Weekly Health Quiz: Cravings, Body Fat and the ‘Vampire Hormone’
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Balaclavas Are Trendy, but for Some Muslim Women It’s More Complicated
When Sagal Jama, a student and content creator in Toronto, noticed that balaclavas were becoming a popular winter accessory, she was ecstatic. “As the seasons change and trends also change, I feel like I have to force my outfits to the conditions of wearing a hijab and my level of modesty,” she said. She would…
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Alex Ebert, a Neo-Hippie Pop Star, Becomes a Guru
“No matter what any rock star tells you, they’re all conscious of the cult of personality,” Alex Ebert said, looking like a tenured musicology professor with his tan button-down shirt, shaggy beard and horn-rimmed glasses, while seated amid grand pianos and organs. “For a lot of them, that’s their primary occupation.” Mr. Ebert, 43, would…
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Amtrak Pays $2 Million to Passengers With Disabilities Who Faced Obstacles at Stations
Amtrak has paid more than $2 million to over 1,500 people with disabilities whom it discriminated against at nearly 80 train stations across the country, from Tuscaloosa to Topeka, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. The payments are the first of several actions mandated by a settlement reached last year between the railroad and the…
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What is Neurofeedback Therapy And Can it Help With Mental Health?
Some companies skip the practitioner entirely by selling pricey neurofeedback devices directly to consumers. Though unlikely to do much harm, Ms. Potter said she would be skeptical of any person or product “claiming you can simply take a piece of equipment out of a box, apply some sensors and say we’re doing neurofeedback.” Even among…
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What We’re Looking Forward to This Year
Welcome. On the last day of last year, I asked what, if anything, you were looking forward to in 2022. Since then, I’ve been thinking of Anne Shirley’s optimistic query in “Anne of Green Gables”: “Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” When I…
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Candlesticks Make a Resurgence: Taper Candles at Every Price
Between 400,000 and one million years ago, our ancestors made fire. This one creation changed the course of daily life, and it would take yet another few hundred thousand more years, according to the National Candle Association in Washington, D.C., for candles to appear. Candles and candlesticks have since become fixtures of religious observances, a…
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11 Macaroni and Cheese Recipes to Curl Up With on the Couch
All macaroni and cheese is good macaroni and cheese, but these recipes from New York Times Cooking are especially fine — and wide-ranging, whether saucy or creamy, tender or crispy, meat-studded or dairy-free. The picks below include some of the greatest interpretations, both classic and clever. Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese is, in Eric Kim’s opinion,…
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Alan Scott, Doctor Behind the Medical Use of Botox, Dies at 89
He married Ruth White, a teacher and homemaker, in 1956. She died in 2009. In addition to his daughter Alison, Dr. Scott is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn Lehmer; three other daughters, Jennifer, Heidi and Ann Scott; a son, Nathaniel; four stepdaughters, Suzanne, Mary, Sally and Phillis Lehmer; 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Dr. Scott…
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Friends with Rings Founder Answers Relationship Questions
In 2019, a year into their marriage, Toni-Ann Craft, 37, and Kenneth Craft Jr., 42, moved from their spacious two–bedroom condominium in Washington to a smaller, two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, where Mrs. Craft grew up. “We wanted to feel more grounded and be closer to family,” she said of their decision to relocate. But the…
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