Patrice Ebony Moss and Melvin McKinley Witcher Jr. were married Feb. 22 at the bride’s family home in Upper Marlboro, Md. The Rev. Melvin McKinley Witcher Sr., a Baptist minister and the father of the groom, officiated. The bride, who is 37 and taking her husband’s name, is a Clare Booth Luce associate professor of…
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Former workers at a luxury Upper East Side hair salon that is under investigation for racial discrimination said this week that they were told by the management there that Afros and box-braided hairstyles did not reflect the upscale image of the neighborhood. Three women who worked as receptionists and are black, and three other former…
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Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. The only surprising thing about finding out that I had a stress fracture was that it hadn’t happened before. For nearly 13…
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The problem with stardom, most any star will tell you, is you can’t turn it off anymore. Certain protocols used to apply when it came to sightings of famous folk in public. But that was in the bygone days of the Brown Derby or Chasen’s, about a billion “creepshots” ago. Now,…
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Marella Agnelli, a descendant of Neapolitan nobility who lived a rarefied life of palatial estates, ornamental gardens, fine art, high fashion and lofty society, died on Saturday at her home in Turin, Italy. She was 91. The death was announced by the Agnelli family in a statement. With her husband, Gianni Agnelli of the Fiat…
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A few years ago, Patrick Roche was working for an architectural firm in Manhattan and running a side hustle in bubble-ball soccer, a game during which players wear giant bubble suits and bump into each other, as he explained. That was fun. But his day job was stressful and exhausting. He wasn’t sleeping well. Mr.…
DetailsA recent study categorizing people with obstructive sleep apnea based on their differing symptoms found a strong link between excessive daytime sleepiness and cardiovascular disease. OSA increases hypertension risk. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) causes sporadic airflow blockages during sleep. All of the different types of sleep apnea, OSA is the most common. Symptoms include snoring,…
DetailsThe phytochemicals that give blueberries their blue color can significantly improve cardiovascular health, finds a new two-part study. The positive effect that blueberries can have on blood pressure is comparable to that of hypertension drugs. Dubbed “the silent killer” because it has no visible symptoms in its early stages, hypertension affects approximately 1 in 3…
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SAN FRANCISCO, C.A. – Until now it has been believed that in order for a tick to trigger an allergic immune response to alpha-gal in humans, the tick would need to have recently fed on the alpha-gal-rich blood of a mammal. New research from the UNC School of Medicine presented at the American Academy of…
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SAN FRANCISCO, C.A. – 2/24/19 – After completing up to four years of egg oral immunotherapy (eOIT) treatment, certain participants were able to safely incorporate egg into their diet for five years. This new research was presented by the study’s first author, Edwin Kim, MD, at the annual American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology…
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