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Tummy Trouble: Diverticulitis

Pope Francis’s recent colon surgery shines a new light on a relatively common disorder.

July 19, 2021

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Super Women: Betsy Takes Manhattan!

Quirky businesses line the city’s side streets, and Betsy Bober Polivy wants to tell you about all of them.

July 18, 2021

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Green Acre #341: Fake It to Make It

Your flowers have flopped? Go full faux and no one may know.

July 14, 2021

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How to … Like a French Woman

In honor of Bastille Day, we’re celebrating what we love–and envy–about les Francaises.

July 13, 2021

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Body Therapies

Bessel van der Kolk’s 2015 book on the mind-body connection for treating mental health issues is more popular than ever.

July 12, 2021

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Pool Candy

The cool blue of a pool or lake is the perfect background to some eye-popping color.

July 11, 2021

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Green Acre #340: A Pool of One’s Own

In the depths of heat, the shallows beckon.

July 7, 2021

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What We Want to Have Now: 07.07.2021

Gimme shelter: Wide-brim hats, roomy caftans and beach umbrellas and chairs.

July 6, 2021

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Better Breathing

A science journalist’s recent book is a user’s manual for the respiratory system.

July 5, 2021

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Happy Independence Day

Have a safe, happy Fourth of July. See you back here tomorrow.

July 4, 2021

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Green Acre #339: The High C’s of Summer

Caladium and coleus add color to summer, and you don’t need to start from scratch.

June 30, 2021

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What Will We Wear?

Getting dressed again and reinventing ourselves for a post-pandemic life.

June 29, 2021

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Spare Parts

Knee and hip replacements keep improving. Growing new organs is more difficult.

June 28, 2021

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That’s Not My Sandwich

Mixed-up orders at the deli and talk show misinformation.

June 27, 2021

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Green Acre #338: The Duke of Gardens

Getting lost in this North Carolina greenery isn’t the worst of fates.

June 23, 2021

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‘Sporting Fashion’ at the Frick Pittsburgh

Museum exhibition will trace history of women’s sportswear from 1800 to 1960.

June 22, 2021

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Lessons From Covid

New research focuses on the question of personal immune response.

June 21, 2021

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Living ‘n Learning

Now that you’re no longer in school you can really learn.

June 20, 2021

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