When I first discovered Elda in off-the-summer-tourist-trail Biddeford, Me., I was surprised. It seemed like a restaurant that belonged on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, or at least in Portland’s bustling restaurant scene, 25 minutes up I-95. Immediately, I sent a note to a friend who grew up in a similarly sleepy town near Portland. “What…
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PARIS — On Friday night in Paris, as the moon rose over the gold dome of Napoleon’s tomb in Les Invalides and a giant black box specially constructed in its backyard loomed in the shadows, Hedi Slimane, the much-admired, much-decried designer who left Yves Saint Laurent in 2016 and whose ghost had been haunting fashion…
DetailsParkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by symptoms such as tremor, impaired balance, and slowness of movement. New research from Spain, however, may have found a way of stopping and even reversing the neural degeneration specific to this condition. A newly identified molecule acts on one of the main mechanism of Parkinson’s disease. Data…
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Doctors discovered that Pam Henry had polio in 1951, when she was just 14 months old. At the time, the disease infected tens of thousands of children in the United States every year, permanently disabling many of them. Dr. Jonas Salk’s revolutionary polio vaccine, which would one day eradicate polio in the United States, would…
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The risk of Ebola escaping from the Democratic Republic of Congo is now “very high,” and the outbreak already is nearing Uganda, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The W.H.O. raised its official alert level because of violence by local militias, which has slowed efforts to contain the outbreak, and population movements in eastern…
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The number of babies born with syphilis has more than doubled in the past four years and last year reached a 20-year high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Syphilis may be passed from a pregnant mother to her unborn baby through the placenta. The infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, and…
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Hair mask is not a rare product, but still not everyone knows how to use it properly. Today we will share the secrets of hair repair, which only hair stylists know. The mask can be applied to dry hair A more popular option is to apply the mask to damp hair, dried with a towel.…
DetailsGatorade is sold as an exercise enhancement drink. It contains rehydrating electrolytes but also has a high concentration of sugar. With this in mind, is drinking Gatorade good or bad for people’s health and sports performance? Gatorade is classified as a «sports drink.» Scientists at the University of Florida developed the drink in 1965 with…
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Kylie Jenner just took her lipstick obsession to the next level. The Kylie Cosmetics founder and lip kit queen lent support to another cult-favorite beauty brand, Anastasia Beverly Hills, when she attended the brand’s event at LA night club Delilah last night. For the event, Kylie wore a skin-tight mini dress with lace-up heels, accessorizing…
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Gender Letter helps you keep up with the world, and the women shaping it. Tell me what you think at dearmaya@nytimes.com. Two doors. When Christine Blasey Ford and her husband remodeled their California home, she insisted on installing a second door — a second egress from which she could escape, if necessary. It was a…
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