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Perth Now
09-08-2025
- Health
- Perth Now
Kim Kardashian reveals she's turned to stem cell therapy
Kim Kardashian thought her "body was breaking down" before she turned to stem cell therapy. The 44-year-old beauty has taken to social media to share her health journey, revealing that stem cell therapy has helped her to overcome various aches and pains. Kim wrote on Instagram: "I'm so excited to share with you guys my stem cell journey. "Two years ago, I tore my shoulder while lifting weights, leaving me in debilitating pain. I tried everything to find relief, then I learned about the potential of stem cell therapy and met Dr. Adeel Khan at Eterna. His team treated my shoulder with Dezawa Muse cells, and the results were immediate. I regained full range of motion, and my shoulder has felt completely normal ever since. "Encouraged by this success, I recently returned to Dr. Khan to address chronic back pain that I have been suffering with for years. The Muse stem cell treatment was a game-changer once again. I experienced relief right away, and the unbearable pain is finally gone. If you're struggling with back pain, I can't recommend this treatment enough - it's transformed my life when I thought my body was breaking down. "Of course, everyone is different, and I'm just sharing what has worked for me lately. Definitely do your own homework and talk to medical professionals. "Since Muse stem cells aren't yet accessible in the US, I had to travel to Mexico to be treated by Dr. Khan's team. I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity and resources to pursue this healing, and I pray the science continues to evolve so more people can benefit. (sic)" Meanwhile, Kim previously opened up about her struggles with psoriasis, revealing that she suffered a major flare-up before the Met Gala. Speaking to SHE MD podcast, Kim shared: "It's only this one spot [on my face] that will itch. And it will really, really itch when it does. "When I started to get a little bit desperate was when it started to cover my face, and there was a spot really close to my eye, and it would just burn a little bit. "I remember I had the Met Ball coming up that week and it was covering my face."
Los Angeles Times
09-06-2025
- Health
- Los Angeles Times
She delivered Hailey Bieber's baby and saved Olivia Munn's life. Her new calling? Podcast host
Stepping into Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi's Beverly Hills space, you may forget for a second you're in a gynecologist's office. A massive glass chandelier dangles from the ceiling. Ceramic sculptures dot the sleek surfaces. Nearby sits a potted olive tree and a lighted antique silver Illuminazione candle. Crystal butterflies sit in two ornate cabinets. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows show a 360-degree view of the Hollywood Hills. And then, there's the physician herself. Clad in a bright blue dress she's held onto since a guest appearance on 'The Doctors' 10 years ago, she acknowledges she personally opts for neutrals in real life (and her signature pink scrubs when seeing her patients), but that she'd been advised to wear jewel tones for 'on camera' moments. In a town known for sculpting movie stars, Aliabadi looks like she could be on 'Grey's Anatomy' as she towers in high heels and a sparkly pink and white butterfly necklace as she poses for a Los Angeles Times photographer. Aliabadi has delivered the babies of Rihanna, Khloe Kardashian and Hailey Bieber. She has also diagnosed Olivia Munn with breast cancer, Tiffany Haddish with endometriosis and Florence Pugh with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). All of these celebrities' health journeys are public information because her famous patients have discussed them in detail on her weekly podcast, 'SHE MD,' which she co-hosts with former fashion designer Mary Alice Haney. The show — which was launched by Dear Media, the largest women's podcast network, in March of last year — aims to educate women about common overlooked medical conditions. It regularly features interviews with Aliabadi's famous patients and other celebrity doctors or authors who discuss everything from preeclampsia to egg-freezing. 'My dad was like, 'I did some research and the best person in the business is this doctor named Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi,'' Sofia Richie Grainge, daughter of Lionel Richie, explains on a recent episode of the podcast. She started seeing Aliabadi at 15. 