Weekly Health Quiz: Exercise, Alcohol and Low-Carb Diets
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She Was Training for a Marathon. Suddenly, She Could Barely Walk.
A Notably Swift Decline It was late afternoon by the time Dr. Jeremy Jaskunas, who was assigned to her care, first met the patient. She brought a diary detailing the symptoms of the past few weeks, along with a huge stack of results from all her emergency-room and lab visits. He set those aside to…
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C.D.C. Pleas for Pregnant or Breastfeeding People to Get Vaccinated
In an urgent plea, federal health officials are asking that any American who is pregnant, planning to become pregnant or currently breastfeeding get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible. Covid-19 poses a severe risk during pregnancy, when a person’s immune system is tamped down, and raises the risk of stillbirth or another poor…
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Thierry Mugler Returns to Paris With ‘Couturissime’
It’s been 20 years since Thierry Mugler, the enfant terrible of 1980s and ’90s Paris fashion who turned fashion shows into rock events, stepped down from his namesake company. But he didn’t retire. He designed costumes for Cirque du Soleil’s “Zumanity” show in Las Vegas, and for Beyoncé’s 2010 “I Am … World Tour.” He…
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Charli XCX Is Ready to Deliver “Everything That You Want from the Best Pop Star Ever”
A true pop star is a master of reinvention. Being able to ride the waves of hyper-trends and shifting cultural moods requires intense self-security. Charli XCX is a connoisseur of pop in this way, always in tune with herself and doing the unexpected, as she says: “Playing into the contrast is so much more interesting…
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How Accurate Are At-Home Covid Tests?
In the early months of the pandemic, getting a coronavirus test typically required visiting a health care center, a laboratory or a dedicated testing site, a process that sometimes involved long lines and waiting a week or more to get the results. Americans can now take rapid virus tests from the comfort of their own…
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Swimming in an Uncertain Sea
In the muffled quiet, a steady inhale-exhale. A shadow, then a flash of silver. Then the elusive subject of fascination makes its silent, gliding approach, emerging in full: the great white shark. When the underwater filmmaker Ron Elliott dives beneath the surface, this suspended moment of magic is what he’s after. I first met Ron…
DetailsHow I Hold It Together: Birds, Boxing and More
Six ways I’m staying happy and healthy.
Saks Has Very Chic Fall Clothes On Sale Right Now
Yousra Attia Fellow lovers of Fall dressing will need no reminder that jeans and boots season is just around the corner. For the less enthused: If the sudden dip in temperatures is sending you into a tailspin over having nothing to wear, fear not. It turns out so many new season fall staples can be…
DetailsWhy Is Making Plans So Hard Right Now?
There’s not enough momentum.