To what extent do factors such as education and socioeconomic position affect our thinking skills and memory over time? Not as much as one might think, a new study suggests. Share on PinterestNew research finds that cognitive ability at age 8 may indicate future risk of dementia. The study set out to investigate what influences…
DetailsA fat molecule found only in avocados shows signs of strengthening insulin sensitivity, according to research in mice. Share on PinterestAvocados contain a compound that could be a secret weapon against type 2 diabetes. Avocados aren’t merely a tasty addition to a diet — they contain a fat molecule that may safely reduce insulin resistance.…
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Scot Brian Coughlin and David Kenneth Kesselman were married Nov. 7 at the Women’s National Republican Club in New York. Cyril K. Bedford, a retired civil court housing judge in New York, officiated. On Nov. 4 the couple took part in a ceremony at the same location, led by John Van Ness Philip, a friend…
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Beryl Rebecca Sanders and Ari Jacob Khuner Haber were married Nov. 9 at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe officiated, with Ariel Platt, a friend of the couple, leading the ceremony. Ms. Sanders, 28, is a senior manager for business development at Uber Eats in San Francisco, where she…
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Brittani Alexandria Jackson and Averill Quinn Wickland were married Nov. 9 at Piedmont Garden Tent, an events space in Atlanta. The Rev. Norward P. Brodie, the bride’s grandfather and a Baptist minister, officiated. The bride, 33, is a lawyer in Los Angeles at the litigation firm Hueston Hennigan. She graduated from Stanford and received a…
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Dr. Rebecca Dawn Lansky and Miriam Debra Scheiman are to be married Nov. 10 at Temple Shir Tikvah in Winchester, Mass. Rabbi Carolyn Bricklin-Small is to officiate. Dr. Lansky (left), 49, is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass. She graduated from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, and received…
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Zara Fae Kessler and Mark Alan Filenbaum were married Nov. 9 at Central Synagogue in New York. Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl officiated. Mrs. Filenbaum, 29, is an editor in New York for Bloomberg News, where she focuses on digital strategy. She graduated summa cum laude from Yale. She is a daughter of Stephanie R. W.…
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Lila Rebecca Miller and Jonathan Lev Backer are to be married Nov. 10 at the Haven, an events space in Tomales, Calif. Rabbi Dena A. Feingold, the groom’s mother, is to officiate. The bride, 31, and groom, 32, are both civil rights lawyers in Washington, she at the law firm Relman, Dane & Colfax, and…
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Angharad Margaret Rebholz and Michael Albert Blaakman are to be married Nov. 10 at Christ Church in New Haven, Conn. Rev. Stephen C. Holton, an Episcopal priest and the church rector, is to officiate. The bride, 26, is a middle school humanities teacher at Princeton Day School in Princeton, N.J. She graduated from Yale, and…
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Brooke Elizabeth Bergen and Joseph Farrington Gookin were married Nov. 8 at the Ole Hanson Beach Club in San Clemente, Calif. Pastor Courtney Ellis, a Presbyterian minister, officiated. The bride, 30, and groom, 34, are both assistant district attorneys in Brooklyn for the Kings County district attorney’s office, where they met. The bride graduated from…
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