Lead Singer Chad Kroeger Has Vocal Cord Cyst

Image by Thakingdome of Wikipedia Media  reported June 23, 2015 that Nickelback is canceling its 2015 tour due to lead singer's Chad Kroeger suffering from a vocal cord cyst .  He will be undergoing surgery to excise this cyst sometime in July 2015 and will need to be on voice rest . He joins a number of other singers over the past few years who had to cancel their tours due to such vocal cord problems including: • Sam Smith - April 2015 •  Nathan Sykes  - April 2013 •  Nicki M…

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What Caused Beethoven's Hearing Loss?

Image from Wikipedia When Beethoven composed his 9th Symphony, it was an amazing accomplishment especially when considering he did so totally deaf. It has been a medical mystery as to what caused his slowly progressive hearing loss to the point of deafness, but a recent publication suggests it was due to chronic low-level lead exposure consumed from wine tainted with lead. FACT: High levels of lead were found deep in the bone suggesting chronic lead exposure over a long period of tim…

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