The current schizophrenia treatments rely on antipsychotic drugs that come with unwanted side effects. However, new research has found that a chemical called sulforaphane could reduce and even prevent symptoms of the condition. Broccoli sprouts contain a chemical that may alleviate schizophrenia. Many people with schizophrenia experience hallucinations and delusions that can significantly impact their…
Researchers turn to an ancient species of fish in a bid to find a better way of delivering therapeutic drugs into the brain to treat conditions and events ranging from cancer to stroke. Lampreys (pictured above) may help boost brain therapies.Image credit: T. Lawrence, Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lampreys are one of the oldest surviving…
Lauren Adele Braswell and O’Ryan Seymour Smykle were married May 18 at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club, an events space in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. The Rev. Roxanne R. Birchfield, an evangelical Christian minister, officiated. Mrs. Smykle, 33, is a principal in the public affairs department at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, an investment firm in Manhattan. She…
Duncan Henry Albert Goodwin and Anthony James Rotunno were married May 18 at the home of Mr. Goodwin’s parents, which was once part of the Clover Hill Iron Mine in Somers, N.Y. Denis J. Timone, a justice in the Town of Somers who is a friend of the Goodwin family, officiated. Mr. Goodwin (left), 30,…
Quan Betty Jiang and Anthony John Terrizzi were married May 18. The Rev. Gary S. Deinstadt, a nondenominational minister, officiated at the Harvard Club of New York City. The couple met in 2015 on their first day of class at Harvard Business School, from which they each received an M.B.A. Ms. Jiang, 29, is known…
Monica Hemen Desai and Noah Benjamin Weiss were married May 15 at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau. Tanya Litochevsky, a staff member of the city clerk’s office, officiated. On May 27, the couple is to take part in a ceremony that includes Jewish and Hindu traditions at Montes Claros, an events space in Lisbon. Ms. Desai,…
Kiera Elizabeth Lewis and Coridon Nicholas Bratton were married May 18 at the Marble House Project, an artist’s residency in Dorset, Vt. Mary Elise Gerisch, who was ordained by First Nations Ministry, officiated. Mrs. Bratton-Lewis, 30, owns Critical Findings, an independent television and film production company in New York and Boston, for which she also…
Stephanie Lynn Wu and Vincent Yau Hang Cheung were married May 18 at Cedar Lakes Estate, an events space in Port Jervis, N.Y. J. Yo-Jud Cheng, a friend of the couple who was ordained by the American Marriage Ministries for this event, officiated. Ms. Wu, 31, is the articles director of Condé Nast Traveler magazine…
Amanda Sarah Hanley McGuire and Alexander Robinson Zook were married May 18 at the Somerset Club in Boston. The bride’s father, having obtained permission to solemnize the marriage from Massachusetts, officiated. Ms. McGuire, 31, is the special-events manager at the French Cultural Center in Boston. She graduated from Skidmore College. She is the daughter of…
Elizabeth Anne Kolbe and Daniel Fife Hardcastle were married May 18 at the Line Hotel in Washington. Dr. Jeffrey L. Levin, a friend of the couple, received temporary authorization from the District of Columbia to officiate. The bride, 33, is a senior associate specializing in health care law in the Washington offices of Sidley Austin,…