The huge secret about FDR’s death
By Brian Bethune - Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 10 Comments
Americans were told their president died of a sudden stroke. Not true, says a new book.
Dwight Eisenhower’s heart attack, LBJ’s gallbladder, Kennedy’s many ailments, even George Bush Sr.’s bout of nausea in Japan: ever since the occupant of the White House became the Most Powerful Man in the World, the health of U.S. presidents has been of consuming interest. Much of that concern is pure finger-on-the-nuclear-button angst, but a significant portion derives from the fate of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When the first leader of superpower America died in office in 1945, it was a shock to most of his countrymen, who were largely unaware of just how sick FDR was. In fact, according to neurologist Steven Lomazow and journalist Eric Fettmann, authors of FDR’s Deadly Secret, they are the first to crack wide open the secrecy that has shrouded Roosevelt’s health until now. FDR, they write, died of cancer, a disease that had deleterious effects on his mental as well as physical health. In concealing the cancer from the American people, the authors argue, Roosevelt was “rolling the dice with history”: he won (mostly), but it was a very close run.
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Loneliness is just as unhealthy as smoking
By Cathy Gulli - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 4:43 PM - 5 Comments
Loneliness can hurt like hell. A new book by researchers at the University of…
Loneliness can hurt like hell. A new book by researchers at the University of Chicago says that loneliness, like pain, is an important signaller to people about the danger they’re in. They found that loneliness is just as bad for your health as smoking, obesity or high blood pressure.
If you think you’re safe from loneliness because you have lots of friends, guess again. Surprisingly, the number of intimate contacts a person has in their life does not determine their likeliness to feel lonely; it’s more about how positive their relationships with others are.
And if you’re feeling lonely today, the research suggests you’re likely to feel even more lonely in a year. The best way to overcome that awful feeling is to start volunteering as a way of socializing with others in a positive realm.
Have a look of this video. The lead researcher explains.
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Steve Jobs is NOT dead.
By Steve Maich - Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 9:49 AM - 0 Comments
Let me repeat that…not dead. Still very much alive…and hopefully will be for many…
Let me repeat that…not dead. Still very much alive…and hopefully will be for many years to come.
But for a brief moment last night, apparently, readers of the Bloomberg wire service might have thought otherwise.
Gawker has the whole story, of Bloomberg inadvertently running the Apple CEO’s obituary last night. As a former Bloomberger myself I can tell you a few things about this. Continue…
