After a particularly vigorous workout or sports injury, many of us rely on ice packs to reduce soreness and swelling in our twanging muscles. But a cautionary new animal study finds that icing alters the molecular environment inside injured muscles in detrimental ways, slowing healing. The study involved mice, not people, but adds to mounting…
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In March, Variety reported that “Instant Influencer” would no longer be hosted by Mr. Charles. On April 1, Mr. Charles admitted that he had sent messages to minors in a video on his YouTube channel called “holding myself accountable.” In the video, Mr. Charles said that at the time, he believed that the recipients of…
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Blackpink has the kind of star power that makes any viewer a fan. And it’s worked. The South Korean girl group is a global sensation that brings its fanbase of 37 million Instagram followers and 60.2 million Youtube subscribers to its knees. Beyond their catchy pop tunes, its their style that fans often cling to.…
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“If the car rental search engine says the cars are all gone, get crafty,” said Leigh Rowan, the founder of Savanti Travel, a travel management service, who recommends using Google Maps to search for car rental locations near your hotel or vacation home rental. “In major tourist spots like Wailea in Maui, there are four…
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Good morning. The organizational psychologist Adam Grant wrote a fascinating piece for The Times this week about languishing, which he calls the forgotten middle child of mental health: a state of void that isn’t burnout, nor depression, but a kind of joyless aimlessness. He thinks it might be the dominant emotion of 2021. Languishing is…
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After winning multiple beauty pageants including Miss Coney Island and the eighth annual New York Skate Queen contest, she began modeling as a teenager. The first agent she spoke with liked her pictures but told her to change her name. She chose Vikki as a homage to the actress Vickie Lester; Dougan was her mother’s…
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Even Hippocrates argued that all diseases begin in the intestines, including head diseases. But it seems incredible to us: the head and the intestines are not next-door neighbors! However, modern research proves that these two organs are closely interconnected, and the guts are our second brain. In general, the nervous system consists of the central…
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Proceed at your own risk — and please, bring a list. That’s my best advice for spring visits to the garden center. Do not misunderstand: I am all in on shopping for plants anytime, just not on making buying decisions based on the giddy madness of pure impulse. Instead, consider strategically delayed gratification, which probably…
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The company has all of its programs registered with the F.D.A., said Eran Orr, founder and chief executive. Not all the programs offered for V.R. rehab are games; some clinics allow a patient to virtually practice real-life skills they may have trouble doing, such as grocery shopping or dishwashing. To really push the use of…
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One of the most influential magazines most people have never heard of existed for the blink of a hair-covered eye in the Bay Area from 1970 to 1971. The brainchild of a pair of editorial refugees from glossy-land and a Rolling Stone photographer, Rags was the first publication to identify street style as a discrete…
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