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Jabari Asim: Closing the Racial Gap in Medical Treatment

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Jul 29, 2006 Why do African Americans still lag behind even recent African immigrants when it comes to beating heart disease and cancer? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mediterraneans Have All the Fun, Fewer Heart Attacks

Staff / Truthdig Jul 6, 2006 According to Reuters: "Mediterranean-style diets, rich in healthy fats from olive oil or nuts, may be better for the heart than low-fat regimens, a new study shows." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ken Lay, Former Enron CEO, Dies of Heart Attack

Staff / Truthdig Jul 5, 2006 Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who six weeks ago was found guilty in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history, and who was expected to face decades in prison for his fraud and conspiracy convictions in the Enron collapse, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 64. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Classic Scheer-Carter Interview From ‘Playing President’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2006 During a 1976 interview for Playboy magazine that would produce one of the most famous remarks by a presidential candidate in modern times, Jimmy Carter told Robert Scheer, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times" Check out an excerpt of that exchange, along with many more in Scheer's new book, "Playing President". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shocker: Study Shrugs Off Prayer’s Power to Heal

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2006 A nationwide study finds that having strangers pray for heart patients does not help their health. In fact, the prayed-for are actually more likely to suffer complications. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )