Is your man the right one? Have you made the right choice? Are you perfect for each other? There is a way to understand this: there are fairly obvious signs of a perfect couple that you might have overlooked. Mutual attraction You are comfortable, calm, and pleasant together. You have a strong sexual interest in…
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Lips are very sensitive. In fact, they are somewhere between the skin and mucous membranes. There are almost no sebaceous glands on lips, so they always lack a natural protective lubricant. Because of this, the skin of the lips quickly reacts to various factors with dryness and peeling. Wind, rain and temperature changes Natural factors…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageHealth care workers help patients outside the Houston Medical Center on Thursday. Houston’s mayor has said that I.C.U.s there were nearly at capacity.Credit…Erin Trieb for The New York Times Some Mississippi I.C.U.s are full, while Houston is on red alert. The coronavirus continued its surge across the South and…
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What if a single injection could lower blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides — for a lifetime? In the first gene-editing experiment of its kind, scientists have disabled two genes in monkeys that raise the risk for heart disease. Humans carry the genes as well, and the experiment has raised hopes that a leading killer…
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The number of coronavirus infections in many parts of the United States is more than 10 times higher than the reported rate, according to data released on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The analysis is part of a wide-ranging set of surveys started by the C.D.C. to estimate how widely the…
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Dr. William Dement, whose introduction to the mysteries of slumber as a postgraduate student in the 1950s led him to become an eminent researcher of sleep disorders and to preach the benefits of a good night’s sleep, died on June 17 in Stanford, Calif. He was 91. His son, Nick, a physician, said the cause…
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Kiss the elevator pitch goodbye — at least if it takes place in an elevator. Change is coming to the daily vertical commute, as workers begin to return to tall office buildings in New York and other cities. The elevator ride, a previously unremarkable 90 or so seconds, has become a daunting puzzler in the…
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ImageTrust in Dr. Anthony Fauci is generally high, but there’s a partisan split, with 51 percent of Republicans trusting him compared with 81 percent of Democrats who do.Credit…Pool photo by Sarah Silbiger For months, President Trump has been contradicting his public health advisers over the response to the coronavirus pandemic. Over that same time, public…
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Making an alcohol-free cocktail can be as simple as opening a can of Bloody Mary mix, but with a little more ambition, the home bartender can create tasty, refreshing and intriguing drinks. In recent years, a number of companies have introduced alcohol-free “spirits,” like Seedlip, an English brand of complex botanical and spice concoctions. From…
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Full disclosure: I have never attended a school reunion. Nor am I likely, even during lockdown, to make that group journey down memory lane. The trip is bound to raise some squirm-inducing questions: Would my own sallow features be lost on my Zoom screen in a sea of tiny squares? Would I come away from…
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