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Scientists Turn Scar Tissue Into Working Heart Muscle
Daily Download Team | April 19th, 2012
Via Flickr user Patrick J. Lynch
A remarkable discovery by scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease: injecting a mixture of three different genes into scar tissue can transform it into working heart muscle.
Republicans Love Diet Dr. Pepper. But Why?
Daily Download Team | April 13th, 2012
Via Flickr user nathanmac87
A recent study from National Media Research Planning & Placement identified particular brands that resonate also political lines, such as Diet Dr. Pepper’s strength with Republicans. But: why?
Dumbest Post – A Dung Beetle’s Favorite Flavor
Daily Download Team | April 13th, 2012
The caption for one of the article’s photos says it all: “For the Dung beetle, manure is not to be sniffed at – especially when it’s from humans, according to a new study”
Kevin Costner Attempted to Guard Whitney
Daily Download Team | April 12th, 2012
Kevin Costner wasn’t only Whitney Houston’s protector on-screen. The actor also reportedly reached out to her at the request of mutual friends to express concern over her substance abuse.
Why You Get Songs Stuck In Your Head
Daily Download Team | April 12th, 2012
Via Flickr user r3v || cis
In a new book, a prominent neurologist tackles a key issue: why we get songs stuck in our heads. The most important part of this article comes at the end: a possible method to shake free of the annoying tune.
How Stressful Was The Moon Landing? Here’s Aldrin’s EKG
Daily Download Team | April 12th, 2012
Via Flickr user trawin
The astronauts aboard Apollo 11, the famous craft that first brought humans to the surface of the moon, were under an enormous amount of stress. The Atlantic found Buzz Aldrin’s EKG to prove it.
Website Reviews
Ask Doctor K
Ask Doctor K, the health-oriented column published in newspapers around the county, now finds itself as a blog – a much better fit if you ask the many millions of Americans who go online for health news.
KevinMD
Kevin Pho
KevinMD calls itself “social media’s leading physician voice.” Kevin Pho is the man behind KevinMD. In addition to practicing primary care medicine in New Hampshire, he's also a member of USA Today’s Board of Contributors and regularly cited on major news sites like the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and NPR. The site [...]
HealthyPlace
HealthyPlace.com
A comprehensive website about mental health with free information and articles, but if you want to use some of their tools like the Mood Journal, you do need to register. We took a look at the Mood Journal and it keeps track of your moods, feelings, and even gives you a 30-day report. One of [...]
BrainPOP
Here's a site that parents and educators could find useful to explain health to kids and teens. The problem is, the free content is limited. A subscription is required to access a good chunk of the information. BrainPop's health section is filled with videos, activities, experiments, fun facts, and quizzes. We took a look at [...]
fitsugar.com
Fitsugar.com
Fitsugar is part of the Sugar online global network and fits in with their company's vision. It's fresh, it's spunky, and "what's in right now". Remember the Chia Pet? Well now it apparently can help you debloat according a celebrity trainer. Check out the Debloating Chia Seed Drink Recipe. Many of the posts rely heavily on [...]
Health and Wellness Blog
The Health and Wellness blog, written by New York Times columnist Tara Parker-Pope, hosts a wealth of information for readers about nutrition and better health. Parker-Pope's blog is designed to arm users with practical advice to help make healthy choices. As she writes, "healthy living doesn't happen at the doctor's office." We love the range of topics the blog covers, from A Better Way to Spend Breast Cancer Funds to How Does Tanning Change Your Brain. The tone is down-to-earth and practical; there is even an entry on hot vegetables for cold weather.
Latest Posts
Study Weighs Benefits of Organizing Recess
April 17th, 2012While an overwhelming number of elementary school principals believe in the power of recess to improve academic achievement and make students more focused in class, most discipline-related problems happen at school when kids cut loose at recess and lunch, according to surveys.
One of the solutions, according to a study released this week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: more, and well-trained, staff on the playground.
DD Debates: Chelsea Clinton on NBC
April 17th, 2012A BuzzFeed article notes Chelsea Clinton’s rough tenure at NBC and raises a key question: why is she on the network? Daily Download debates.
DD on NewsHour: How the Campaigns Are Targeting You with Google Searches
April 19th, 2012In our regular NewsHour segment, Lauren Ashburn and Howard Kurtz tell PBS’s Jeffrey Brown how the Obama and Romney campaigns are buying up Google search terms to target ads to potential voters. The president’s reelection team is being far more aggressive, buying up such terms as “Obama economy,” “immigration reform” and “Buffett Rule,” while the [...]
