Health
Chris Coffee And Claudio Pinto At Gotham Aesthetics
I headed into Gotham Aesthetics last week to get my 60% off facial from the world famous Cladio Pinto. Beforehand, Chris Coffee and Cladio sat down to explain for me why it’s so important to take care of our skin this summer. Afterwards, I am telling you, my face was so radiant that I got compliments two days later on it! You guys have got to make an appointment before the end of June (seriously this is the cheapest facial ever from the best there is). Cladio, has just been awarded the Obagi medical aesthetician of the year, a HUGE achievement! Only the best for Guest of a Guest! This gracious offer they gave for my readers is honestly the real deal…too good to be true until you actually find out it is! Don’t miss out on it, get there before the end of the month!
Crunch Soho Putting Down Their Dumbbells
[Photo via Gervorama]
I’m a NYHRC girl myself but today, thanks to MROD nation, we find out on June 30th, Crunch Gym in Soho is going to “be turning off the last treadmill”. Apparently they weren’t able to come to terms on extending their lease with the building (on Houston and Broadway). Says MROD:
But as compensation, Crunch is offering me and my fellow Soho Crunch gym rats the following:
- Reduced monthly $10 off current agreement; and
- Complimentary upgrade to an All Crunch membership.
An Eastern Way To Make A Cough Go Away!
Especially if you’re on the subway sitting next to me or leaning over me. If you fall into either category, we can pretty much bet that you’re also coughing without covering your mouth. Do me a favor - I know that cold season is on the way out, but on your way to/from somewhere, go to Chinatown and pick up some Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa “oral demulcent”. Take a tablespoon in the morning and a tablespoon in the evening… More »
Navigenics In Soho
If you’re doing some shopping in Soho boutiques for the next ten days, say shopping for a Helmut Lang suit or a Malandrino dress, perhaps you could pop on over to Navigenics to get your saliva cotton-swabbed. That’s right, I said cotton-swabbed. Navigenics, a company that promotes at-home genetic testing by selling kits online, will be setting up shop on Greene Street. They will not only be screening for 17 condition that run the gamut from breast cancer to type 2 diabetes, they will be having panel discussions and the like to get us all excited about finding out our genetic defects. More »
If You’ve Been To Socialista, You Need Hepatitis Shot!
…At least if you were there the 7th, 8th, or 11th of this month. Thanks to the Cajun Boy, we are able to pass on the word to all of our Socialista-going readers. Hip Demi hosted a 30th birthday bash for her husband Kutcher at the venue on February 7 after a star-studded dinner at Gemma restaurant. Guests included Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ivanka Trump, Liv Tyler, Catherine Keener, Lucy Liu and Salma Hayek. It was brought to the Health Department’s attention that a bartender there was infected with the highly contagious form of the Hepatitis A virus, in a very recent press release they say:
“Any patron who visited the establishment after 8 p.m. on February 7th or 8th, or after 10 p.m. on February 11th (the times the infected person worked after becoming infectious), is considered to be at risk and needs a preventive shot.”
YIKES…Time for all of us to check our calendars….was a bad night for the in-crowd, Beatrice Inn was busted on the 7th if you remember. Maybe Ash and Demi should take a break from the NY nightlife scene for awhile, they haven’t been having much luck.
[Armin Armiri Likes Fresh Juice]
[People Are Expecting NOT To Be Spilled On At The Box These Days?!]
[I Just Saw Cuba]
[Cops Busted Bea Last Night]
It’s Like Ice Cream In A Cup
[TGI Friday's is TOO much fun]
Nope, actually it’s proabably worse for you. The most cognitive heath fanatics already know that drinks, not food, could be what is stopping their pals from losing that extra 10 pounds they have been struggling with. Why it takes some people longer to figure this out than others, I’ve never understood. Do you not see the labels on that coke you’re about to drink down!? Also, have you never been out at night? Why do you think all the twiggy models only drink vodka (usually with no chaser)? CALORIES, CALORIES, CALORIES! Though there’s a lot more to losing weight (sugar, fat, exercise, carbs, etc), calories are the most blatant, in your face way to gage. If you maintain a consistent calories in vs. calories expended you will stay a constant weight. This is not rocket science people. Our health savvy good mayor Bloomberg knows this, and now his law may FINALLY help those slower ones “get” it.
