Wearing combat boots during the Fall is a no brainer, and this season designers are bringing the best. Dr. Marten reinterpreted their OG boot as a hiker, Alexander Wang takes «steel toe boots» literally, and Topshop’s affordable option looks way more expensive than it actually is. Shop 12 updated takes on the classic shoe, just…
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A few days ago, I sat in a medical recliner at the University of California, San Francisco. A cardiologist placed 10 stickerlike electrodes onto my limbs and chest and then connected the wires to a dated-looking contraption with a screen and a keyboard on a cart. About a minute later, a printer produced a chart…
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Good morning. Julia Moskin wrote a long and captivating history of ranch dressing for The Times this week, and in it she made a fascinating point about the difference between what I’ll call farmers’-market cooking and the kind most of us need to practice more regularly, for reasons of geography or thrift. “Any home cook…
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One was Seattle, the other Mukono, a town in central Uganda, where Dr. Wall-Scheffler spent a semester working at a local university. In each city, she and Ms. Bouterse sought out a local pathway near a major market center, where people often walked to and from stores and other attractions. The researchers identified permanent markers…
DetailsA first-of-its-kind study reveals that, as we age, levels of a certain molecule increase, which silences another molecule that creates healthy bone. It also suggests that correcting this imbalance may improve bone health, possibly offering new avenues for treating osteoporosis. Senior women are at a particularly high risk of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis affects around 200 million…
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In firefighting it’s called a “rekindle”: A blaze thought to be extinguished that later reignites soon after firefighters have left the scene. Failure to find and douse embers smoldering behind walls and flooring leads to rekindles. The only thing that can prevent a rekindle is a thorough overhaul (tearing apart floors, ceilings and furniture). If…
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I hadn’t realized how quickly my father’s mind was fading until one morning a few years ago when he asked me why he was taking only six medications per day. “What will I take on the seventh day?” he wanted to know. My mother, who had been given a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, had been…
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Happily, studies also find that it’s not hard to convert people to the stress-is-enhancing perspective. To do this in my own work with adolescents, I liken the demands of school to a strength-training program. Everyone understands that lifting weights to the point of discomfort is the only way to build muscle; the process of developing…
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Advertisement Critical Shopper The racks at this resale outlet on the Lower East Side are packed with Supreme, Palace, BAPE and Off-White. The sneaker wall is crowded. Image You may have to wait outside Round Two for a bit before being let in. CreditCreditStefania Curto for The New York Times Sept. 19, 2018 The resale…
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Advertisement “I made a commitment to feel-good music,” the artist said before a show at MoMA PS1. “I had to show my belly a lot of attention, a lot of love.” Image The hip-hop artist Lizzo writes music that is as much about building yourself up as it is about accepting who you are.CreditCreditAmy Lombard…
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