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No laughing matter: GigaOm blogger Om Malik reports that he had a heart attack last week at the age of 41. At Business 2.0, where we both worked before going blog, Malik and I teased each other constantly about our weight. At one point, he and I lined up with two other rotund members of the staff for a photo. The four of us totaled nearly half a ton. The photo was meant to kick off a weight-loss contest that never really happened. The origins of the name GigaOm, in fact, were not in broadband, but in a broad waist. As Malik has told many friends, his mom gave him the nickname when he returned to India enlarged by his sojourns in the West. I say this not to make light of the situation, but to hammer home a point as serious as an infarction: Maintaining your wetware requires a large portion of your bandwidth. Best wishes for a fast recovery, Om. (Photo by zippy)
Om Malik recovering from heart attack
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1:26 PM on Thu Jan 3 2008
By Owen Thomas
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Asian Indians at highest risk of heart disease in world
(Who knew I'd learn something useful from the flyers in the cafeteria, here?)
To the Indian readers: even if you're not as portly as Om, remember to get checked by your doctor.
Funny I don't see anyone posting here, "How exactly is this newsworthy. Someone in my office had a heart attack in 1994, and no one blogs about it."
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