DHARAMSHALA, India — The Dalai Lama has announced that he intends to reincarnate, paving the way for a successor to take on a mantle stretching back 500 years after his death. But as he has celebrated his 90th birthday, that news hasn't eased the worries of Tibetan Buddhists who wonder: ...
Sara Colombo walked out of her ultrasound appointment with no hope after a Miami-based doctor gave a grim prognosis. In a few days, the doctor said, Sara’s extremely anemic fetus would be stillborn, just shy of 20 weeks. Two years later, Ulisse Colombo bounds across the Colombos’ house, ...
The world is full of medical oddities, conditions which defy our understanding. Examples abound, from chronic fatigue syndrome to Charcot joints; many “interesting” diseases can afflict the human body. One of them certainly is Mueller-Weiss Syndrome and the associated collapsing foot ...
On the Portuguese island of Madeira, espetadas are made by threading chunks of beef onto fresh-cut branches of bay and cooking the skewers over the embers of a fire. The bay infuses the meat with its unique menthol notes while also releasing a heady aroma. In this streamlined take on ...
Famed competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut reclaimed his title Friday at the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest after skipping last year's gastronomic battle in New York for the coveted Mustard Belt. Chestnut, 41, consumed 70 1/2 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, falling ...
Many readers will recall the day when a visit to the doctor was exactly that. You walked into the doctor’s office, greeted the receptionist (who you had probably known for years), and eventually saw your doc who likely had cared for your family for a generation. As with so many aspects of ...
