A bowel obstruction is a blockage in the small or the large intestine. It is a potentially dangerous condition and has several causes. Someone with a full obstruction will find passing a stool or gas difficult, if not impossible. A partial obstruction can cause diarrhea. Obstructions cause a buildup of food, gastric acids, gas, and…
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In the 1800s, thousands of Aboriginal Australians were the victims of a terrible trade in the name of science. Anatomists opened their graves and stole their skeletons. After massacres of Aboriginal Australians, police officers sold body parts to museums. Today, many of these bones lie far from home. “Our old people’s remains have been stolen…
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Image Children who live with cats and dogs when they are infants are less likely to develop allergies later in childhood — and the more pets they have, the better, a Swedish study of 1,278 children has found. Researchers interviewed the parents of 249 of the children when they were 6 to 12 months old,…
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“To Kill a Mockingbird,” the beloved American story about a middle-aged white man as a civil-rights hero, opened on Broadway last Thursday night and the nation’s celebrities came to pay homage. Among the dozens of eminences filling the Shubert Theater were Oprah Winfrey, Jessica Chastain, Huma Abedin, Tina Fey, former Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Jessica…
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Image A gender-agnostic handbag’s worth of the things of the year: CBD-laced skin care, tiny Doris sunglasses from Roberi & Fraud, mango cartridges for the Juul vape.CreditTony Cenicola/The New York Times How can we take stock of a year that brought us, and subjected us to, so much? Easy. This is late capitalism, after all.…
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A good party requires certain conditions: low lighting, an abundance of social lubrication, a friend or two — and proper attire. Since it’s difficult to let loose when you’re chilled to the bone, your New Year’s Eve outfit should be sufficiently insulated from the winter cold. Bonus points if it’s sparkly. Image It Exists! A…
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Good morning. I teamed up this week with the photographer Daniel Krieger to document the last days of the Red Cat, Jimmy Bradley’s terrific restaurant in the Chelsea district of Manhattan, which is closing after dinner service on Dec. 23, after 19 years. And, of course, I’m using the occasion to bring forth a couple…
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Justin and Crystal Reynolds shared their first dance as husband and wife almost three years ago surrounded by friends, family, manta rays and whale sharks. They married submerged in 6.3 million gallons of water inside the Ocean Voyager exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. “We definitely wanted to mix our wedding with diving because…
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Women tend to live longer than men, a difference that seems to apply to female versus male individuals across the animal kingdom. Why is this the case? What gives women their longevity? Genetically, most women have two X chromosomes, and most men have one X and one Y chromosome. X chromosomes contain hundreds of protein-encoding…
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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer plan to merge their consumer-health divisions in a joint venture with a product portfolio that would include an array of popular pain relievers, toothpastes, cold treatments, vitamins and dietary supplements. GlaxoSmithKline, which is based on Britain, will own 68 percent of the new entity; Pfizer, which has its headquarters in New York,…
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