'They are the most privileged women in this world — especially when it comes to access to medical care,' Aliabadi says of the podcast's famous guests. 'These are women who have good insurance. They can afford going to any doctor on this planet and yet their symptoms are [still] dismissed. They're speaking from their heart because they want to help another woman.' Aliabadi's high-profile clients and podcast have elevated her status on social media. Called Dr. A by patients and fans, she boasts 441,000 followers on Instagram, where she shares clips of her celebrity interviews. She regularly appears on network television to discuss women's health. She has even made the occasional cameo on 'The Kardashians' as Khloe Kardashian's ob-gyn. She's run with the role, both with the professed hopes of educating women on their health, but also with business prospects. Haney urged Aliabadi to co-create SHE MD to combat misinformation surrounding women's health issues. 'We are providing a resource that is backed by science and medicine,' says Haney. 'People are getting their medical information on TikTok. That's dangerous.' With women's health entering the spotlight as an overlooked area of medicine and as fewer people have access to healthcare, becoming one's own medical advocate has never been more important — and confusing. It's led to the rise of wellness influencers with questionable qualifications, which is why Aliabadi says she committed to doing the podcast. 'If you want to talk about endometriosis, how many endometriosis surgeries have you done?' Aliabadi says. 'How many thousands of patients have you treated?' Aliabadi is connecting with consumers on many platforms with 'SHE MD,' which is filmed like a glossy talk show from a Brentwood office. They can listen to her and Haney's hourlong podcast episodes or catch video clips on social media. 'SHE MD,' which stands for 'Strong Healthy Empowered,' features deep dives with health and medical experts — as well as celebrities such as SZA, Shailene Woodley, Tiffany Haddish and Olivia Munn — on a variety of topics including fertility, breast cancer, menopause and endometriosis. Key takeaways and action plans are available following each conversation. Munn's story in particular garnered national attention after Aliabadi diagnosed her with an aggressive breast cancer in April 2023. With a clear mammogram, ultrasound and pap smear, Munn's cancer could've been among the estimated 20% that go undetected, according to the National Cancer Institute. But it was discovered after Aliabadi introduced her to the Tyrer-Cuzick test, which assesses one's lifetime risk of breast cancer. Munn's score was an alarming 37.3%. (Anything above 20% is considered high-risk.) An MRI, further ultrasounds and biopsies revealed she had Stage 1 invasive cancer, and Munn underwent a double mastectomy. 'Without Thaïs being so proactive I don't know when or at what stage I would've found it,' Munn tells The Times. 'She saved my life.' Aliabadi says Munn felt a responsibility to turn her pain into purpose. 'Olivia came to me and said, 'I want to talk about this issue,'' she recalls. 'She knew that sharing her story will save millions of lives.' Munn felt compelled to speak out while still coming to terms with her diagnosis. 'I was looking back on photos of playing with my then 1-year-old son, and I realized that at that time I had just had a clear mammogram and ultrasound — yet I had breast cancer and didn't know it,' she says. 'I asked myself, 'How many other women [are] also walking around unaware they had breast cancer?' I knew then that I had to talk about it. This little known, lifetime risk score test is free, online and saved my life. Every woman can and should know their score. Thaïs told me this test had been around for years, and it was her lifelong mission to get every woman in the world to know about it. It has since become my mission too.' Long before becoming ob-gyn to the stars, Aliabadi recalls waking to the sounds of sirens and bombs while growing up in Tehran during the Iranian revolution in 1979. 'We would all run down to the shelter that we had created underground,' she says. 'Imagine a 12-year-old doing that five times a night.' Her family was granted a green card when she was 17. 'It felt like the gates of heaven were opening for me,' she recalls thinking after landing in Los Altos. 'We were like, 'Why would we ever go anywhere else?'' After medical school at Georgetown University School of Medicine and completing her residency at USC Medical Center, Aliabadi, 54, opened her private practice at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 2002. She credits word of mouth, and her office manager of nearly 25 years, Kimmy Ferdowski, with helping her build the practice she has today. 'When I first started, there was a gynecologist across the hall who told me something I'll never forget,' Aliabadi recalls. 'He said, 'Every happy patient who leaves your office will refer four other patients to you.'' That mantra and her detailed approach are the secret to her success, she says. 'I look at my patient as a whole,' says Aliabadi, whose appointments run between 30 minutes to an hour, leading her to stop taking insurance around seven years ago. 'I don't just look at your uterus, tubes, ovaries, breasts and say, 'You're done.' I talk about depression. This morning, I was scheduling an MRI and MRA of a brain to rule out [a] possible stroke in a patient of mine.' Now, her fees vary by patient, but she offers 'superbills' for potential reimbursement, similar to therapists who don't take insurance. Women with 'complicated cases' typically come to her with health concerns that have gone otherwise undiagnosed elsewhere. Take for example, 'Lopez vs Lopez' actor Mayan Lopez, daughter of comedian George Lopez, whom Aliabadi diagnosed with insulin resistant PCOS in her 20s — even though she'd been describing the same symptoms to other doctors since she was 10. Her symptoms became even more prevalent during college, when she developed excess facial hair and gained 75 pounds in three months without explanation despite eating well and exercising. By 23, her hormone levels were so low she was practically menopausal. Lopez says she felt elated once she had a diagnosis and plan for proper treatment. 'I just remember going into the car and crying from pure relief,' she says. 'For the first time in a decade, I felt hopeful and unafraid of my body.' 'I see every dismissed woman in this town,' Aliabadi says. 'These patients are complicated. You need to sit down and listen [to their symptoms].' Aliabadi has other frustrations with the healthcare system. 'The issue is,' she says as she lets out an exasperated sigh. 'I mean, there are so many issues.' She points out that even the most informed person still needs access to a doctor willing to listen as well as the ability to afford treatment. 'If they're going to charge you $3,800 for a breast MRI, 'Can you afford it?'' she says. 'There are limitations at so many levels.' By not taking insurance, one could argue she too is creating another limit, but she blames insurance companies that don't recognize quality time spent with patients. 'I'm not seeing you in five minutes.' Given the limited time patients often have with their doctors, Aliabadi hopes women will demand more from their care providers if she arms them with the right questions to ask. Despite trying to build an online persona with the help of her celebrity circle, Aliabadi confesses she's not very online or in touch with pop culture. 'Sometimes [Khloe Kardashian] calls me, and I think I'm just talking to her,' says Aliabadi, who delivered her second baby via a surrogate on the show in 2022. 'Then six months later, my daughter's like, 'Mom, they called you [on the show.]'' That's why Haney is the media savvy yin to Aliabadi's medical yang. 'She's a doctor first, and she's a podcast host second,' says Haney. Like other medical professionals and influencers in the wellness world aiming to expand their reach, Aliabadi has her own nutritional supplement, Ovii, which she advertises on her podcast. At $79.99, Ovii is aimed at women with PCOS and includes ingredients such as vitamin D, magnesium and biotin. And like other supplements advertised on podcasts, it hasn't been tested in peer-reviewed clinical studies. In the long term, she's exploring a chatbot, a tool increasingly used by influencers to communicate with fans. Aliabadi believes her chatbot can help expand access to women's health education. 'It'll sound like me. It'll be trained by me. Obviously, it's just for knowledge and education. It cannot treat or prescribe,' she says. Aliabadi welcomes technological advances to shake up the medical field. 'I look forward to robotic doctors,' she says. 'The robot will not dismiss a woman who said, 'I've gained 40 pounds in two years, and I'm doing exactly what my skinny sister is doing. Something's wrong.'' Aliabadi has four daughters, who are 20, 19, 13 and 4 (she recently adopted the youngest). Her oldest daughters attend Stanford University and she sees them following in her footsteps. She advises them to become doctors or develop technology to help women around the world. 'I think that is more powerful,' she says.
