Headliner Rolls Rice Soft, traced with sauce and enclosing various fillings, Cantonese steamed rice noodle rolls (cheung fun) have a devoted following in New York. Along with two partners, the chef Richard Chan has come up with his own interpretation, investing it with creative twists. His rolls pay homage to seven different parts of Asia,…
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Women who are socially isolated have an increased risk for high blood pressure, researchers report. But men, not so much. Scientists used data on 28,238 Canadian men and women aged 45 to 85 who are participating in a large continuing study on aging. The researchers found that compared with married women, single women had a…
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Words we never get tired of hearing at weddings are often open bar and buffet. But thanks to the coronavirus the open part is temporarily closed, and the buffet has gone solo. “Social distancing and safety guidelines have made everyone rethink the way we curate what guests consume,” said Amy Shey Jacobs, the owner of…
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Last year Chanel promoted a reworked version of its distinctive J12 watch with advertisements featuring a handful of high-profile celebrities, including Ali McGraw, Naomi Campbell and Claudia Schiffer. Arnaud Chastaingt, the designer who updated the timepiece, is decidedly less recognizable, which is exactly how he likes things. “I prefer when people speak about my creations…
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In 2013, when Nick Gavin was still a bachelor, he found a one-bedroom, 1,700-square-foot cottage on Shelter Island that seemed like the ideal personal retreat. The previous owner, Melvin Dwork, a New York interior designer, had created a casually stylish interior with pine-paneled cathedral ceilings and a floor of lagoon-green ceramic tile that was deeply…
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When the Church Brew Works opened in 1999, it amounted to a rare bit of good news for the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Its population had shrunk by half since 1960. A quarter of its residents were over 65, mostly old-timers who once worked at the steel mills that hugged the Allegheny River. The community…
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To travel, or not to travel? That is the holiday question. With the approach of Thanksgiving and the December holidays during a surge in coronavirus cases nationwide, the increased risks presented by travel — either contracting or spreading the virus — are challenging the industry during what is normally one of its busiest seasons. The…
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The COVID-19 outbreak has significantly impacted the delivery of behavioral health services, which had to modify rapidly from in-person to remote, according to a Rutgers study published in the Community Mental Health Journal. The researchers surveyed 238 behavioral health care providers throughout New York — one of the early epicenters of the pandemic in the…
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A new study has demonstrated that using the ‘wisdom of crowds’ (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels of antibiotic resistance. Published in Scientific Reports, an international group of researchers led by Dr Eva Krockow at the University of Leicester…
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Boston, MA — One of the pressing questions about COVID-19 remains: How long does immunity last? One key indicator of immunity is the presence of virus-specific antibodies. Previous studies have provided conflicting accounts about whether people who have recovered from infection can sustain potentially-protective antibodies or not. A new study led by investigators from Brigham…
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