Bianca Livi, Danny Avizov

Bianca Sarah Livi and Danny Elchanan Avizov were married May 27 at Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle, N.Y. Rabbi Lawrence Hajioff officiated. The bride, 35, is a senior business lead at Google in New York, where she drives digital media sales growth for Google and YouTube and builds strategic partnerships with Fortune 500 companies.…

Jacqueline Langholtz, William Taylor

Jacqueline Camille Langholtz and William Randolph Taylor were married June 1 at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville, Va. Will Peyton, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony, with Chris Morash, a Roman Catholic deacon, taking part. The bride, 35, manages educational programs at Monticello, the historic plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. She graduated from…

Corinne Lewis, Megan Myers

Corinne Paige Lewis and Megan Lee Myers were married May 31 at the marriage bureau in Brooklyn. Huiling Zheng, a staff member of the city clerk’s office, officiated. On June 1, R. Lee Farmer, a friend of the couple, led them in their vows at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Ms. Lewis (left), 29, is a senior…

Caroline Quigley, Frederick Adler

Caroline Denison Quigley and Frederick George Adler were married June 1 at the University Club of New York. Chaplain Jewelnel Davis, the Columbia University chaplain, officiated, leading the ceremony with Cantor Laura Stein. The bride and groom, both 27, met at the University of Pennsylvania, from which they each graduated cum laude. In August, each…

Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying

Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according to a University of Queensland researcher. Palliative care expert Professor Geoffrey Mitchell said opioid overuse and some states’ new assisted dying legislation had put end-of-life care clinicians created a “perfect storm” of fear for clinicians…

Enzalutamide improves survival for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer

IMAGE: Christopher Sweeney, MBBS of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology. view more  Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute After 3 years, 80% of men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received enzalutamide along with testosterone suppression were alive compared to 72% of men who received standard care. Chicago – Enzalutamide, an oral androgen receptor inhibitor,…

Happy Global Running Day

Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. This Wednesday, June 5, is Global Running Day. Is it a made-up holiday? Sort of. But unlike many made-up holidays dedicated to…