Having The Talk

You Never Think About Tuberculosis Until You Lose Two Years And Half A Lung To It, Just The Important Stuff From Thursday's Apple Event, The Sad Parents Of #Gamergate, Can Enough Exercise Make Up For Junk Food?, What We Learned This Week, Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Says Goodbye To Her Staff Before Her Transfer To Maryland The Daily Digg Friday, October 17, 2014 INCONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION You Never Think About Tuberculosis Until You Lose Two Years And Half A Lung To It buzzfeed.com While volunteering for the Peace Corps in Ukraine in 2010, I contracted a severe version of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Two years of painful, isolating treatment taught me the vital role social media may play in finally eradicating this disease. PRESENTED WITH ORGANIC PASSIVATION Just The Important Stuff From Thursday's Apple Event digg.com ​It feels like it was only yesterday that we all sat through a three-hour Apple Event. But it wasn't. So Tim Cook is back on stage telling us about the best things ever. We're here to tell you just what you need to know. THEY'RE HAVING 'THE TALK' The Sad Parents Of #Gamergate theawl.com All around the country, parents are sitting down to have the talk with their children. Not about sex or mortality or college. They're having the talk about Gamergate. THE NEW PEPSI CHALLENGE Can Enough Exercise Make Up For Junk Food? theatlantic.com When people think about sugar calories in terms of physical activity, they choose well. DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned just how un-exciting two new iPads could be, poop banks exist and that shouting Ebola in a crowded bus isn't protected by the First Amendment. SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING OKAY Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Says Goodbye To Her Staff Before Her Transfer To Maryland digg.com Nina Pham, the second confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. and one of the nurses who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, says goodbye to her treating physician Dr. Gary Weinstein before she leaves for the National Institutes of Heath clinical center in Maryland. Currently, Pham is in stable condition. Read more on Digg.com → CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Young kids silhouette against an installation set as part of the Signal Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. The light festival brings the city's historical buildings to life through audio-visual installations. Credit: AP Photo/Petr David Josek Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014