Lipitor has a commercial based on an endorsement from Richard Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart.

But wouldn't you say the inventor of the artificial heart would want people's hearts to fail so he can put a baboon heart in them? And, I've yet to meet a single person with an artificial heart. It's hardly saving billions of lives. Come on, Lipitor. How dumb do you think we are?

Besides, this Jarvik character is more than a tad on the creepy side.

Labels: advertising, health

This article's way too long to read, but I get the impression that it proves, once and for all, that endurance training makes you age quickly.

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: Endurance training is antithetical to anti-aging. So it amazes me when guys in their 40s and 50s who are training for a marathon or Ironman suggest that doing so will keep them young. It won’t. You may feel like a stud now with your shaved legs and your magic marker biceps tattoos, but endurance training speeds up the aging process almost as fast as watching TV, drinking sodas and eating potato chips. Actually, in some cases, it speeds it up even faster.

I didn't bother reading beyond this opening paragraph, or do any further research on my own, but there it is. On the Internet. Proof of what I've always hoped.

Fellow lazy asses: we're getting drunk, eating pizza, and smoking Marlboro Reds tonight.

Labels: health, random nonsense