Daily Mirror
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Khloe Kardashian's secret to jaw-dropping weight loss as she slams Ozempic claims
Khloé Kardashian's secret to her weight loss after leaving fans blown away over a recent bikini snap. The reality star and businesswoman is no stranger when it comes to sharing her transformation and is often seen taking part in intense workouts on her family show, The Kardashians. But while the 40-year-old credits her workouts for transforming her life, her divorce from basket ball player Lamar Odom in 2013 sparked a major change for the Good American founder. Each day, she wakes up at 5.30am to get a work out in before getting her children ready for the school run. Although her intense regime has been heavily documented, Khloé has been surrounded by speculation that she had turned to surgery and weight loss drugs to aid her transformation. Previously, she had been accused of using diabetes drug Ozempic to help her, but has furiously denied using it. Every week, Khloé works out for five days. She spends four days in the gym with her personal trainer and chooses a dedicated cardio exercise or Pilates on her fifth day. Speaking previously, the 5ft10 star said: "I do circuit training with cardio intervals, so I'm always spiking my heart rate up and down." Khloé also said in the past that she had been "overweight" for "a lot" of her life and feared she wouldn't be able to lose weight after the birth of her daughter, True. Speaking on the SHE MD podcast, she said: "I used to be overweight a lot of my life. God, I mean my weight-loss journey. It took years for me. I've always been chubby - like athletic. I've always played sports. I just was never in shape. "I was 204 [14 stone 5 lbs] when I delivered and I was like 'How am I going to do this again?' because it took so many years to do it the first time." She added that she later lost her pregnancy weight quicker than she had imagined. But it's not just her work outs that help her. While most people eat three meals a day, Khloé eats seven. She has cut out "all sodas, little by little," after experimenting with "every diet under the sun". Speaking to Healthista, her nutritionist, Dr Philip Goglia explained that every morning, Khloé has a scoop of protein powder with almond butter, a choice of fruit with blended ice and water to make a shake. Her second meal is fruit with 100g of chicken breast, vegetables and an iron-based salad. Meanwhile, her fourth meal is a cup of celery, a cup of tomatoes and 12 almonds. Khloe's fifth meal is vegetable heavy with an egg, before she has fatty fish such as sea bass, cod, or salmon with 200g of vegetables. Before going to sleep, she has another piece of fruit. But Khloé does also enjoy a cheat day once in a while, including a slice of cake or pizza and pasta for dinner. Although she's hit out at claims she used diabetes jab Ozempic to aid her transformation, Khloé has said if she had known about it during her younger years. Speaking on The Kardashians, she said: "When I was bigger, if they had Ozempic, I probably would have tried it, because I tried any other thing. I tried any fad weight loss trend, except for the real thing that actually works, and that's a lifestyle change. So I really wanna encourage healthiness and not about the number on a scale. I just think people should be active. "I don't really care what your size is, and you should just be healthy and stronger for yourself." Following the breakdown of her marriage to Lamar, Khloé found herself "obsessed" with how she looked. She told SHE MD: "My thing is more the food because I have the determination. So I had to retrain my mind as to what I could eat, what I couldn't eat. "I'm in a good place body-wise that I like, I do sort of eat what I want, but because my brain is so trained, you don't even want half of the crap or junk. Or if you do want something, like, pizza is my weakness."
Daily Mail
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Khloé Kardashian's intense weight loss secrets revealed after she dropped 40lbs WITHOUT Ozempic as star shows off killer new bikini body
Khloé Kardashian sent fans into a frenzy with her killer new bikini body in an Instagram snap she shared on Monday. She bared her washboard abs in the two-piece swimsuit, which boasted red trim and a cherry print throughout. It's safe to say the businesswoman, 40, who has insisted this decade will be her best yet, is in the best shape of her life - but how does she do it? The mother-of-two, who shares daughter True, seven, and son Tatum, two, with ex Tristan Thompson, credits the gym and switching up her lifestyle as the secret to her 40lbs weight loss. She also told Bustle her bitter divorce from Lamar Odom in 2013 was the pivotal turning point in her transformation. Khloé, like the rest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, swears by starting her day at the crack of dawn so she can workout at 5.30am, five days a week. She has continuously shut down accusations of ever having surgery or turning to weight loss drugs. Although, she has previously admitted she wishes she could have