I’m Sorry, But You’ve Had Too Much!
Almost Everyone at one point in their life has stumbled into a bar, tried to order a drink and heard “I’m sorry but I can’t serve you, you’ve had too much.” Ah Yes, these words conjure up fond memories of freshman week and praying to the porcelain gods, but now they might bring back entirely different memories.
That’s right, Mississippi legislators have introduced a new bill that would, “prohibit certain food establishments from serving food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the state department of health.”
This is exactly the bill that we have been waiting for, someone needs to call Bloomberg up and tell him to get on it. New York led the charge with the smoking ban, but it seems we have been beaten to the punch this time on the fat ban; by Mississippi, yea Mississippi!
Dr. Phil, Get the Hell Out of My Room!
Imagine being in your hospital room at Cedar’s Sinai Medical Center, only to find Dr. Phil with his shit-eating grin, ready to dispense his brand of tough love and exploit you for ratings. This is exactly what happened to our favorite shark-jumping popstar B. Spears the other day. While Britney has certainly brought upon all of her other troubles, this is one she definitely did not.
Dr. Phil, “what were you thinking”!? Oh wait, you weren’t. Dr. Joyce had the following to say about Phil’s potential mental health malfeasance:
“I’m sure Dr. Phil does not want to exploit her. He has all this experience in helping people get over problems”
But wait, Dr. Joyce Brothers lives in a glass house when it comes to this since she herself has been television psychologist for 30 years.
Thinks for Spears aren’t all bad these days. She just got a pass from Mr. Blackwell’s annual worst-dressed list, a list which our favorite little goblin Mary-Kate Olsen made sure to fill out the number 3 spot.
The Fun Police Are Coming
Cocaine-addiction seems to be on everyone’s mind today after some researchers at Baylor in Houston have announced that they are working on a cocaine vaccine that they are hoping will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug. We are just going to point out that these guys are probably not part of the “cool club”. They will become the official “fun police” of the year, however we are rooting for them. Marijuana may be the summertime fun-drug, but cocaine is in season year round. Especially in Manhattan. Thank god all this holiday merriment has reached it’s end so that everyone will go back to their normal usage, and not their super-human-strength-I-am-invincible-speeds. Each night the bedtimes become a little bit later, and the dance moves a little bit more “flowy” and we just are sick of keeping up. Joking aside, that shit can be dangerous:
Side effects can include twitching, paranoia, and impotence, which usually increases with frequent usage. Overdoses cause tachyarrhythmias and a marked elevation of blood pressure. These can be life-threatening, especially if the user has existing cardiac problems. [Wikipedia]
So, maybe one of the reasons you aren’t getting any after hours is because your partner is getting their boogie moves earlier on. The new vaccine would stimulate the immune system to attack the drug when taken (as of now, our systems are unable to recognize cocaine molecules because they are so small so they can’t make antibodies to attack them). However, as Gawker reported on this new vaccine in the works (just before unleashing Julia Allison to the hounds), our favorite blogger pointed out:
So what would be the point of doing coke, then? It will just make you anxious without any of the good stuff. It’ll be like… going to work.
With everyone from i-bankers to club kids snorting up the magic powder, it seems that New York is set to remain “Blasé about Blow“. If this vaccine catches on, there are going to be a lot of grumpy people around town. Maybe everyone should just stick to the counseling and 12-step programs.
Beautiful Girls are Sick-Literally!
Psychology Today is reporting that beauty can be very misleading. In it they claim that although most people automatically assume pretty people are healthier, Brandeis researchers are saying that they’re wrong. In our distant past, humans often sought out beautiful faces because it was a key indicator of a healthy mate. Today, however, that no longer is the case. Attractiveness and Health have a zero link in men, and a NEGATIVE link in women. “Beautiful Girls” may be more likely to leave you “suicidal” (Sean Kingston), and now, it seems they may be more likely to leave you with a nasty cold.
Victor Luevano of Brandeis suggests it’s because attractive women are more social and pick up more pathogens, though “that still needs to be tested.” Women who are healthier are also the ones that SMILE more often. So, maybe if you find a beauty who smiles a lot, the two will cancel each other out. Stay away from the models, those girls are always pouting. Though on the otherhand, catching a virus after making out with a model may not be THAT bad…