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Should older people in good health start taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks, strokes, dementia and cancer? No, according to a study of more than 19,000 people, including whites 70 and older, and blacks and Hispanics 65 and older. They took low-dose aspirin — 100 milligrams — or a placebo every day for a median…
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A new study has asked whether certain people with chronic pain should be given sugar pills to manage their symptoms. Scientists tap into the individual differences that make some people more susceptible to a placebo. Brain anatomy and personality type may influence susceptibility to the placebo effect. A placebo is a medical intervention — be…
They shared Charlotte’s home — one room, eight feet by eight feet, with rough concrete walls, a tin roof and a dirt floor. It was crammed into a warren of dwellings on the side of a hill, down a steep flight of uneven stone steps from the road. The sisters slept together in a bed…
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A large observational study recently published in the journal The Lancet examines the link between the consumption of whole-fat dairy and cardiovascular health. Dairy products may benefit cardiovascular health, says new research. The United States Department of Agriculture and American Heart Association (AHA) both recommend that adults do not exceed three servings of low-fat dairy…
Blair Emily Miller and Benjamin Wilson Patton were married Sept. 15 at Green Meadow Farms, an organic vegetable and flower farm in South Hamilton, Mass. The Rev. Michael Rudzena, who was ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, officiated at a nondenominational ceremony. The bride, who is 38 and works in New York, invests in socially…
Elena Cecilia Schneider and Eli Jonathan Stokols were married Sept. 15 at the Augsburg Lutheran Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Paul Wollner, an Evangelical Lutheran priest, officiated, with Rabbi Andrew Ettin taking part in an interfaith ceremony. The bride, 27, is a campaign reporter at Politico in Arlington, Va. She graduated from Northwestern, from which she…