Christian the Lion

Very cool!

freecreditreport.com

Ok I'll admit that I love this guy because of the freecreditreport.com commercials: Eric Violette

The Other Side of Obama

I have complete respect for my Democrat friends who will vote for Obama, and am grateful that we live in a country where we have the privilege of voting for our leaders, but this look into his life really scares me.

Feeling neurotic?

Next time you're feeling neurotic, check out this site. You'll either feel better, or you'll make a contribution.
I am Neurotic

Now, that's funny!

Don't be surprised if your Christmas gift comes from this site.
T-Shirts for the Irreverent Patient

Heart issues

Too bad women don't experience stereotypical symptoms for MI. This is a great story about listening to your body even when it's telling you something that you don't think can possibly be true...
Tim Russert Syndrome

Hospital Rankings

Fantastic site - allows you to find hospitals and see how they rank based on standard of care scores. Warning - results may be scary.
Hospital Rankings

No More Diet Coke?

I'm catching up on blogs / readings / email today...
Disturbing news:

Drinking diet soda (specifically) raised your changes of getting the horrible threesome of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol (called the metabolic syndrome) by 34% among people who drank one diet soda a day–even when everything else (including diabetes) was taken into account. Eeks. Diet soda was a greater metabolic syndrome risk than the risk associated with eating red meat OR fried foods!

Read the article from Doc Gurley along with the article about the evils of artificial sweetener.

So now I'm calculating how long it'll take me to drink through my Diet Coke stash. Then my Nestlee flavored water stash (also artificially sweetened). Then my Diet Mountain Dew stash. Then my sugar free Kool-Aid stash.

Abundance of Leisure Time

Interesting culture we've created -
People who make less than $20,000 a year, for instance, spent more than a third of their time in passive leisure, like kicking back and watching TV. By contrast, those making more than $100,000 a year (I would call them affluent, not wealthy), spent less than a fifth of their time in passive leisure.

Found courtesy of The Happy Hospitalist
via AllFinancialMatters via WSJ(Yahoo)

Fascinating Article About Itching

Wow, this is one of the most interesting articles I have read in a very long time. Just grit your teeth through the first story, as it's a bit gruesome.

Itching