She completed a radiology residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship at Brigham and Women’s in ultrasound, which was then still a rudimentary discipline. She chose that field because she wanted to have children and did not want to be exposed to radiation. After completing her fellowship and giving birth to a son…
Everyone loves Stewie. Standing at 5 feet 8 inches tall — 7 feet, if you count the wooden paddle coming out of his head — Stewie is the official mascot of Brunswick County, Va. A smiley cast-iron pot, he’s filled with Brunswick stew, the motley mix of shredded meat with the “Virginia trinity” of tomatoes,…
The water superintendent for Richmond, Vt., resigned this week after admitting that he had been lowering the fluoride levels in the town’s water below state guidelines for more than a decade. In a five-page resignation letter dated Oct. 17, the superintendent, Kendall Chamberlin, said he had lowered the fluoride level to 0.3 parts per million.…
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With this year’s wedding boom, 2022 is seeing many more weddings — and, with it, many more wedding looks. “At minimum, many brides are asking for three: a chic dress or pantsuit for the rehearsal dinner; her statement gown for the wedding day; and something totally unique for the after-party,” said Sarah Swann, the chief…
Medication-assisted treatment has been controversial in the United States because opioid recovery drugs like buprenorphine (also known by the brand name Suboxone) and methadone are opioids themselves. While they do not generate a high at a prescribed dosage, they help satisfy cravings and reduce withdrawal symptoms as patients seek to cut back and quit heroin,…
They didn’t plan this. Sofia Wylie, 18, who plays the good-at-heart, if witchily named, Agatha in the new Netflix fantasy film “The School for Good and Evil,” pops onto the Zoom call swaddled in a tan-and-white blanket, a cheery, sunlit room with white walls and a gray couch in her Salt Lake City home behind…
In this week’s Modern Love essay, “Young, Gay and Single Among the Nuns and Widows,” Kevin Hershey describes the six weeks he spent tending to his Irish grandmother in her Catholic senior living apartment. Mr. Hershey’s grandmother had decided to die by starvation. A recent college graduate without a job or much of a purpose,…
Charlie Dulik and Michael Nicholas, tennis enthusiasts in Brooklyn, have lately been consumed by another racquet sport: pickleball. They have no interest in joining those who have taken up the game in recent years. Rather, they have been following pickleball’s increasing popularity with a mixture of disbelief and outrage. Mr. Dulik, a tenant organizer, and…
If you were to place an order this week at a restaurant that exclusively served viral foods, here’s what you’d be eating: a salad tossed in a special dressing made by Olivia Wilde; an omelet made with only egg yolks; and a Negroni Sbagliato to wash it all down. Let’s begin with the salad. If…