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An Old Medicine Grows New Hair for Pennies a Day, Doctors Say
The ads are everywhere — and so are the inflated claims: Special shampoos and treatments, sometimes costing thousands of dollars, will make hair grow. But many dermatologists who specialize in hair loss say that most of these products don’t work. “There is an endless array of useless hair growth remedies,” often at “significant cost,” said…
Polio Was Almost Eradicated. This Year It Staged a Comeback.
At the beginning of this year, there was a thrum of excitement among global health experts: Eradication of polio, a centuries-old foe that has paralyzed legions of children around the globe, seemed tantalizingly close. Pakistan, one of only two countries where wild poliovirus still circulates, had not recorded cases in more than a year. Afghanistan…
Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique
A team of scientists has found a cheap, effective way to destroy so-called forever chemicals, a group of compounds that pose a global threat to human health. The chemicals — known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — are found in a spectrum of products and contaminate water and soil around the world. Left…
Milady’s, One of SoHo’s Last Dive Bars, Is Reborn With Craft Cocktails
Julie Reiner, who has long been a force in the New York cocktail world, will once again be mixing manhattans in Manhattan. She was one of the partners behind the now-closed Flatiron Lounge and Pegu Club, two of the most important bars in the early days of the craft cocktail movement in New York, and…
Shortcuts to Big Flavor
I ❤️ seaweed, and if you happen to have missed my earlier seaweed-filled edition of this newsletter, please find a moment to catch up with Eric Kim’s recipe for creamy asparagus pasta. Today, we’re turning to an aguachile verde with sliced hearts of palm, avocado, cucumber and onion that uses seaweed to develop and build…
There’s a New Billboard in Town, and You Can Walk in
LOS ANGELES — Those billboards that blight much of the American landscape are, along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the landscape itself — a dense, linear forest of sizzling images advertising the hottest stars and the latest albums and movies. By the time motorists in rush hour have run the two-mile gantlet of these…
Easy Tomato Recipes
For those desperate to savor the last days of summer, the perfectly plump, impossibly juicy tomatoes at the market sure are tempting. So you lug home another few pounds of them, unable to resist but without a plan. Good news: New York Times Cooking has plenty of tomato recipes. Below are 23 that put the…
Summer Cocktail Recipes to Keep You Cool
A cooler’s primary summertime function is written directly into the name: It cools. The style of drink — often a lower-in-alcohol combination of liqueur or fortified wine mixed with a carbonated beverage — is served long and tall over plenty of ice, with the promise of some relief from the heat. Refreshing as it is…
Advocates Urge Mississippi to Expand Medicaid for Mothers After Abortion Ban
JACKSON, Miss. — Like low-income pregnant women around the country, nearly every patient at the Sisters in Birth clinic here is covered by Medicaid, the public health insurance program for the poor. But they face the prospect of losing the coverage two months after their babies are born, when they are still at high risk…