Items by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Tailoring Treatments for Alcoholics
Posted: May 21st, 2012, 3:41pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Some addiction experts envision a near future in which patients will be able to choose a drug that best suits them, and couple it with therapy and other tools to achieve long-term recovery.
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Well: Should Your Dog Be Watching TV?
Posted: April 26th, 2012, 4:13pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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DogTV, the first cable network to deliver 24-hour programming for dogs, offers segments featuring grassy fields and bouncing balls to keep a pet stimulated, entertained and relaxed.
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College Students Opening Up Conversations About Sex
Posted: April 17th, 2012, 5:16pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Abby Sun, left, and Samantha Meier, organizers of Sex Week at Harvard, which aimed to go beyond the usual health-centered education.Harvard is one of the latest colleges where students are holding Sex Weeks, seeking to bridge the gap between classroom and bedroom.
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Mixed Martial Arts Catches On With the Internet Generation
Posted: March 14th, 2012, 7:43pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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For many young men, mixed martial arts has come to represent everything that boxing once did: the ultimate measure of manhood, endurance and guts.
NYT > Health
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Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 2:17pm EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Researchers say young women deserve credit for pioneering vocal trends, including the latest, known as vocal fry.
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Insurers Review Whether to Still Pay for Routine Screening
Posted: October 8th, 2011, 1:30am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A United States task force’s recommendation against routine prostate-specific antigen testing for prostate cancer may lead to changes in insurance and practice.
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A Vaccine Against Smoking or Cocaine? It’s in the Works.
Posted: October 5th, 2011, 11:47am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Scientists are at work on shots that could one day release people from the grip of substance abuse.
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Dress Codes in New York Clubs: Will This Get Me In?
Posted: July 27th, 2011, 10:23pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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If clubs turn you away at the door, maybe your shirt or shoes are to blame.
NYT > Health
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Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 1:48am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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The medical establishment is seeing addiction more as a physical disease, and 10 medical schools have introduced residency programs in addiction medicine.
NYT > Sports
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The First Lady of the N.B.A.
Posted: July 10th, 2011, 5:37am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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La La Anthony, the wife of the basketball star Carmelo Anthony, has made a name for herself. Now she’s helping make a name for them.
NYT > Health
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Putting a Crimp in the Hookah
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 7:35am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Although water pipes are commonly viewed as less dangerous to health than cigarettes, they are just as bad, researchers say.
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Putting a Crimp in the Hookah
Posted: May 31st, 2011, 7:35am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Although water pipes are commonly viewed as less dangerous to health than cigarettes, they are just as bad, researchers say.
NYT > Health
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Skin Deep: New Stratagems in the Quest for Hair
Posted: May 5th, 2011, 10:59am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Transplants, lotions, pills: what’s next in the search for a thick head of hair? Cloning, says one doctor.
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Should a Vegetarian Bride Serve Meat at Her Wedding?
Posted: August 8th, 2010, 12:05am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Chelsea Clinton, a vegetarian, served meat at her wedding, sparking a wedding-season debate: is it about you or your guests?
NYT > Business
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Noticed: Don’t Be So Fast to Start the Weekend
Posted: July 31st, 2010, 11:40pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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The tradition of sneaking out early on a summer Friday is alive and well, but the recession is casting its shadow over some of the city’s early release programs.
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When Couples Fight on Facebook, Everyone Knows the Score
Posted: March 17th, 2010, 8:26pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Ashley Andrews and James Gower use Facebook as a court of public opinion for many of their grievances.At 400 million members, Facebook might just replace restaurants as the go-to place for couples to cause a scene.
NYT > Health
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Blowing Smoke at a Ban
Posted: January 2nd, 2010, 2:44pm EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Tracking the scent of cigarettes around Manhattan. Above, at the Libertine.New York City’s indoor smoking ban has grown hazy inside some clubs.
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Skin Deep: Rub on, Spray on, or No Tan at All?
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 12:46am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A customer gets a spray tan (hold the UV rays) at Sundara, an airbrush tanning salon in New York.A recent report on cancer risk may make tanning options without UV rays more attractive.
NYT > Business
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Advertising: With Enough Soldiers, the Army Is Looking for a Few Good Officers
Posted: August 2nd, 2009, 9:58pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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The usual Army ads have been tweaked to appeal to achievement-oriented college graduates who could qualify for one of its officer training programs.
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Advertising: Selling Cruises to Couch Potatoes in Real Time
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 11:41pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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JWT’s ads for Royal Caribbean give cost-conscious consumers a close-up view of cruise fun as it happens.
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Advertising: Daffy’s, Discounter of Clothes, Promotes a Rental Bargain
Posted: July 15th, 2009, 1:15am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Known for unusual marketing gimmicks, the discount chain tries to stand out with a contest involving a West Village apartment.
NYT > Health
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Her Bulge, His Book and Their Plan B
Posted: January 14th, 2009, 11:00pm EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Oprah made her announcement about her weight gain just as Bob Greene began promoting his diet books. Is that good or bad public relations?
NYT > Business
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Advertising: Eating Healthy, Even at Your Desk
Posted: December 18th, 2008, 12:05am EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A new program by FreshDirect sends experts into offices to offer tips to employees who want to stay healthy while dining at the desk.
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Advertising: Eating Healthy, Even at Your Desk
Posted: December 18th, 2008, 12:05am EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A new program by FreshDirect sends experts into offices to offer tips to employees who want to stay healthy while dining at the desk.
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Help for eBay Shoppers Who Can’t Spell
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 12:59am EST by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A handful of new Web sites are out to help shoppers save money by searching eBay for misspelled brand names.
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HSBC Sponsors Entire Issue of New York Magazine
Posted: October 19th, 2008, 9:58pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Buying most or all of the ads in a magazine has become a popular tactic in recent years as marketers try to stand out in an increasingly cluttered field.
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Advertising: A Way to Save and Still Have Crisp Clothes
Posted: October 9th, 2008, 10:01pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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A partnership between Ann Taylor Loft and Procter & Gamble is turning stores into launching pads for two new products that claim to cut down on dry cleaning bills by helping clothes look newer longer.
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Media Talk: Forthright or Clueless? Kathie Lee Draws Fire
Posted: August 10th, 2008, 11:34pm EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Viewers and guests are weighing in with stinging criticism against Kathie Lee Gifford and her apparent knack for interrupting guests on the “Today” show.
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Media Talk: A Rare CD by Today’s Hot Boy Band: Bids Start at $160. Do I Hear $200?
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 2:00am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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To teenage girls this summer, few things are hotter than the Jonas Brothers, and the sole album on their back list, the out-of-print “It’s About Time.”
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Advertising: The Force Lives On, as Do the Toys
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:16am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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The retailer Toys “R” Us is counting down to July 26, when it begins selling toys from the latest “Star Wars” film, “The Clone Wars,” an animated movie that opens in August.
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Advertising: A Venerable Sports Paper Plays Catch-Up
Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:44am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Now a new owner is hoping to revive the Sporting News, once nicknamed the bible of baseball, by bringing it into the digital age.
NYT > Sports
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Advertising: A Venerable Sports Paper Plays Catch-Up
Posted: June 10th, 2008, 12:44am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Now a new owner is hoping to revive the Sporting News, once nicknamed the bible of baseball, by bringing it into the digital age.
NYT > Business
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Advertising: Sending in the Marines (to Recruit Women)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 1:25am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
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Faced with the difficulty of recruiting during a long and unpopular war, the United States Marine Corps has started marketing itself to women in a concerted way for the first time.