Mark’s Daily Apple veterans are familiar with one of the most controversial and impactful posts ever published to the site, Mark’s 2007 treatise called A Case Against Cardio. The article changed my life and caused me to rethink many of the flawed assumptions about endurance training that have been indoctrinated …
Read More »Getting Children Flu Shots Is Even More Important This Year
Making sure that your kids get a yearly flu shot is always a good idea, but even more so this fall, as the coronavirus continues to spread throughout much of the United States. As any parent knows, cold and flu season always brings a host of respiratory viruses and runny …
Read More »In Pandemic, More Are Paying for Direct Access to Their Doctors
When the National Basketball Association announced that it would restart its season in a “bubble” at Walt Disney World in July, Kimberly Caspare, a physical therapist, was on board from the start. She has been working inside the bubble for nearly two months, focused on the Philadelphia 76ers, who made …
Read More »Infertility Was Distressing. The Military Made It Even More Complicated.
The period of my life when I assumed pregnancy could be planned ended only two years ago — but it feels like a distant memory. It’s almost laughable, considering the years I spent worrying about accidental pregnancies. Once I was ready, I thought I would be in control of when …
Read More »F.D.A. Adds More Hand Sanitizers to List of Products to Avoid
The F.D.A.’s list of hand sanitizers to be avoided has grown to include over 100 products.Credit…Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration has expanded its list of hand sanitizers that consumers should avoid to include products with inadequate levels of alcohol in addition to those …
Read More »Overlooked No More: Roland Johnson, Who Fought to Shut Down Institutions for the Disabled
Overlooked is a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. This latest installment is part of a series exploring how the Americans With Disabilities Act has shaped modern life for disabled people. Share your stories or email us at ada@nytimes.com. In …
Read More »Sky: Children of the Light hits 15 million more downloads in a month with China, Android launches
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Thatgamecompany said its Sky: Children of the Light mobile game has topped 35 million downloads, including 15 million in the past month, thanks to its launch on Android and in China. The soulful game from the makers …
Read More »Eargo raises $71 million to bring its connected hearing aids to more people
VB Transform Watch every session from the AI event of the year On-Demand Watch Now Eargo, a company that makes “virtually invisible” rechargeable hearing aids that can be controlled with a smartphone, has raised $ 71 million in a series E round of funding. The raise comes as technology companies …
Read More »How Have You Become More Self-Sufficient?
A lot of optimism, I’m starting to think, has to do with choice—and I’m not talking about whether or not you choose to be optimistic. I just mean, if you choose to be in a situation, you’re probably going to like it a lot more. Maybe that sounds obvious. But …
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