Not to brag, but I have stellar “crunchy” bona fides. I was raised on wheat bread, limited television and camping vacations, and at 17 went off to Oberlin College, that notorious incubator of crunchy achievers. I am deeply familiar with old-school crunchy in all of its hues: the lumpy hand-knitContinue Reading
A surgical team at NYU Langone Health hospital, including Dr. Robert Montgomery (right), transplants a kidney from a genetically modified pig into patient Towana Looney, who’s been on dialysis since 2016. Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health Joe Carrotta for NYU Langone Health NEW YORK – Towana Looney can hardlyContinue Reading
Taking vitamin D supplements doesn’t appear to prevent fractures among older adults, but the vitamin is necessary for overall health. Baac3nes/Moment RF/Getty Images Baac3nes/Moment RF/Getty Images It’s that time of year when your body produces less vitamin D. Sunshine is the main source of vitamin D, and we need itContinue Reading
When it comes to superfoods, we often look far and wide for exotic fruits and supplements. But what if we told you that a powerhouse of nutrition has been sitting right under our noses all along? Enter amla, or Indian gooseberry – a tiny green fruit with a tart punchContinue Reading
It doesn’t matter why you’ve chosen not to drink this holiday season: Your reasons are your own, and they are good enough. But regardless of whether you are sober year-round or you’re just giving yourself a break in December, you are likely facing a series of festive occasions that testContinue Reading
Q: I always get sneezy and congested around the holidays. Is my Christmas tree to blame? The holiday season can be a time filled with joy, mirth and — sometimes — itchy eyes, irritated skin, congestion and wheezing. This cluster of symptoms, sometimes referred to as “Christmas tree syndrome,” typicallyContinue Reading
Barry Blechman, 81, an international relations analyst with metastatic bladder cancer, traveled last winter from his home in Washington, D.C., to a clinic in Bend, Ore., where he drank a tea containing psilocybin, the psychoactive component of magic mushrooms. He then stretched out on the floor and closed his eyes.Continue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. began a tour of Capitol Hill this week to pay courtesy calls on senators who will vote on his nomination to be health secretary and to calm concerns that he would limit access to vaccines, especially for polio. “I’m all for the polio vaccine,” Mr. KennedyContinue Reading
A 53-year-old Alabama woman with kidney failure who waited eight years for an organ transplant has received a kidney harvested from a genetically modified pig, NYU Langone Health surgeons announced on Tuesday. The patient, Towana Looney, went into surgery just before Thanksgiving. She was in better health than others whoContinue Reading
Friends, it is often said, are the family you choose. But sometimes, it goes the other way. I met my brother-in-law, Rob, more than 20 years ago, when I was dating my now-wife and he was engaged to her sister. We were soon bumping into each other at family gatherings,Continue Reading
