Jocelyn Ann Hinman and Michael Allen Coffee were married June 29 at the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, N.Y. The Rev. Kate Dunn, a Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony. Dr. Hinman, 29, will be an adjunct assistant professor and postdoctoral research associate at Teachers College, Columbia University in September. She graduated cum laude from Colgate…
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Sarah Keyes Holmes and Christopher Paul Magalhaes were married June 28. The Rev. R. John Nelson, a minister of the Federation of Christian Ministries, officiated at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The bride, 32, who is known as Sally, is the digital director of Marie Claire magazine in Manhattan. She graduated from Boston College. She is the…
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Avery Sophia Daley McNeil and Daniel Zachary Kay were married June 29 at Willow Ridge Farm in Putnam Valley, N.Y. David E. McCraw, the deputy general counsel at The New York Times who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The couple are each criminal defense lawyers at the Bronx Defenders in the…
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IMAGE: Box Jellyfish are one of the most deadly organisms on the planet. They are considered so dangerous that they are the only jellyfish to have its own category in the… view more Credit: Allen Collins An article published today in the Open Access journal GigaScience [1] might make you squirm if you plan to hit…
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IMAGE: Among postmenopausal with normal body mass index, higher trunk fat is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, whereas higher leg fat is associated with decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. view more Credit: European Heart Journal Postmenopausal women who are “apple” shaped rather than “pear” shaped are at greater risk of heart and blood vessel…
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IMAGE: Professor Anne Hege Aamodt, President of the Norwegian Neurological Association, presented The Norwegian Brain Health Strategy 2018-2024 to attendees at the congress. Norway are the first country in Europe to… view more Credit: European Academy of Neurology (EAN) (Oslo, Monday, 1 July, 2019) New strategies for preventing and coping with the growing burden of brain…
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(Oslo, Monday, 01 July, 2019) The use of statins is significantly associated with a reduction in the risk of mortality in dementia patients, new research presented today at the 5th European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress has shown. The study, which analysed 44,920 Swedish dementia patients from the Swedish Dementia Registry between 2008-2015, found users…
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Early warning signs that someone may have an eating disorder have been revealed in a large-scale data study conducted by Swansea University researchers. The results, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, showed that people diagnosed with a disorder had higher rates of other conditions and of prescriptions in…
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Dr. Sabrina Rahman and Haseeb Frahmand were married June 29 in a traditional Muslim ceremony. Samiullah Safi, an imam, officiated at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park, a hotel in Falls Church, Va. Dr. Rahman, 33, is an attending physician for emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., and…
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Luis G. Alvarez, a former New York City detective who pleaded with Congress this month to extend health benefits to police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, died on Saturday in a hospice in Rockville Centre, N.Y. He was 53. His family announced his death in…
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