A treatment called extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is used in patients both human and equine to speed healing of injured tendons and ligaments. Using high-pressure sonic waves, ESWT is thought to increase blood flow to the treated area and has been shown to reduce pain over the short term. In racehorses, however, masking pain can…
By their nature, hospitals are fast-paced environments that can induce some stress in the people who work there. Often, the roles taken on by people saving others’ lives are somewhat thankless. For this reason, Penn Medicine’s Center for Digital Health created “High Five,” a web-based recognition system that enables staff members to easily use social…
This year, for the first time, D’Artagnan is selling turkeys, raised free range in Pennsylvania the same way as its Green Circle chickens, on scrap vegetables from food markets. The birds are grown to market weight more slowly than usual and air-chilled. I tried one for Thanksgiving without brining or heavy seasonings, roasted at 375…
Pop the cork alongside a dessert like no other, from the kitchens of Lady M, the bakery founded in New York in 2001. It has infused its famous nine-inch multilayered Mille Crêpes cake with Champagne for the holidays. A whiff of strawberry enhances the pastry cream between the delicate layers and a shimmering Champagne gelée…
Enter through the gift shop. The bright pink fun house called the Museum of Ice Cream opens in SoHo on Saturday. The entrance features a dipping counter where signature flavors like honey-swirled Queen Bee, crunchy Churro Churro and Malt Shake, with nubbins of malt balls, are scooped. Beyond, ticket holders will find three stories of…
With Sweeter Cards, a greeting-card-meets-chocolate-bar, a stocking stuffer can be sweet in both taste and sentiment. Founded in January, the St. Louis-based company includes Hanukkah and Christmas greetings among its offerings. Each card comes with the same type of Fair Trade-certified chocolate: dark, sprinkled with sea salt and a ribbon of caramel. The company will…
“For me Hanukkah is about frying in olive oil,” said Michael Solomonov, the chef of Zahav, who has created a dinner menu for the holiday that’s being sold to go at Whole Foods Market. Meaty and crisp chicken schnitzels topped with amba, a condiment he makes with apples instead of the usual mangoes, are the…
Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose participation in the social media phenomenon known as the Ice Bucket Challenge helped raise more than $100 million toward fighting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as A.L.S. or Lou Gehrig’s disease, died on Monday at his home in Beverly, Mass. He was 34. His death was announced…
Julia Fox’s progression from downtown Manhattan persona to actress in the new Adam Sandler movie “Uncut Gems” might sound like an impressive run of luck. Ms. Fox, 29, says she manifested the entire thing. Manifestation, she reminded while waiting in line at the East Village pastry shop Veniero’s on a Sunday afternoon last month, is…
As a senior at Cornell in the 1930s, Margaret Lawrence had a nearly perfect academic record and expected to attend the university’s medical school. But Ms. Lawrence (she was Margaret Morgan at the time), the only black student in her class, was denied admission. “Twenty-five years ago there was a Negro man admitted,” the dean…