More and more studies are pointing to the benefits of adding aspirin to conventional cancer treatment. A new review examines this available research and asks the question: is it “time to share [the] evidence and decision-making with patients?” Can a simple pill of aspirin help treat cancer? A new review investigates. Peter Elwood, of the…
Beauty is being redefined — this is something on which most of us can agree. The era of the white, thin, Eurocentric model as the only embodiment of glamour is gone. The runways have embraced diversity of skin, shape and age. But for one group they still lag behind: people with disabilities. Now a new…
Certain personality traits are linked to a tendency toward exceedingly selfish behaviors. There may be a huge gap between the selfishness of a narcissist and that of a psychopath, but current research shows that all negative personality traits share the same dark core. New research suggests there is one core factor that drives all negative…
Dr. Julia Leigh Freling and Dr. Chinedu Ndubisi Madu were married Sept. 29 by Rabbi Barbara Paris at the Heritage Club at Bethpage, an events space in Farmingdale, N.Y. An Igbo wine-carry celebration, a traditional Nigerian wedding ceremony where the bride carries a cup of palm wine to the groom, was held on Sept. 28…
Ruben Porras and Raul Davon Sanchez are to be married Sept. 30 in Brooklyn. Elizabeth A. Murray, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for this event, is to officiate at Giando on the Water, a restaurant. Mr. Porras, 37, is an agent and an account executive at the Harry Walker…
Jennifer Yoosun Berry and Travis Shane Jarae were married Sept. 29 at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. Cameron D’Ambrosi, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, led the ceremony. The couple are partners in One World Identity, a strategy and management consulting…
Andrew Ray Yee Lim and David Richard Crawford were married Sept. 29 at the Religious Society of Friends a Quaker meetinghouse in Manhattan. Susannah Evelyn Crawford, an ordained minister with American Marriage Ministries and a sister of Mr. Crawford, officiated. Mr. Lim (left), 32, is the director of quantitative research at New American Economy, a…
Dr. Grace Jane Chiou and Dr. Bradley Patrick Graw were married Sept. 29. Dr. James M. Hartford, a colleague of the groom who was ordained through the American Marriage Ministries for this event, officiated at the Harley Farms Goat Dairy in Pescadero, Calif. The bride, 35, is an eighth-year resident in plastic surgery at Stanford…
Roxanne Naomi Schwartz and Perri Jaye Silver were married Sept. 29 at the Roundhouse, a hotel and event space in Beacon, N.Y. Cantor Cathy Lawrence officiated, with Elizabeth Schwartz, an aunt of Ms. Schwartz, taking part. Ms. Schwartz (left), 28, is a product marketing manager at Adobe, the computer-software company, in New York. She graduated…
Ashley Catherine Gitter and Jared Mitchell Snyder were married Sept. 29 at Solé East Resort in Montauk, N.Y. Rabbi Daniel Geffen officiated. The bride, 28, is a special events manager at bareMinerals, a cosmetics brand in New York that is a subsidiary of Shiseido, the Japanese personal care company. She graduated cum laude from N.Y.U.…