Sometimes, Shang Feifei goes to a restaurant just for the manicures. On a recent Wednesday night, Ms. Shang, 40, sat patiently at a downtown Beijing branch of Haidilao, a restaurant chain that defies China’s well-earned reputation for lousy customer service. A Haidilao employee buffed and painted her nails, free. The aroma from bubbling broth-filled pots…
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Cardiologists may one day have a new tool to help prevent heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients: a prescription drug that contains large doses of EPA, an omega-3 fatty acid contained in fish oil. A large clinical trial found that the drug, called Vascepa, sharply reduced the rate of cardiovascular events in people…
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In 2010, Joseph Ogrodnek turned a sleepy Greenpoint restaurant, Anella, into one of Brooklyn’s most talked-about spots — a destination for tightly focused, vegetable-driven cooking. A year later, he and his business partner, Walker Stern, opened Battersby in Carroll Gardens, followed by Dover in 2013; both restaurants helped foster the kale-laden, Provençal-esque cuisine that still…
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Ms. Werner, who lives in Stamford, Conn., and Mr. Morris, who lives in Joppa, Md., became serious very quickly, but she had to work in New York, a city that made Mr. Morris uncomfortable. The thought of either of them relocating was a non-starter. “I thought the relationship was over,” she said. “But after three…
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Sometimes birth centers “have a comfortable agreement with the nearby hospitals and midwives have privileges there, and that’s fine,” said Dr. Woo, who has advocated for improved integration of birth centers. “Other times, they have no relationship, and then that often is what leads to bad outcomes, because there will be delays in transfer of…
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Survivors of sexual assault and their supporters stood shoulder to shoulder on the steps of New York’s City Hall on Monday, holding signs that read “I believe Christine,” “Misogyny bores me” and “Block InJustice Kavanaugh.” In Washington, over 100 protesters were arrested after gathering in front of the Supreme Court and inside Senate office buildings.…
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When dozens of people across the country got sick from eating contaminated romaine lettuce this spring, Walmart did what many grocers would do: It cleared every shred off its shelves, just to be safe. Walmart says it now has a better system for pinpointing which batches of leafy green vegetables might be contaminated. After a…
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Last year, Balenciaga made Dad sneakers «fashion» with the release of its Triple S chunky sneaker. The trend hasn’t died down, as several brands from Louis Vuitton to Fila released their own iterations of the must-have sneaker. Balenciaga is moving on though. Today, September 24, Balenciaga released its Track Sneaker, featuring a chunky silhouette—sans the…
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If you were a child of the nineties, bucket hats, jelly sandals, colored sunglasses, and of course, mood rings were the too-cool-for-school accessories you had stashed in your bedroom. And now, because fashion’s love affair with the 90s isn’t dying down anytime soon, Fossil is bringing the mood trend back to our jewelry boxes with…
DetailsRadiation dermatitis is one of the side effects of cancer treatment radiotherapy that people experience most often. Also known as radiodermatitis, it happens when radiation therapy damages the outer layers of a person’s skin. An estimated 95 percent of people who receive radiation therapy will have some form of radiation dermatitis, including redness, skin dryness,…
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