Meet the cankles / Although this body part has a funny side, it also may be a sign of serious health

Have you heard it? The cackling about cankles?

Maybe the new buzz on this stocky body part has you shunning shorts or sandals. Or maybe you're doing leg exercises like mad to plump up those calf muscles.

A cankle -- if you're in the dark -- is the merging of calf and ankle into one continuous, taperless chunk of leg. It's a "condition" recently spotlighted on TV morning shows and talk shows, on the pages of Facebook and the Wall Street Journal, and on such Web sites as www.saynotocankles.com. Click here for full article.