SAN FRANCISCO — For years, a divisive debate has raged in the United States over the health consequences of nicotine e-cigarettes. During the same time, vaping of a more contentious substance has been swiftly growing, with scant notice from public health officials. Millions of people now inhale marijuana not from joints or pipes filled with…
A friend recently approached me in distress saying she wasn’t sure if she should dump her boyfriend or not. With wide, wet eyes, she asked what I think she should do. It gave me pause. Of course, I thought she should get rid of the guy, but I didn’t want to put our relationship at…
CLEVELAND — Two decades after the onset of an opioid epidemic that led to the deaths of 400,000 Americans, the first landmark federal opioid trial is set to begin Monday, after furious, last-minute settlement talks between two powerful groups of plaintiffs and five drug industry defendants faltered. The weekend impasse highlighted the tensions over money,…
The sports industry’s embrace of cannabis products is continuing to evolve as U.S.A. Triathlon has become the first national governing body of an American sport to make a sponsorship deal with a company that sells products containing cannabidiol, or CBD. CBD is a nonintoxicating compound that, like the intoxicating compound THC, is found in varying…
Dr. Paul Polak, a former psychiatrist who became an entrepreneur and an inventor with a focus on helping the world’s poorest people create profitable small businesses, died on Oct. 10 in Denver. He was 86. His daughter Kathryn Polak said the cause was heart failure. Dr. Polak lived in Golden, Colo. In an era when…
Ana Vivienne Buling and Jack Harmon Peterson-Daily were married Oct. 19 at the Foundry in Long Island City, Queens. Gail K. Johnson, a friend of the couple who is a Universal Life minister, officiated. The bride, 28, is a white collar associate at King & Spalding, an Atlanta-based international law firm. She graduated summa cum…
A new study has found that fatty tissue can accumulate in the airways of people with obesity, possibly contributing to asthma and other respiratory problems. New research suggests that fatty tissue accumulated in the airways may contribute to asthma in some cases. In the United States, as well as across the world, obesity has become…
Miranda Joseph and Erin Leigh Durban were married Oct. 19 at the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Rabbi Michael Adam Latz officiated. Dr. Joseph (left), 56, is the chairwoman of the gender, women and sexuality studies department at the University of Minnesota. She is also the author of “Against the Romance…
Marichal Lynn MacDonald and Aman Gupta were married Oct. 19. Pandit Prabhakar Sharma, a Hindu priest, officiated at the Mandarin Oriental in New York. Mrs. Gupta, 28, is a talent-acquisition principal at Via, a ride-sharing service in New York. She graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College. She is the daughter of Robin M. Lenz…
Tegest Lois Saunders and Tyler Brandon Bighum were married Oct. 19 in Philadelphia. The Rev. Michael K. Bighum, the groom’s father and a Baptist minister, officiated at the Liberty View, an events space at the Independence Visitor Center. Mrs. Bighum, 32, is a compliance officer in Manhattan for BNP Paribas, the French bank. She graduated…