“The urgent issue,” he said, “is that millions of people are dying from tobacco products already on the market.” Down the street from the convention center, at the N’vY Hotel, Philip Morris International was trying to reinforce that message to anyone venturing into its Science Hub, with a touch screen that told the company’s story…
Nicholas Glenn Nikic and Matthew Alden Feldman were married Oct. 6 at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in New York. Caroline Stacey, an Episcopalian priest, performed the ceremony. Mr. Nikic (right), 33, is an associate of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a law firm in New York. He graduated from Boston University and…
Kylie Jenner is back at it with the latex dresses. The new mom channeled Barbie with platinum blonde hair, blue sunglasses, and a baby blue skin-tight dress in a new Instagram post. Jenner looked ready for the weekend and appropriately captioned the photo with the diamond emoji. View this post on Instagram ? A post…
A new study used a model of seasonal affective disorder to find out why some people don’t develop depression despite being genetically predisposed to it. The findings also shed light on potential new treatments for seasonal depression. Seasonal depression affects about 5 percent of the U.S. The National Institute of Mental Health estimate that over…
Much of the discussion about hotel gun policies comes from travelers who want to take their guns on the road. On social media and gun-enthusiast blogs, some criticize hotels that ban weapons as “gun-free zones.” “I realize they have a right to do this, just as I have a right to no longer stay here,”…
Lately, it has become common knowledge that eating foods that contain whole grains is good for our health. However, we are only now unraveling exactly why this is the case. Why are whole grains so healthful? Drink enough water, get enough sleep, eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and eat whole grains; the importance of these…
Dr. Rima Bhupendra Patel and Dr. Kapil Chaitanya Wattamwar were married Oct. 1 at the Venetian, an events space in Garfield, N.J. Vimal Raval Maharaj, a Hindu priest, officiated. The couple met at Rutgers, from which each received a medical degree with distinction. Dr. Patel, 26, is a second-year internal medicine resident at Tufts Medical…
Gila Kaplan Belsky and Alexander Henry Modell are to be married Oct. 7 at H&H Farms in Canaan, N.Y. Rabbi Joel Sisenwine is to officiate. Ms. Belsky, 27, who will be taking her husband’s name, received a master’s degree in education from Columbia in May. She graduated cum laude from Cornell, and received a master’s…
Kimberly Melissa Tolman and Billal Jamshed Dar were married Oct. 5 at New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. Neil B. Pioch, a friend of the bride who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated. Ms. Tolman, 40, is a segment producer in Manhattan for “The View,” which is shown on ABC. She…
Elizabeth Jane Zaretsky and Lauren Collins Peterson were married Oct. 6 at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery in Madison, Wis. Theodore Kamm Goff, a friend of the couple who is a Universal Life minister, officiated. Ms. Zaretsky (left), 25, is a digital strategy consultant, specializing in fund-raising for progressive political candidates, in Brooklyn. She graduated…