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Lobster rolls with a bit of a flavor-boosting soak

I’ve never been to Maine for a lobster roll, but the ones I’ve had in other places have been so good that I knew I needed to make one myself. This version is from my cookbook “Home” and is made with perfectly cooked lobster meat that is plump, juicy, and tender but also firm, and ...

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US school vaccination rates inch down yet again

NEW YORK — U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted Monday. The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That's ...

Will Viagra reduce the risk of dementia?

Q. A few years ago, you wrote about a Viagra study. It looked really promising, because it showed a 30% to 54% reduction in Alzheimer's disease from a drug that isn't even taken daily! I really hope that researchers will follow up with a clinical trial. Meanwhile, men could try taking Viagra. But what about women? A. Back in 2024, researchers reported preliminary results suggesting that sildenafil (Viagra) might help protect against Alzheimer's disease (AD). One report noted that sildenafil reduced phosphorylation of tau, one of the important risk factors neurologists note for this ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Vaccine lowers risk of getting shingles

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was reading your recent column about shingles. Several years ago, I contracted shingles, even after getting the shingles vaccine. It hit me in my left eye, so I went to my eye doctor. (I wasn’t sure what the problem was.) He took one look at my eye and diagnosed me with shingles. He gave me an antibiotic that cleared up the problem. At no time was I in any pain, which I attributed to my getting the vaccine. Do you concur with my observation? I’m aware that getting shingles can be very painful. —L.J. ANSWER: Shingles is caused by a reactivation of the ...