Like many of you, The Download is taking a moment to enjoy Thanksgiving with family and friends. This week’s introduction is a bit shorter than usual, but don’t worry—there’s still…
read moreThe day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, has become synonymous with early-morning mall runs, limited-time deals, and those impulse buys you didn’t know you needed. Before online shopping, it was tradition…
read moreTUESDAY, Nov. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of clinical trial participants lost access to important medical studies this year after the Trump administration terminated hundreds of National Institutes of…
read moreGrowing up, breakfast wasn’t complete without a 5-ounce juice glass filled with orange juice—not the oversized tumblers we use today. Back then, there weren’t endless choices like no pulp, some…
read moreMONDAY, Nov. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The COVID vaccine appears to provide a health boost to children with eczema, a new study says.Kids with eczema (atopic dermatitis) appear to…
read moreWhile it’s not based on a randomized controlled trial, it’s indisputable: certain members of my family share a particular trait — they get crabby, irritable, or just plain hard to…
read moreTUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Thousands of U.S. kids each year collapse from cardiac arrest and need CPR to save their lives.But CPR must start for them in…
read moreMONDAY, Oct. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The most common cholesterol drug around might help protect cancer patients from “chemo brain.”Statins appeared to protect breast and lymphoma cancer patients’ brain…
read moreIn the 1991 movie Other People’s Money, Danny DeVito plays a slick corporate raider who proudly admits he doesn’t build anything—he just buys and sells using other people’s cash. The…
read moreIt’s that time of year again—Fat Bear Week! Katmai National Park’s brown bears strut their salmon-stuffed bellies in a March Madness–style bracket to see who’s packed on the most pounds.…
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