One Way to Improve Your Run? Diaphragmatic Breathing
If you’re not using your diaphragm efficiently, you’re not getting the most out of your workout, experts say.
An Unopened 2007 iPhone Can Be Yours (for $32,000 or More)
Wright Auctions, a leading venue for the sales of contemporary design goods, has fetched five-figure deals for a Hans Wegner desk, a George Nakashima settee and a chair designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen. For an auction that is set to take place on Thursday, there’s a new item at the top of the…
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Yang Bing-yi, Who Brought Soup Dumplings to the World, Dies at 96
HONG KONG — Yang Bing-yi, the founder of Din Tai Fung, the Taiwanese restaurant chain whose signature soup dumplings have attracted crowds around the world and one of the rare Asian restaurants to win a Michelin star, has died at 96. The company announced his death in a statement on Saturday. It did not say…
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F.D.A. Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Sales
Narcan, a prescription nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses, can now be sold over the counter, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday, authorizing a move long-sought by public health officials and treatment experts, who hope wider availability of the medicine will reduce the nation’s alarmingly high drug fatality rates. By late summer, over-the-counter…
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How to Use Narcan Nasal Spray
By The New York Times •March 29, 2023 Narcan, a naloxone nasal spray, is now approved for over-the-counter sales and should be widely available by late summer. Experts say that these sprays can swiftly reverse an opioid overdose and are easy to use. Here’s how.
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A Smoky Egg Salad to Rule Them All
Since I was about 13 and saw a tiny photo of one in an outdated Spanish language textbook, I’ve been dreaming about going to a calçotada — a Catalonian get-together where people grill loads of calçots, a spring onion as slender as a baby leek, and then eat them heaped with romesco sauce. I’m sad…
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For $18,500 (and Up), You, Too, Can Travel Like James Bond
From the post-apocalyptic bleakness of the TV show “The Last of Us” to the glamorous European destinations in the sprawling James Bond movie franchise, one source of travel inspiration is taking on fresh appeal as pandemic restrictions recede: the fictional worlds of film and television. “Set-jetting” — a play on “jet-setting” — will, travel analysts…
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The Incredible Challenge of Counting Every Global Birth and Death
The roads surrounding the Jerusalén-San Luis Alto Picudito Indigenous reservation in Putumayo, Colombia, are treacherous on a good day. Made mostly of gravel and mud, they narrow to barely the width of a small truck in some places, and in others, especially after a storm, they yield almost completely to the many rivers with which…
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How to Use Narcan, the Overdose-Reversing Nasal Spray
Narcan, a nasal spray that can quickly reverse an opioid overdose, has now received federal approval to be sold over the counter. By late summer, it should be widely available — not just on pharmacy shelves but also at convenience stores, big box chains and possibly through online retailers. If used in time, Narcan, a…
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The Boss Paid for Dinner, and Then Complained the Next Day. What Do We Do?
My husband’s boss, an executive at a multinational firm, came to our city on vacation and invited us to dinner. We made reservations at our favorite restaurant. When the bill came, the boss’s husband picked up the check and said: “We’ve got this.” We thanked them and said we hadn’t intended for them to pay.…
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