Research shows that periodontal disease (inflammation of the gums caused from plaque build up) and heart disease are related. The bacteria that builds up around your gums is the same bacteria that forms the plaque which clogs your arteries. picked by eastcoast1978 9 months ago

Federal agents with the U.S. Marshals Service entered the Houston office of Stanford Financial Group on Tuesday, according to a Reuters eyewitness on the scene. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

There could be one hundred billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy, a US conference has heard. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

You’ve heard it said that celery is a dieter’s best friend, but why? Celery is one of those foods that had very few calories. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

The Senate reached a tentative deal Friday night on a $780 billion fiscal stimulus package, nearly assuring that the plan will pass in the next several days. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

Dell is planning to enter the smartphone market as early as February with several different devices that look to compete with RIM's BlackBerry and the Apple iPhone, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Dell smartphones will use either the Google Android operating system or Microsoft Windows Mobile, according to the Journal's sources. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

Time for Christian schools to change. The rules they use are not working. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

Two years after launching the most technologically savvy presidential campaign in history, Obama officials ran smack into the constraints of the federal bureaucracy yesterday, encountering a jumble of disconnected phone lines, old computer software, and security regulations forbidding outside e-mail accounts. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

Fast food is junk food, right? Your knee-jerk reaction answer is probably “yes.” But truth be told, you really could do far worse than McDonald’s for dinner if you choose wisely and only indulge occasionally. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

BANGKOK: An Australian writer was sentenced to three years in prison Monday for insulting the Thai monarchy in a self-published novel. picked by eastcoast1978 10 months ago

At December's U.N. Global Warming conference in Poznan, Poland, 650 of the world's top climatologists stood up and said man-made global warming is a media generated myth without basis picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

According to Sun-Times columnist and long-time Chicago journalist, Carol Marin, journalists at Barack Obama news conferences have come to realize that Obama has pre-picked those journalists whom he will allow to ask him questions at the conference and many of them now "don't even bother raising" their hands to be called upon. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Teens here are taking nude photos of themselves or others, sending them on their cell phones or posting them online. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

He rolls into the parking lot of Leon's Thriftway in an old, maroon Impala with a trunk full of frozen meat. Raccoon — the other dark meat. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

A standing offer of $250,000 to anyone who can give any empirical evidence (scientific proof) for evolution.* My $250,000 offer demonstrates that the hypothesis of evolution is nothing more than a religious belief. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Don't believe the hype. Avocados have many health benefits. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has done the right thing by saying something about his health. However, his letter to the Mac community is unconvincing. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top advisers were interviewed last week by federal prosecutors probing Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged bid to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat, picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Presidential pardon lists are being closely monitored in the final weeks of the Bush administration, particularly to see whether former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be granted the presidential favor. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are being targeted so often by cybercrooks and other mischief-makers that half of the information-technology specialists surveyed recently by Intel expressed concern about workers under 30, who disproportionately use such sites. picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Poem about the nutritional benefits of the sweet potato picked by eastcoast1978 11 months ago

Some huge names in the technology world had a tough time in 2008. See who's hoping for better times in 2009. picked by eastcoast1978 12 months ago

Fourteen great minds on social media have shared thoughts on what 2009 may have in store for us. Here’s some of what they’re thinking: picked by eastcoast1978 12 months ago

Scores of hospitals have been forced to close wards to new patients as they struggle to cope with the influx of norovirus sufferers.

Image not of virus picked by eastcoast1978 12 months ago

Businesses are cutting back IT budgets and, unfortunately for Microsoft, Vista is on the nix list. picked by eastcoast1978 12 months ago