In 2016, drawn by the smell of Easter cookies, I ventured into a small bakery in the village of Olympos, on the Greek island of Karpathos. The owner, a woman named Kalliope, was wearing what looked to me like a traditional costume. After chatting for a minute or two, I asked if she was dressed…
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Rocket Science Events, founded in 2010 in Minneapolis, specializes in elaborate, imaginatively designed weddings held in nontraditional venues, like an airplane hangar or boxing gym. At the start of 2020, Gretchen Culver, its founder, had three part-time employees, a handful of independent contractors working events and revenue projected to be slightly below $500,000. Then, the…
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What’s the hardest-working accessory in your home? Chances are, it’s a tray — whether you use it for ferrying drinks to friends, framing a decorative vignette or corralling mail by the front door. “We use trays for a lot of different things,” said Krista Schrock, a principal of the Los Angeles-based firm Disc Interiors. Sure,…
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At the two locations of Tocabe, a Denver-area American Indian restaurant, customers have long asked the owners Matt Chandra and Ben Jacobs where to buy the Native and Indigenous ingredients used in the kitchen, like the wild rice in the grain bowls, or the bison for the glazed ribs with berry barbecue sauce. Last May,…
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SAN DIEGO — Si eres una mujer cuya edad oscila entre los 18 y los 34 años, tal vez hayas notado un comercial de Phexxi mientras veías algo en Hulu. O quizá te hayas topado con el producto —un gel anticonceptivo no hormonal que las mujeres pueden aplicarse una hora antes de tener relaciones sexuales—…
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In discussing his audiobook on caffeine with Terry Gross on NPR last winter, Michael Pollan called caffeine “the enemy of good sleep” because it interferes with deep sleep. He confessed that after the challenging task of weaning himself from coffee, he “was sleeping like a teenager again.” Dr. Willett, now 75, said, “You don’t have…
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High blood pressure in younger people may be particularly hazardous for women, a new study suggests. The study found that women — but not men — with even mildly elevated blood pressure in their early 40s may be at substantially increased risk for later coronary disease and death. In 1992, Norwegian researchers began studying 12,329…
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To keep the skin of the face young and healthy as long as possible, it is necessary to make it a rule to thoroughly cleanse it before going to bed. What problems does breaking this simple rule lead to? What happens if you go to sleep wearing makeup? Imagine: in the morning you put on…
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New Orleans, LA – The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing a $1.25 million grant over five years to improve access to mental and behavioral health care. The funding will increase the number of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners integrated into primary care settings and improve…
DetailsIMAGE: Anne Heyen is an assistant teaching professor at the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. view more Credit: Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. — While the United States faces a nationwide nursing shortage, a recent study at the University of Missouri found rural Missouri counties experience nursing shortages at a greater rate than the state’s…
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