How Music Therapy Can Soothe Anxiety and Improve Mental Health
In music therapy, clients play and listen to music as treatment for stress, depression and anxiety. Here’s how it works.
A Driving Tour of Southern California’s Back Roads
Perhaps nothing defines Los Angeles like the freeways: ribbons of asphalt and steel (and traffic jams) tying coast, valley and mountains together in a multilane, limited-access web. These highways were considered so essential that planners nearly jammed one right through the center of swanky Beverly Hills. But it wasn’t always this way. Before the first…
Doctors Wrestle With A.I. in Patient Care, Citing Lax Rules
In medicine, the cautionary tales about the unintended effects of artificial intelligence are already legendary. There was the program meant to predict when patients would develop sepsis, a deadly bloodstream infection, that triggered a litany of false alarms. Another, intended to improve follow-up care for the sickest patients, appeared to deepen troubling health disparities. Wary…
How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients
The bulge on the side of Peggy Hudson’s belly was the size of a cantaloupe. And it was growing. “I was afraid it would burst,” said Ms. Hudson, 74, a retired airport baggage screener in Ocala, Fla. The painful protrusion was the result of a surgery gone wrong, according to medical records from two doctors…
Eyedrops From Major Brands May Cause Infection, F.D.A. Says
Federal health officials are advising consumers to stop using more than two dozen over-the-counter eyedrops products because of a potential risk of eye infection that may lead to partial vision loss or blindness. The Food and Drug Administration issued an alert on Friday flagging 26 eye care products including eyedrops and gels from CVS Health,…
Halloween Shoppers Not Spooked as Economic Slowdown Remains Elusive
Economists spent much of 2023 warning that a recession could be imminent as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to the highest level in more than two decades. But for companies like Soergel Orchards in western Pennsylvania, a slowdown is nowhere in sight. “People are buying the decorative things,” said Amy Soergel, manager at the…
A Chill in the Air and Chili in Your Pot
Good morning. Chili season gets underway in my house after the first day I am well and truly chilled on my daily bike ride north along the harbor, wind whistling out of the west as if to knock me over. That sure wasn’t yesterday, not in New York! But as Mr. Martin wrote, “Winter is…
Green Beans With Plenty of Texture and Spice
You can never have too many green bean or broccoli recipes. These two Kelly green vegetables are present at every grocery store, have a subtle sweetness and lend themselves well to all manner of cooking: roasting, steaming, blanching, or even raw. Priya Krishna’s new green bean and potato sabzi is an excellent addition to your…
CUNY Halts Investigation of Alzheimer’s Researcher
The City University of New York is pausing its investigation into a faculty member, an Alzheimer’s researcher accused of misconduct, the university said in a statement on Friday. Studies by the neuroscientist, Hoau-Yan Wang, underpin an Alzheimer’s drug in advanced clinical trials. The drug, simufilam, is made by Cassava Sciences, a pharmaceutical company based in…
The Closing of David Chang’s Momofuku Ko Happened Years Ago
David Chang is “pausing operations” at Momofuku Ko next week, according to a post on his company’s Instagram account. It goes on: “we won’t call this a goodbye, but ko will no longer operate in the way it has.” Just what that means is unclear, but it sure sounds like some kind of a goodbye…