Chronic constipation often accompanies depression. Using a mouse model, researchers investigated why this relationship might occur. They have also tested an experimental drug with encouraging results. Depression and constipation often go hand in hand. Over the years, scientists have found strong links between psychiatric disorders and an increased risk of constipation, particularly in older adults.…
It was a most unusual message from a health official: People should be allowed to eat, drink and smoke as they see fit. Norway’s new minister in charge of public health said this week that adults did not need government lectures about what to put in their bodies, but it sounded a bit like she…
NEW YORK – Thursday, May 9, 2019. Michael Kors is pleased to announce that the following women wore Michael Kors Collection, and the men wore Michael Kors Mens, to a private dinner celebrating the Old Bond Street townhouse store opening on Thursday, May 9, 2019, in London, UK. Kate Moss wore a black wool-crepe-broadcloth jacket,…
When Gabriel Friedman came into Laura Hamm’s life in July 2015, she was already living with someone she had met 10 months earlier at an IHOP in Baton Rouge, La. “We began living together almost immediately after I met him, and my parents were very concerned about that decision,” said Ms. Hamm, who was born…
“Oh my God, this is going to be amazing,” a preadolescent wearing a gray hoodie exclaimed as he dashed in to The Yard, a 50,000-square-foot adventure playground on Governors Island in New York Harbor. The Yard, for kids 6 through 13, lacks the usual monkey bars, slides and swings. It is, however, well-stocked with dismembered…
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In my dreams she was a monster out of Greek mythology: eyes unseeing, skin flayed, mouth bleeding crimson; a howling mountain of pure pain made flesh that I alone was to face. I would awaken sweating before my 4 a.m. alarm, dreading the day’s tasks, fighting bile and self-hatred on every step of my icy…
I’m having L-word troubles, but my troubles don’t involve a lover. There’s no romance or sex in this. No flowers, candles or dancing. My L-word troubles are with my boy, my best friend, Kichi. I’ve told him I love him probably five or six times now, but he never says it back. When people say,…
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Anna Sorokin, the fake German heiress who swindled her way into Manhattan’s elite party circles, was sentenced on Thursday to four to 12 years in prison for bilking hotels, banks and a private jet operator out of hundreds of…
Probiotics are increasingly being researched and marketed as functional ingredients to enhance health. As the market for these products grows, consumers face difficulty in distinguishing between high- and low-quality products. In the current context, is it possible to have certainty about which strains of probiotics are in a given product and at what quantities, and…