taken Ozempic when she was 'bigger'. Throughout her 10-year plus weight loss journey, Khloé has revealed her trusty weight loss tips and tricks. Works out five days a week Khloé often posts her workout routine on social media, sometimes featuring older sister Kim Kardashian. The sisters are often seen working out together with a personal trainer on their Disney+ show The Kardashians. For Khloé, she makes sure to work out four days a week in the gym with her trainer and a fifth day dedicated to a choice of cardio or Pilates. Khloe is 5ft10in, by far the tallest Kardashian. These days she is a very slender 123lbs. She previously said at a Q&A for the Fabletics brand: 'I do circuit training with cardio intervals, so I'm always spiking my heart rate up and down.' After giving birth to True, the KUWTK star feared she would never be able to drop the weight she gained throughout her pregnancy after being 'overweight most her life'. She told the SHE MD podcast: 'I used to be overweight a lot of my life. 'God, I mean my weight-loss journey. It took years for me. I've always been chubby - like athletic. I've always played sports. I just was never in shape. 'I was 204 pounds when I delivered and I was like, "How am I going to do this again?" Because I took so many years to do it the first time.' When she says 'do' it, she means lose the weight. 'But because I had all the tools in my toolbox, I knew what to do and I actually lost my pregnancy weight so much faster than I ever did my regular fat weight.' Eats seven meals a day Khloe has managed to transform her body and her mind through a series of 'lifestyle changes' - including eating seven meals a day. The reality star shared: 'I would, let's say, cut out all sodas. Little by little, I would cut things out. 'I would do that for a week and then cut out one other thing because I realised, I did every diet under the sun when I was younger.' Khloé's nutritionist Dr Philip Goglia previously shared with Vogue what the youngest Kardashian sister eats in a day to stay in shape. For breakfast, she has one scoop of whey protein powder with one tablespoon of almond butter and a fruit of her choice blended with ice and water and made into a shake. Her second a third meal consists of a piece of fruit and 100g of chicken breast with vegetables and salad that is high in iron. Meal four is a cup of celery and one cup of tomatoes with 12 almonds. Khloé eats more vegetables with an egg for her fifth meal. For dinner she eats fatty fish like salmon, sea bass or cod alongside 200g of vegetables and salad. To finish off her day, she eats another piece of fruit. Amid her strict diet, Khloé's nutritionist did reveal that she does have a cheat meal now and then. He said: 'She has a pattern where she will do seven days on and then have one meal off. 'Her choice of cheat would vary a great deal – maybe she'll have a slice of cake as dessert or a pizza or pasta dinner, basically whatever she has a craving for.' Starts her day at 4.30am It's not unusual Khloé starts her day at the crack of dawn. Just like her mother Kris Jenner who wakes up as early as 4.30am, Khloé starts her day with a morning workout. In an interview with Cosmopolitan in 2022, Khloé said: 'Normally, I get up at 4.30am. 'I go to the gym before my daughter wakes up and then I have my morning with her to get my day going. 'If I didn't have a schedule I'd feel really lost. I'm a little insane like that, but it makes me feel less stressed when I can see everything.' Ozympic Khloé has continuously shut down any rumours of ever turning to weight loss drugs and surgery, although she's not one to judge. She previously admitted on an episode of The Kardashians she probably would have tried Ozempic when she was 'bigger'. 'When I was bigger, if they had Ozempic, I probably would have tried it, because I tried any other thing. 'I tried any fad weight loss trend, except for the real thing that actually works, and that's a lifestyle change. 'So I really wanna encourage healthiness and not about the number on a scale. I just think people should be active. 'I don't really care what your size is, and you should just be healthy and stronger for yourself,' she concluded. Binge eating past She said: 'I used to binge eat, it was horrible. You binge eat, it feels so good in the moment and then as soon as your done your crying in shame and guilt' In March, Khloé candidly opened up on her binge eating battle and how ditching therapy for the gym helped kick start her weight loss. Speaking on her podcast Khloé In Wonder Land, she spoke about her body confidence journey. She said: 'I always say to people "there's not a one size that fits all" because I've tried everything under the sun. 'I used to binge eat, it was horrible. You binge eat, it feels so good in the moment and then as soon as your done your crying in shame and guilt. 'I used to have that same situation I did therapy but it's a horrible feeling. I've gotten control through my workouts, that's how I work. 'It's not that easy I've been working out for like 10 years, it's baby steps. 