ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (Feb. 2, 2021) – As the number of states increase where medical and recreational cannabis use is legal, so does the importance that physicians discuss with patients the effects of cannabis on those with asthma. A new survey in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College…
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A surgical procedure meant to counter ulcerative colitis, an immune disease affecting the colon, may trigger a second immune system attack, a new study shows. The study results revolve around the immune system, the cells and proteins that destroy invading bacteria and viruses. Activating it brings about inflammation, responses like swelling and pain that result…
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Spoons Across America — founded 19 years ago to enhance children’s understanding of cooking and health — has arranged for chefs and food professionals to visit New York City classrooms for interactive teaching sessions. This year, with the reduction and often elimination of in-person schooling, the nonprofit organization has created in-home courses for children to…
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MakiMaki’s Midtown location has added a HomeChef line, for making sushi rolls and other Japanese specialties at home. The sushi roll kit comes with rice, seasoning for the rice and a rolling mat; sheets of nori; ginger, wasabi, shiso, gobo, slivered avocado, cucumber and other vegetables; and a copious quantity of high-quality frozen fish, including…
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A primera vista, los resultados reportados el viernes 29 de enero, después de una larga espera por la prueba de la vacuna contra el coronavirus de Johnson & Johnson, quizá hayan sido decepcionantes. Su eficacia —la capacidad de prevenir una enfermedad moderada y severa— se ubicó en 72 por ciento en Estados Unidos, 66 por…
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Here’s an invitation to consume an entire box of chocolates. Truffolie, from the chocolatier Wendy-Dawn Wintcentsen, is offering assortments of 12 or 24 heart-shaped bonbons, with an optional custom message in the box, tucked letter-by-letter under the chocolates. Of course, you could just peek and then eat or share the chocolates one at a time.…
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten has just added Bakery by ABC Restaurants, a vegetarian retail bakery offering pickup and delivery, to his cluster of restaurants at ABC Carpet & Home. The pastry chef, Karen DeMasco, has assembled a Valentine’s Day chocolate cookie box ($48), with four varieties of six cookies each. She is also baking pistachio crumb babkas…
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A new era is opening in spaceflight, a future where anyone — at least anyone with tens of millions of dollars — can buy a rocket ride to see Earth from a couple of hundred miles up. Jared Isaacman, a 37-year-old billionaire, announced on Monday that he was essentially chartering a rocket and spacecraft from…
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Next week, the chef Marcus Samuelsson and Adam D. Weinberg, the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, will give a free talk about art and food, with a focus on Black artists and chefs, and how museums and restaurants are coping with the pandemic. Museum members will get a chance to hear more…
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As part of its check-in process, a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma offers some accident victims a waiver to sign stating they do not want their health plan billed for care. One patient received the waiver shortly after a car accident in which her head hit the windshield. She said she had no recollection of signing…
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