Alexandra Feuer, Joseph Portale

Alexandra Willis Feuer and Joseph Charles Portale were married June 29 at Front and Palmer, an events space in a former barrel factory in the South Kensington Art District of Philadelphia. Maura J. Bernt, a nondenominational minister affiliated with Journeys of the Heart, officiated. The couple met in 2011 at Gettysburg College, from which each…

Jocelyn Hinman, Michael Coffee

Jocelyn Ann Hinman and Michael Allen Coffee were married June 29 at the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, N.Y. The Rev. Kate Dunn, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony. Dr. Hinman, 29, will be an adjunct assistant professor and postdoctoral research associate at Teachers College, Columbia University in September. She graduated cum laude from Colgate…

Sally Holmes, Christopher Magalhaes

Sarah Keyes Holmes and Christopher Paul Magalhaes were married June 28. The Rev. R. John Nelson, a minister of the Federation of Christian Ministries, officiated at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The bride, 32, who is known as Sally, is the digital director of Marie Claire magazine in Manhattan. She graduated from Boston College. She is the…

Avery McNeil, Daniel Kay

Avery Sophia Daley McNeil and Daniel Zachary Kay were married June 29 at Willow Ridge Farm in Putnam Valley, N.Y. David E. McCraw, the deputy general counsel at The New York Times who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The couple are each criminal defense lawyers at the Bronx Defenders in the…

Pear-shaped is better for postmenopausal women, even if they are normal weight

IMAGE: Among postmenopausal with normal body mass index, higher trunk fat is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, whereas higher leg fat is associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. view more  Credit: European Heart Journal Postmenopausal women who are “apple” shaped rather than “pear” shaped are at greater risk of heart and blood vessel…

New strategies and approaches needed to cope with growing burden of brain diseases

IMAGE: Professor Anne Hege Aamodt, President of the Norwegian Neurological Association, presented The Norwegian Brain Health Strategy 2018-2024 to attendees at the congress. Norway are the first country in Europe to… view more  Credit: European Academy of Neurology (EAN) (Oslo, Monday, 1 July, 2019) New strategies for preventing and coping with the growing burden of brain…

Sabrina Rahman, Haseeb Frahmand

Dr. Sabrina Rahman and Haseeb Frahmand were married June 29 in a traditional Muslim ceremony. Samiullah Safi, an imam, officiated at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park, a hotel in Falls Church, Va. Dr. Rahman, 33, is an attending physician for emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., and…