Can the stress of blogging cause a heart attack? It is doubtful but one finds it difficult to ignore the fact that not one but two well-known and well-respected tech bloggers had a heart attack in recent weeks.

Marck Orchant (50) never woke up after his massive MI on December 2. The 41-year-old Om Malik of GigaOM was far more lucky and is expected to make a full recovery according to his own announcement in a blog post (where else?). According to NYTimes, ” the chief operating officer for Mr. Malik’s company, Giga Omni Media, played down stress as a factor in Mr. Malik’s health. He noted Mr. Malik’s incessant smoking of cigars and cigarettes was a more likely cause.”

I wish Mr. Malik a speedy and complete recovery. His GigaOM Show is quite interesting, by the

Om has decided to change his lifestyle significantly and it looks like we will enjoy many more episodes of his show in the future:

“Now living a healthier life isn’t just one of my New Year’s resolutions, it’s doctor’s orders. Friends and family have purged my apartment of smokes, scotch and all my favorite fatty foods — I am even going to be drinking decaf. I won’t be refashioning my avatar’s stogie with a celery stick, but I will be taking better care of my health.”

Related:
Some Brand-Name Bloggers Say Stress of Posting Is a Hazard to Their Health. NYTimes.
Popular tech blogger Mark Orchant died of heart attack at 50
A Heart-to-Heart with GigaOM Readers. GigaOM, 01/2008.
AltaVista Founder Dies of a Heart Attack at 42
Image source: Gray’s Anatomy, 1918, public domain.

Original post by Clinical Cases