Advertisement Quitting smoking, or smoking less, might be helpful in reducing the risk. Sept. 7, 2018 Image Credit Yet another reason to stop smoking: It may reduce your risk for dementia. Korean researchers studied 46,140 men, 60 and older, following them for an average of eight years with periodic health examinations. Over the course of…
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Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes! It’s our first official newsletter, devoted to weeknight recipes for busy people who still want something good to eat. I’m Emily Weinstein, a Food editor at The New York Times, and every Friday I’ll send you those recipes, the food I want to cook at this moment and…
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A slender bronze sculpture representing an African couple and their child dominates a modest concrete plaza above a colorful jumble of houses in Rock Hall Freedom Village, Barbados, about a half-hour’s drive north of the island’s capital, Bridgetown. A few feet away, a granite plaque records the names of 38 people who became residents of…
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Female sexual dysfunction, often characterized by an inability to orgasm, affects a large number of women. However, scientists may now have stumbled upon an effective and noninvasive treatment for this condition: neuromodulation. A noninvasive therapy used to treat bladder dysfunction appears to be effective for sexual dysfunction, too. Around 40 percent of women experience sexual…
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Lindsey Wilkerson was given a tour when she first began working in the event and patient-liaison department at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis more than 14 years ago. As she made her initial rounds through the pediatric treatment and research facility that day, a staff member said to her, “There’s someone here we…
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Advertisement Ask Well Four drugs have been approved for erectile dysfunction. Which is best depends on your individual needs and desires. Image CreditCreditStuart Bradford By Richard Klasco, M.D. Sept. 7, 2018 Q. Which is better: Viagra or Cialis? A. The Food and Drug Administration has approved four similar drugs for erectile dysfunction, sold under such…
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“Then you multiply the value of time by the horizontal velocity of the ball.” “Yes, but why?” “Because the speed is constant in the horizontal direction.” It wasn’t enough to have a hunch and know the right answer, or memorize how to solve the equation. You had to know why. Or the way Dad pronounced…
DetailsA new study concludes that the changing of the seasons has a significant impact on cognition in older adults. According to the findings, winter may cause a measurable drop in mental ability. A new study looks at winter’s effect on the mind. The four seasons are already known to hold some power over our brains,…
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Advertisement Modern Love A culture of consent, one woman argues, should be less about self-protection and more about genuine care for the other person. Image CreditCreditBrian Rea By Courtney Sender Sept. 7, 2018 For our first date, he took an Uber to my apartment through a winter storm. As the snow fell outside, we sat…
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Advertisement The nude heard around the world. Image That chest hair.CreditCreditBettmann/Getty Images Sept. 6, 2018 Back in the sexual Stone Age, it was assumed that straight men were so genetically overheated that Mother Nature hard-wired them to gawp at images of bare-naked ladies. Women, on the other hand, were her empathic creations: nurturing, maternal, their…
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