'It's taken me a very long time to get to where I am and people forget that and all of the work that it takes from within though because your brain is a muscle you have to retrain that to even love yourself, to look at yourself. 'I tell one of my girlfriends, she works with me, we were both bigger and now that we're smaller, we're athletic smaller, we'll always joke and be like, "I was so much more confident when I was fat and chubby". 'Now in a bathing suit I'm like, "Oh, do you see this?" [pointing to part of her body] It's nuts.' Prefers 'kids menu' food Khloé is still down to eat fast food, ditch her strict regime and diet once in a while. At a Q&A for the Fabletics brand last year, Khloé admitted she's definitely a 'kids menu type of girl'. She said: 'For a shoot like that where I know I'm gonna be showing a lot of skin, I definitely work out much harder. 'And then I always celebrate with full large pizza, because that's just the way it goes. 'I'm a kids menu type of girl, just cheese, but life's about balance, so, like, there you go.' Trained her brain When she started going to the gym amid her heartache surrounding her and Lamar's divorce in 2013, Khloé said she became obsessive with what she looked like and had to stop herself from looking at the scales. She told Bustle: 'I loved the way I felt. I loved testing myself and challenging myself. And I've been doing it for 10-plus years now, and I love it. 'Maybe [it's] just being younger. I think you care about the scale. 'The scale effs with you. I don't even look at a scale anymore. I think it's really unhealthy. I haven't in years. They're just numbers.' She also told SHE MD previously that she had to learn to change the way she viewed food. 'My thing is more the food because I have the determination. So I had to retrain my mind as to what I could eat, what I couldn't eat. 'I'm in a good place body-wise that I like, I do sort of eat what I want, but because my brain is so trained, you don't even want half of the crap or junk. Or if you do want something, like, pizza is my weakness.
Buzz Feed
15-04-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
Florence Pugh Has Given An Update On Her Egg-Freezing Journey After Being Diagnosed With Endometriosis And PCOS At 27, And These Conversations Are So Important
In November last year, Florence Pugh publicly revealed that she'd been diagnosed with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Speaking on the SHE MD podcast, Florence said she decided to see a doctor because of a 'sudden feeling' brought on by some 'weird dreams.' 'I think my body was telling me,' she explained at the time. The checkup led her to be diagnosed with endometriosis and PCOS, both of which are conditions that, for different reasons, can make it difficult to get pregnant as you get older. Both conditions are way more common than you might think, so you can read more about endometriosis and PCOS here. 'It was just so bizarre because my family are baby-making machines. My mum had babies into her 40s. My gran had babies throughout… So, I guess I was never worried,' Florence said. 'And then, of course, I learned completely different information, aged 27, that I need to get my eggs out and do it quickly, which was just a bit of a mind-boggling realization, and one that I'm really lucky and glad that I found out when I did because I've been wanting kids since I was a child.' Because of this, Florence made the decision to freeze her eggs — something she didn't expect to be doing at this stage in her life. And now, at 29, the actor has given an update on her journey. Speaking to Harper's Bazaar UK for a new cover interview, Florence said she's begun the egg-freezing process and is finding it 'tiring and horrible.' The entire egg-freezing process can take different amounts of time for different people, and while she didn't go into specifics, it's common to experience side effects and discomfort during the injection period (which is done to stimulate the ovaries and produce multiple eggs) as well as immediately following egg retrieval. Notably, Florence acknowledged that she's fortunate to be able to afford such a procedure, which can often be quite expensive. Also, seemingly alluding to the coverage of her earlier podcast comments, she said: 'There was a clickbait article about me doing it. I know you shouldn't read the comments, but... urgh. I wish there was a little more tenderness and understanding.' As you may know, Florence was previously in a three-year relationship with Zach Braff; however, they split in 2022, which she described to Harper's Bazaar as a 'scary' transition. But now, it sounds like she's found love again. She didn't specify who she is currently dating, although she did give some insight into her new approach to love, saying: 'I'm more sympathetic to the people who are in love with me, because it's not easy! I'm tricky — I'm always busy, I can never make dates. But it's not good enough for me to ask someone to just accept that. I'll just end up alone. I don't want that — I want a family.' You can read her full Harper's Bazaar UK cover here. And here's where you can find her full SHE MD podcast interview from November.
