Good morning. I drove 100 miles the other morning, only to discover that the piece of paper I needed at my destination was actually at my departure point. This occasioned a 100-mile trip back and another 100 miles back from that: 300 miles on the odometer before noon. It left me rattled and sore. The…
As diagnoses of A.D.H.D. and prescriptions for medications hit new record highs, scientists who study the condition are wrestling with some fundamental questions about the way we define and treat it. More than 15 percent of American adolescents have been diagnosed with A.D.H.D., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including 23 percent…
An Australian psychologist named Luise Kazda has studied this very question. In a 2021 review paper, she and her colleagues found 14 studies in which receiving an A.D.H.D. diagnosis created a sense of “empowerment” by “supporting a sense of legitimacy accompanied by understanding and sympathy as well as decreased guilt, blame and anger.” But in…
It may surprise some to learn that New York is the most forgetful city when it comes to ride shares. So says Uber, which has released its ninth annual Lost & Found Index — a hilarious, surprising and occasionally gross list of stuff riders left behind in cars last year. (Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and…
If you’ve recently found yourself Googling complex medical terminology, fighting the urge to rewatch the 1990s drama “E.R.” or nurturing a budding crush on the actor Noah Wyle, you may be “Pitt”-pilled. The new Max show “The Pitt,” which follows Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (played by Mr. Wyle) and a motley cast of medical workers…
The Trump administration announced Friday it would delay the implementation of a Biden-era rule meant to restrict coverage of unproven and costly bandages known as skin substitutes. The policy will be delayed until 2026, allowing companies to continue setting high prices for new products, taking advantage of a loophole in Medicare rules. The companies sell…
If you want to see your Korean friend revert to their childhood self, surprise them with a bowl of homemade jjajangmyeon. Smothered in a supersavory gravy that’s studded with pork belly, this Korean takeout staple of chewy wheat noodles is universally appealing. Children and babies love it. Adults eat it on their cheat day, birthday,…
Good morning. Passover, which begins on Saturday at sunset, commemorates the escape of the enslaved Jews of Egypt to Mount Sinai. Those who observe will clear their homes of leavened foods — chametz, in Hebrew — to recall how their ancestors, in the rush of the exodus, had no time to wait for bread to…
When Natalie and Shane Plummer moved into separate bedrooms 12 years ago, they really just wanted more sleep. The couple, who have been married for 24 years and live in Meridian, Idaho, hoped Ms. Plummer would get a respite from her husband’s snoring. (She did.) They also thought Mr. Plummer, 47 — the tidier partner…
For the past few weeks, I’ve been doing a simple experiment: I leave for appointments 10 to 15 minutes earlier than normal. Yes, this is “obvious” advice, said Chris Guillebeau, the author of the forthcoming book “Time Anxiety: The Illusion of Urgency and a Better Way to Live.” “But the results can be life-changing,” he…