All posts containing the tag: "illness"
Posted Nov 15th 2009 9:39AM by TMZ Staff
Brock Lesnar -- the UFC Heavyweight Champ -- is in "bad shape" according to UFC president Dana White and won't be fighting anytime soon.
White made the announcement after UFC 105 last night, saying "He's in a hospital up in North Dakota somewhere right now. He went to Canada and some bad stuff happened to him, so we've got to figure it out ... He doesn't want to talk about it publicly, but he's in bad shape. He's not well and he's not going to be getting well anytime soon."
Lesnar originally pulled out of a November 18 fight and reports suggested he had swine flu. The fight was rescheduled for January 2, but then it was announced Lesnar had mononucleosis.
But White made it clear, Lesnar's problems go beyond mono: "He is not good. He is very, very sick and he's going to be out for a while."
Filed under: Talk Sports, Nurse!
Tags: brock lesnar, BrockLesnar, dana, dana white, DanaWhite, illness, sick, ufc
Posted Oct 14th 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
Swine flu has been the ammunition for a lot of jokes recently, but last night, Ice-T reminded everyone why it's still a serious issue -- it killed someone close to him.
The rapper and his wife Coco were walking into a Star Magazine party at Bardot last night -- where Ice told TMZ he didn't realize the severity of the illness until recently, when one of his friends caught it and died.
For more information on the disease and how you can prevent it -- click here.
Tags: coco, ice t, IceT, illness, sick, swine flu, SwineFlu
Posted Oct 3rd 2009 6:54AM by TMZ Staff
Comedian Paul Rodriguez is still in the hospital with what seems to be a mystery illness.
Paul was rushed to George Washington University Hospital in D.C. on Thursday after complaining of severe abdominal pain. He was placed in ICU, where he remains.
Rodriguez is a leader in the California Latino Water Coalition and was in D.C. to lobby Congress. Mario Santoya, a fellow member of the organization who has been by his bedside, told TMZ a few minutes ago doctors still don't know what is ailing Paul. They're doing tests, he said.
Santoya says they have taken the tubes out of Paul's nose but he's still in bad pain. Doctors will continue to do tests and he's expected to be hospitalized for a few more days, minimum.
Filed under: Exclusives
Tags: California Latino Water Coalition, CaliforniaLatinoWaterCoalition, comedian, hospital, icu, illness, paul rodriguez, PaulRodriguez, washington dc, WashingtonDc
