Celebrity Health

Reese Witherspoon’s keeping it real ... opening up about battling postpartum depression as a young mother, and how she powered through it.

The Oscar-winner revealed her mom, Betty, also struggled with depression -- something she feared might be passed down. Turns out, she was right ... Reese says she first felt it as a teen, and it hit hard again after giving birth to her daughter Ava in 1999.

Reese told Harper’s Bazaar that during the first six months, she was "simultaneously happy and depressed," crying constantly, up all night, and completely exhausted.

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Former MLB pitcher Yoervis Medina has died following a reported medical episode.

Medina, who pitched for the Mariners and Cubs, suffered a heart attack and consequently crashed his car at a shopping center in his home country of Venezuela, according to local outlet Radio America.

The accident reportedly occurred Thursday night at the Via Veneto Shopping Center in the municipality of Naguanagua. He crashed into several parked cars, but no additional injuries have been reported.

The Mariners paid tribute to Medina upon learning of his sudden death, saying they were "saddened" and extending their "deepest sympathies" to his family and friends.

No Limit rapper Fiend is experiencing a serious music catalog boost after performing at the Cash Money-No Limit Verzuz last week ... but half his thoughts are still with rapper Young Bleed following his brain aneurysm.

Turns out, Fiend and Bleed are tighter than they've ever been in their 30-year history!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Fiend -- who collaborated with Bleed on his 1998 debut album, "My Balls & My Word" -- he says their conversations had increased tremendously leading up to the Verzuz face-off.

"Days of Lives" star Suzanne Rogers is revealing her fight with cancer ... she says she was diagnosed over the summer and has already completed treatment.

In an interview with TV Insider published Thursday, Suzanne says she was diagnosed with stage 2 colon cancer.

Suzanne says she felt something was off with her body and went to the doctor. She underwent a series of tests, which confirmed she had cancer.

Influencer Eugenia Cooney has resurfaced at Disney World amid her social media hiatus ... and growing concern from fans over her health.

Check out the pics ... YouTube/TikTok star Eugenia was riding the monorail with her mom and brother on Tuesday ... but, as you can see, she looks pretty glum as she stares out a window at "The Most Magical Place on Earth." An eyewitness tells us she and her family didn't say one word to each other during the entire ride.

Her clothes, though, screamed high fashion. Eugenia was decked out in a ruffled, metallic dress and an oversized pink cardigan paired with fishnet tights and white boots. She also got into the Halloween spirit by rocking a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' purse.

Nikola Topić -- the Oklahoma City Thunder's first-round draft pick in 2024 -- has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.

General manager Sam Presti announced the news Thursday ... three weeks after Topić underwent a necessary procedure in order for him to have a biopsy, which concluded he had the disease.

Topić has since kick-started his fight against cancer ... and requested the team keep his situation under wraps until he began the chemotherapy process.

Gene Simmons is calling BS on the media for playing up the seriousness of his recent car wreck ... writing the incident off as a "fender-bender."

The rock and roll legend was spotted by photogs in Los Angeles Wednesday ... getting behind the wheel of a car just weeks after he passed out while driving in Malibu and crashed into another vehicle.

Simmons spoke to the paps ... and called the media "fake news" -- 'cause he feels the severity of his car crash was blown up in the press ... when he says it was really just a run-of-the-mill accident.

"Teen Mom" star Cory Wharton might be the happiest man in the world after his daughter's successful heart surgery ... and he tells TMZ about the new perspective he's been given when we caught up with him Wednesday.

Cory's 3-year-old daughter Maya -- who he shares with Taylor Selfridge -- has only just gotten out of Children's Hospital Los Angeles after being there the last 2 weeks, but they left with some great news ... their baby girl is going to be OK!

Cory tells us, "We knew when my girlfriend was pregnant that she was going to require 2 open-heart surgeries, and we got through ... We finally got through."

Beloved TikToker Kae Bradshaw has died after a valiant battle with cancer.

Her husband, Austin, announced the heartbreaking news on her TikTok account Wednesday and revealed she passed Monday at 1:27 AM with family surrounding her.

Austin said Kae -- who had been diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer -- was in no pain and was holding his hand as she took her last breaths.

Elaine Hendrix was carried out of the ballroom on a stretcher before Tuesday's "Dancing with the Stars" taping ... but she put on a brave face from her hospital bed in a video shared to Instagram.

Watch the clip ... she gives us the lowdown on her hospitalization situation ... in the caption, the 'Parent Trap' actress admitted she's "devastated" to have missed the live performance, writing, "I was beyond excited to share what we had worked so hard on, although you’ll see a version of it. With your support, I’ll be back in the ballroom next week. I want nothing more."

People reports, the injury happened during rehearsals when Elaine said she couldn't breathe because of something wrong with her rib.

Mississippi’s got one wild situation -- a hostile STD-carrying monkey busted loose from a large trailer truck hauling primates after the semi flipped over on a highway, according to police.

The wreck went down Tuesday in Heidelberg, where the truck, containing several monkeys infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID, crashed en route from Tulane University to a Florida testing lab.

Witnesses shot camera footage that captured the monkey climbing out of the trailer and wandering around in a rural area. Cops say six monkeys made a break for it -- but five have been destroyed, and one’s still on the loose.

11:54 AM PT -- Master P has confirmed Young Bleed is still battling in the hospital and pleaded with his millions of followers to pray for the rapper.

Baton Rouge rapper Young Bleed is currently in an ICU in serious condition -- just days after having the world shout "How you do dat there" during his grand appearance at ComplexCon.

Bogus media reports pronounced the 47-year-old rapper dead on Tuesday, but Young Bleed's sister, Tedra, sent out a defiant message on behalf of his family, stating that he was still alive in the ICU.

Bleed's mom says she was inundated with calls and social media posts from people in mourning after the fake news spread online. So, she and the rest of Bleed's family demanded everyone STOP reaching out to her and posting RIP messages!!!

On Saturday, Bleed was full of energy when he performed his signature hit, "How Ya Do That" for ComplexCon, but we're told he's since suffered a major medical emergency.

Ed Oliver's on his way to get his injured biceps tendon surgically repaired ... but the Bills star tells TMZ Sports if Buffalo makes it to the Super Bowl, he'll be back!

The defensive tackle got hurt during the Bills' big victory over the Panthers on Sunday ... and on Tuesday, he touched down in Los Angeles to get the situation looked at by specialists.

But just before he got on his way to see docs, he chatted with us out at LAX ... and he made it clear, if his squad's got a chance to win a championship, he's going to do his best to be on that field.

Lisa Vanderpump's nephew Sam Vanderpump has revealed a terrifying health diagnosis -- he has irreversible "end-stage" liver disease.

The 28-year-old "Made in Chelsea" star opened up about the diagnosis on Monday night's episode of the series, explaining docs told him the damage to his liver is untreatable and he can survive 4 to 5 years without a transplant.

Sam noted he's healthy otherwise and has his fingers crossed that one day he'll get the call he's found a match and can get a new liver.

Christmas came early for some shoppers at Target ... because Kourtney Kardashian showed up to film a Christmas shoot ... and she gave out some gifts.

TMZ obtained photos of Kourtney filming at a SoCal Target on Monday, and she was dressed up like Santa, with son Reign Disick in tow.

The shoot comes on the heels of Kourtney's new Lemme brand lollipops dropping at Target -- they have probiotics designed to help boost vaginal health -- and folks who were there told us she brought a cart of Lemme products and gave them out to some lucky shoppers.