Toddler Dies After Queens Woman Throws Him From Balcony
A 53-year-old Asian-American woman, Xiao Au Cai, was arrested on the evening of November 2nd (which was, coincidentally Elections Night, but…
Category: Health and Fitness
Triathlon Completed!
Completed my first triathlon this morning — and promptly got the free massage, ate lunch, and fell asleep for four…
A Triathlon Confession
When I was a kid, I was the farthest thing from athletic. I went to a private school where physical…
San Francisco’s “Hep B Free” Campaign a Model For The Rest of the Country
I’ve heard a lot lately about San Francisco’s Hep B Free campaign, a public campaign to increase hepatitis B awareness…
Asian Male Takes Hostages at Discovery Channel HQ (and Comparisons to Virginia Tech)
I completely missed the ongoing news drama today (work, work, work), so I’m a little late blogging on this. Turns…
Homophobic Ban on Blood Donation from Gay Men Upheld
I must have missed the memo that said we are still living in the 1980’s. I am a proud blood…
Michelle Obama Announces anti-Childhood Obesity Campaign
“Let’s Move”. Ridiculous name, cool new initiative out of the Obama administration. Called The Let’s Move campaign, the program focuses…
Michelle Obama Declares War on Childhood Obesity
I was delighted to read this afternoon that the First Lady is gearing up for a campaign to end childhood…
Study linking autism to vaccination retracted
I just caught this on CNN: a 1998 study “showing” a link between measles vaccinations and autism has been retracted…
Harvard’s Basketball Superstar: Jeremy Lin
The headline for the article in Time Magazine is “Harvard’s Hoops Star is Asian. Got a Problem With That?” Why,…
Pacquiao vs Mayweather: take it to the ring, guys!
As my boss loves to tell me, everything about me makes sense except for one: my love of boxing. I’m…
Diabetes: A Silent Killer of Asian Americans
Last month marked National Diabetes Awareness Month, yet diabetes remains one of those diseases that remains largely misunderstood by the…