In New York, Roommates Make a Comeback

In New York, where high rents, small apartments and vibrant social lives were, until recently, hallmarks of life, roommates were seen by many as a financial necessity rather than a lifestyle choice: people with whom one ideally maintained a cordial, if arms-length relationship until circumstances allowed for the move to your own studio apartment. But…

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Giving Recipe Creators Their Due

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. In September, Marilyn Monroe received a New York Times byline. The story? The star’s recipe for stuffing. Monroe was one of thousands of recipe creators who recently received authorship credit for dishes that have been…

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Focused efforts needed to help health IT reach its promise

Despite significant investment in health information technology such as computerized health records and clinical decision support, leveraging the technology to improve the quality of care will require significant and sustained effort by health systems, according to a new RAND Corporation study. In order to accelerate change, better mechanisms for creating and disseminating best practices are…

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