Most likely playing off of the popular Facebook meme 25 things is the new blog 25 Things About My Sexuality, where people can randomly post just that. [25ThingsAboutMySexuality] Slumdog Millionaire's Freida Pinto has signed onto Woody Allend's latest film. [AfterEllen] Is San Francisc...

I along with millions of people, I know how hard it is to change your eating habits . With so many people having diabetes and heart disease because of obesity I took this as my wake up call. I went on line and found an article from Mayo Clinic that is very informative, that I would like to share. In...

This Friday, February 6th, 2009, is National Wear Red Day. As part of the Heart Truth program, people are encouraged to wear red in an effort to bring attention to the risks of female heart attacks. For more information, please look here. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute has news about th...

Today was one of those days where you sit down around 9:00 pm and say to yourself "What the hell did I DO today?" Unfortunately at our house, the answer is often "nothing." Today, for example, started out with a whimper when I was up all night coughing up the most decorative red fizzy phlegm. My lif...

60 million likely to face early death An estimated 60 million people, most of them living on the Indian subcontinent, have a mutated gene that makes it very likely they will develop heart disease in their 40s or 50s, also likely resulting in earlier deaths. Heart disease is a big problem everywhere,...

The most popular post I did at ZDNet Healthcare last year had the provocative title "Diabetes is also Heart Disease." The story was based on studies showing how diabetes ravages the heart. Doctors recommend that diabetics recognize this damage and treat themselves as heart patients. Today I'm asking...

Colbert’s “Cheating Death” segment usually contains some quality snark. This particular piece opens with a satire on hormones being pushed to women throughout the lifecycle. Then, starting at 2:10: Stephen Colbert: “Next up: Heart Health. Folks: Drugs called “statins...

Toni Pollin and colleagues (2008) report one of the simplest medical research studies you'll ever see: Apolipoprotein C-III (apoC-III) inhibits triglyceride hydrolysis and has been implicated in coronary artery disease. Through a genome-wide association study, we have found that about 5% of the Lanc...

In December of 2002, a large study showed that generic pills for high blood pressure, which had been in use since the 1950’s and cost only pennies a day, worked better than newer drugs that were up to 20 times as expensive. Six years later, the use of the inexpensive pills is far smaller than some...

Researchers at Yeshiva University published results of a study that indicates that regular attendance of religious services may be correlated with increased longevity. In other words, the study claims to have statistical proof that going to shul may help you live longer. The study was led by Dr. Eli...