When my husband and I decided to buy a 1-acre lot in Washington, DC, and build our dream home, we considered getting a mortgage the way most people do: through a bank. Instead, we tapped into a far less traditional source. My mother-in-law. The backstory: When my father-in-law died in 1991, he left his wife […]
In 2012, more than 330,000 women in the United States elected to have breast augmentation surgery; worldwide, that number exceeded 1.5 million. Although media coverage suggests otherwise, only a minute percentage of the women who get breast implants are actresses and models. They come from all walks of life; they include policewomen and CEOs, teachers […]
The Mediterranean Diet in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention To introduce the effect the traditional Mediterranean lifestyle has had on health we will start anecdotally and historically. The best way to introduce the effect the traditional Mediterranean lifestyle has had on health is to start anecdotally and historically. Ikaria, the “Greek island of old age,” has been […]
Telocyte identification in the heart Since the discovery of TCs in 2010, the scientists have been increasing their focus on the functional roles of TCs in the heart. TCS is widely distributed in the epicardium, myocardium, endocardium, and even cardiac valves, as evidenced by electron microscopy. TCS makes a supportive interstitial network and acts as […]
The “financialization” of accounting Research on financialization and accounting can be divided into five distinct yet non-mutually exclusive groups. The first group of studies explores the broader political, economic and cultural context within which accounting change has taken place over the last three decades, including the birth of neoliberalism; a move away from long-term investment […]
New York state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to block the release of a man convicted in the 1980 murder of a 16-year-old girl in a crime so depraved it stunned law enforcement and shook a close-knit community to its core. Paula Bohovesky, an aspiring actress and high school honor student, was beaten, […]
Urinary tract infections in pregnancy Pregnancy is considered a risk factor for UTIs because of the hormonal (largely due to progesterone), functional and anatomical changes associated with it. This includes diminished bladder tone; decreased ureteral peristalsis – mainly from the third month of gestation; hyperaemia and oedema of the bladder mucosa; and dilatation of ureters, […]
Hunter Biden, the 49-year-old son of former Vice President Joe Biden, has been dodging discovery requests in connection with a paternity case in Arkansas, and is “the subject of more than one criminal investigation involving fraud, money laundering and a counterfeiting scheme,” a private investigation firm claimed this week in a bizarre court filing. In […]
As the Summer of COVID draws to a close, many experts fear an even bleaker fall and suggest that American families should start planning for Thanksgiving by Zoom. Because of the many uncertainties, public health scientists say it’s easier to forecast the weather on Thanksgiving Day than to predict how the U.S. coronavirus crisis will […]
The state passed more than 10,000 confirmed positive COVID-19 cases in a single day, bringing its total to more than 210,000, with more than 2,700 having resulted in death. The marker comes after Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Friday mandating that all bars implement new safety measures. The order is a reversal of […]
