That Can't Be Healthy

For African-American strivers, hypertension and other health problems may be linked to racism, not race.

Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Feb 25

VICE + TONIC A Letter From Today's Guest Editor digg.com VICE's health site Tonic is curating the Digg frontpage. Read a note from their editor ONE STEP FORWARD... SUCCESS IS RELATIVE Why Succeeding Against The Odds Can Make You Sick nytimes.com For African-American strivers, hypertension and other health problems may be linked to racism, not race. MEDUCATION I Tried To Get Off Ativan tonic.vice.com And learned some dark shit in the process. CHILLS Out Here, No One Can Hear You Scream highline.huffingtonpost.com The dangerous culture of sexual hostility hiding within America's national parks and forests. SMILES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Better Than White Strips And Cheaper Than Dentist Visits hismileteeth.com Drugstore whitening strips don't really work and professional treatments are really expensive. HiSmile's at-home whitening kits are the best of both: affordable AND effective. Their kits start at $60 and include LED lights that help brighten your smile in under 10 minutes. LONG TIME COMING SUCKERS We're All Guinea Pigs In A Failed Decades-Long Diet Experiment tonic.vice.com "The change in dietary advice to promote low-fat foods is perhaps the biggest mistake in modern medical history." OLD PEOPLE RULE Creative Until You Die features.hollywoodreporter.com In an industry rife with ageism, don't ask these luminaries — from Betty White to Don Rickles, Dick Van Dyke to Jerry Lewis, all of them still artistically active in the industry — if they want to stop working. Says Cloris Leachman, "F— you." MIND YOUR MIND Runs In The Family newyorker.com New findings about schizophrenia rekindle old questions about genes and identity. MAKING THE HARD CHOICES GENIUSES The Improvisational Oncologist nytimes.com In an era of rapidly proliferating, precisely targeted treatments, every cancer case has to be played by ear. CONFESSIONS FROM THE ER When Your Patient Is A Murderer tonic.vice.com It was impossible to reconcile the woman on the gurney with what she had done. VIDEO OF THE DAY FIGHTING WORDS Running Is The Worst Way To Get Fit digg.com If you want to be in shape, skip the 10K training and sprint — but don't jog — to the nearest weight room. Here's to a healthy (work-free, preferably) weekend! View the Edition at Digg.com »

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What Happens In Space, Doesn't Stay In Space

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Drinking in space is illegal, video games rule and fitness trackers don't work.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Feb 24

WHAT HAPPENS IN SPACE... WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Astronauts Can't Get Drunk, And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Drinking in space is illegal, video games rule and fitness trackers don't work. WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THAT Why Is The Speed Of Light The Speed Of Light? aeon.co Light travels at around 300,000 km per second. Why not faster? Why not slower? A new theory inches us closer to an answer. IT'S SHAPES ALL THE WAY DOWN Physicists Uncover Geometric 'Theory Space' quantamagazine.org A decades-old method called the "bootstrap" is enabling new discoveries about the geometry underlying all quantum theories. DEALS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Leo DiCaprio Would Wear This Suit, Probably indochino.com Seriously, somebody give these suits an Oscar. Indochino's made-to-measure suits, shirts and accessories act all expensive, but they're surprisingly affordable. Especially since they're up to 70% off until Sunday. DOMINATE YOUR WATCH PARTY Who Will Win The Big Oscars Categories, According To Everyone digg.com Who will win the big awards this Sunday? We tallied up all the predictions from around the internet, and we have a pretty good idea now. LET'S GO ON A QUEST HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH A Very Strange Story About The World's Greatest Dog Sanctuary outsideonline.com The world's greatest dog sanctuary is on a small farm in Costa Rica, where hundreds of canines run wild over the land — eating huge piles of food and slobbering happily on Lya Battle and her small band of dedicated volunteers. WHERE THERE'S A WIDOW, THERE'S A WAY Lady Jane Franklin, The Woman Who Fueled 19th-Century Polar Exploration atlasobscura.com An English widow dispatched many a vessel to search for her lost husband, who never returned from the Arctic. SOONER WOULD BE FINE, TOO The Man Who Wants To Eradicate Hangovers By 2050 melmagazine.com Scientist David Nutt believes a chemical called "alcosynth" is the secret to drinking without regret. VIDEO OF THE DAY NATURE... SO TENDER When Mama Bear Says It's Time To Cross The Stream, Don't Dawdle digg.com Because you're crossing that stream, whether on your own four legs or dragged by the scruff of your little bear neck. IN THE NEWS Trump White House Asked FBI To Discredit Trump Campaign Russia Ties, Plus All Today's Trump News Uber Sued For Stealing Google's Self-Driving Car Technology Hayao Miyazaki Is Out Of Retirement And Working On A New Film, Says Studio Ghibli Producer You're Overpaying For Drugs And Your Pharmacist Can't Tell You Incredibly Lethal VX Nerve Agent Used To Kill Kim Jong Nam, Police Say FROM THE DIGG STORE Want A Job? Learn To Code digg.com Apparently, coding is the next blue-collar job frontier. Here's everything you need to learn the basics, without the massive amounts of student debt. Unfortunately, we're not up in space, exploring the depths of the universe. We are, however, on earth — and there's beer here. Have a great weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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