Wedding planning can stir up conflict between marrying couples and their parents. Some squabbles are minor. Should the table linens be white or ivory? What should go inside the welcome bags for out-of-town guests? But disagreements can turn into a wedge between families. Insecurity, said Dr. Tamar Blank, a psychologist in the Bronx, is largely…
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The Rev. William Howard Critzman and Patrick Willingham were married Sept. 7 at Old South Haven Presbyterian Church in Brookhaven Hamlet, N.Y. The Rev. Micah Bucey, a United Church of Christ minister, performed the ceremony. Mr. Critzman (left), 40, is the senior minister of West End Collegiate Church in Manhattan. He graduated cum laude from…
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Michele Denise Hall and Stanford Divante Fraser were married Sept. 7 at the Newton White Mansion in Mitchellville, Md. William J. Epps Jr., a federal magistrate judge for the Western District of Missouri with chambers in Jefferson City, officiated. The bride, 27, and the groom, 28, are both public defenders for the State of Maryland…
DetailsThe authors of a large, long term study conclude that pescatarianism and vegetarianism have an association with a reduced risk of ischemic heart disease, but they note that vegetarians have a slightly higher risk of stroke. A new, large scale study places the health effects of vegetarianism under the microscope once again. Over recent years,…
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“I’m excited!” screamed Desmond Napoles, a 12-year-old drag star who performs as Desmond is Amazing, punctuating his enthusiasm with mild profanity. His eyes darted to his phone. Then he backtracked. “Don’t put that in. Don’t put that in.” He would soon be grounded from Snapchat by his mother for what she called “sass.” Desmond and…
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In his later years, the master artist Francisco Toledo, who died Thursday at 79, developed a fondness for making kites. He decorated them with stencils of grasshoppers, turtles and shrimp, and prints of elephants with monkeys and skeletons, exhibiting a playfulness that simmered below the surface of much of his work and life. But even…
DetailsExperts have long associated sedentary lifestyles with poor health outcomes, but a recent study was a little more specific. It found that those who had led a physically inactive life for at least 20 years had a twofold greater risk of premature death when compared with physically active people. New research suggests that 2 decades…
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Ann Bryant’s phone rings all season long. She has four phones, actually, in her Homewood, Calif., home office, and they ring 24 hours a day. “Sometimes all at once,” says the executive director of the Bear League, a community-based nonprofit that aims to educate the human public about their animal neighbors. Its tagline: “People living…
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One of the biggest makers of generic opioids in the United States has reached a tentative settlement of claims to avoid the first federal trial of drug makers, distributors and retail chains for their roles in the opioid epidemic. Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a company investigators for the Drug Enforcement Administration once referred to as “the kingpin…
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Medical experts and federal health officials on Friday warned the public about the dangers of vaping and discouraged using the devices as the number of people with a severe lung illness linked to vaping more than doubled to 450 possible cases in 33 states and the number of deaths rose to five. The Indiana Department…
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