. The "All About That Bass" singer posed up a storm wearing a sheer white dress and T-shirt for a carousel of snaps recently shared on Instagram. Her subtle post garnered questions about her slimmed-down appearance, though, with fans wondering if Trainor, 31, was using Ozempic. Fans took to the comments to both praise and ponder Trainor's new look. One user asked, "'All about that bass'??? Until Ozempic then you are all about that treble." "LMFAO body positive until you can get your hands on Ozempic," one fan commented, while another wrote, "all about that bass? all about that ozempic." Another fan posted lyrics to Trainor's most memorable song, "You know I won't be no stick-figure, silicone Barbie doll." One user wondered, "ozempic? what happened to being body positive?" Her husband, Daryl Sabara, made sure to let his wife know she was adored regardless, and wrote, "Just the prettiest woman in the world." Representatives for Trainor did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. The "Been Like This" songstress previously lost 60 lbs after giving birth to her first son. "I was my heaviest I've ever been, I was like over 200 pounds when I C-sectioned him out. I just wasn't feeling great," Trainor told ET Canada. She "challenged" herself to lose the weight gradually. "I was like, 'If I can survive a C-section, I can do anything!' – [and] I was very dedicated and I started seeing the pounds come off like one week at a time, one pound… I learned that I do like healthy food and I learned what portions mean. And I learned my brain is so happy when I exercise, so I'm just [feeling] better than ever." Late last year, Trainor admitted she went a little too far with Botox, but still has future plans for plastic surgery. "Someone convinced me with my little lips that if you did a lip flip, you put filler right above your upper lip, that you could have a beautiful flip on your upper lip. And I could have one for the first time in my whole 30 years of living. It was not true," she said, explaining she had Botox before "a handful of times" on her forehead. "I cannot smile anymore," she complained on her "Workin' On It with Meghan Trainor & Ryan Trainor" podcast. "Everywhere I go, I cannot smile. My face hurts to smile, to even try." The "lip flip" procedure Trainor referred to is a nonsurgical method to make lips appear fuller by injecting Botox into the corners of the mouth and the edges of the lips, making the muscles around the upper lip relax and appear to "flip" upward and look larger than normal, according to the Cleveland Clinic. When sharing what lesson she learned from her experience, Trainor said, "It taught me my smile does light up a room, and when it's not there, it's a dim light. I feel like I'm not happy because I can't smile." Despite the Botox situation, Trainor said she still has plans for a breast augmentation and wants to get "just a little lift" after her body changed from two pregnancies. Trainor shares two sons, Riley and Barry, with husband Daryl Sabara.
Miami Herald
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Dolly Parton speaks out after her husband, Carl Thomas Dean, dies at 82
Dolly Parton took to social media on March 3 to make a heartbreaking announcement. In her statement, Parton announced that her ultra-private husband, Carl Thomas Dean, had died. 'Carl Dean, husband of Dolly Parton, passed away March 3rd in Nashville at the age of 82. He will be laid to rest in a private ceremony with immediate family attending. He is survived by his siblings Sandra and Donnie,' the post read. 'Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy,' Parton said in the post. 'The family asks for privacy during this difficult time.' Dean and Parton had been married since 1966. In a 2011 interview, Parton said she and Dean were 'really very proud of our marriage. It's the first for both of us. And the last.' In a separate interview with ET Canada, Parton said the secrets to their decades-long marriage were distance, a sense of humor, never crossing the line, and having different interests. 'I like it when people say, 'How did it last so long?' I say, 'It's [still] going.' You know, there's a lot to be said about that.' 'So, we're not in each other's face all the time,' she continued. 'He's not in the business, so we have different interests, but yet we have the things we love to do together.' Dean and Parton met in 1964 after she moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Parton had walked into the laundromat Dean was at with a pile of dirty clothes. Two years later, they became husband and wife. While a guest on the 'Dumb Blonde' podcast in December 2024, Parton shared that Dean attended one of her first award shows in 1967, where she won BMI Song of the Year. Dean was the first to admit, it wasn't his scene. 'I wish you the best, but don't ever ask me to go to another one of these damn things because I ain't going,' Parton recalled him saying. 'He loves music, but he's not the least bit interested in being in it.'
