Think Pieces reviewed and written by Lakshmi and Seetha Ram

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They Call It a 'Women's Disease.' She Wants to Redefine It. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/health/endometriosis-griffith-uterus.html?referringSource=articleShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

With No Frills or Celebrities, Cookpad Is a Global Go-To for Recipes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/dining/cookpad-recipe-site.html?referringSource=articleShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

Despite the now consensus recognition that air transmission, not surface spread, is more important, most pandemic sanitation practices have continued. We continue to annihilate every microbe in our midst, even though most are harmless.  It's Going to Be Weird, but We Need to Learn to Live With Germs Again https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/opinion/covid-germs-health.html?referringSource=articleShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

With No Frills or Celebrities, Cookpad Is a Global Go-To for Recipes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/dining/cookpad-recipe-site.html?referringSource=articleShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

Overseas water industry expansion helps Japan, world Chiho Iuchi CON­TRIBUT­ING WRITER The Japan Times Apr 24, 2021 Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

Partnerships help address global water challenges Chiho Iuchi CON­TRIBUT­ING WRITER The Japan Times Apr 24, 2021 Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2021/04/20/mariana-mazzucato-jayati-ghosh-and-els-torreele-on-waiving-covid-patents — Best regards Seetha Ram

This study presents the impact of a large-scale community-based handwashing intervention trial on respiratory illness. We found no impact of the handwashing intervention on overall or age-specific reported respiratory illnesses. However, people who had soap/soapy water plus water present at their handwashing station, irrespective of intervention allocation, had lower prevalence of respiratory illness. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402932/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

Sleeping Too Little in Middle Age May Increase Dementia Risk, Study Finds https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/health/sleep-dementia-risk.html?referringSource=articleShare Could getting too little sleep increase your chances of developing dementia? For years, researchers have pondered this and other questions about how sleep relates to cognitive decline. Answers have been elusive because it is hard to know if insufficient sleep is a symptom of the brain changes that underlie dementia — or if it can actually help cause those changes. — Best regards Seetha Ram

Can Covid Research Help Solve the Mysteries of Other Viruses? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/health/long-covid-heart-research.html?referringSource=articleShare Medical scientists say that although the complications of Covid have riveted peoples' attention, many symptoms — like a loss of smell — are not unique to Covid.  — Best regards Seetha Ram

While we childhood-comfort-object-havers may not be conforming to what's thought of as the norm, when we find one another, it unlocks its own kind of special bond.  https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/04/10405373/adult-security-blankets — Best regards Seetha Ram

In 2017 the U.S. gov­ern­ment's Cli­mate Sci­ence Spe­cial Re­port claimed that, in the lower 48 states, the "num­ber of high tem­per­a­ture records set in the past two decades far ex­ceeds the num­ber of low tem­per­a­ture records." On closer in­spec-tion, that's be­cause there's been no in­crease in the rate of new record highs since 1900, only a de­cline in the num­ber of new lows. I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. How a Physicist Became a Climate Truth Teller Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. — Best regards Seetha Ram

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the pandemic is a once-in-a-century crisis that may force health professionals and medical schools to look beyond the traditional tools of modern medicine and think more broadly about how we train doctors to grapple with public health catastrophes A Once-in-a-Century Crisis Can Help Educate Doctors https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opinion/sunday/covid-medical-school-humanities.html?referringSource=articleShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

The Rs 1 lakh crore Ahmedabad-Mumbai high-speed rail project is a prestigious one. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd managing director Achal Khare explained its challenges https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/the-interviews-blog/despite-covid-impact-we-are-trying-to-do-something-on-the-ahmedabad-mumbai-high-speed-rail-by-2023/  

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Jargon can be a problem, but it also serves a purpose, said Hillary Shulman, a communications scientist at Ohio State University. "As our ideas become more refined, it makes sense that our concepts do too." This language-within-a-language can be a timesaver, a way to precisely convey meaning, she said. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/science/science-jargon-caves.html — Best regards Seetha Ram

The shift has been good for the planet. Videoconferencing uses less than a tenth the energy required for in-person meetings once travel and equipment are accounted for. The benefits for people, in terms of their mental health and relationships with colleagues, are less clear. https://www.economist.com/international/2021/04/10/love-them-or-hate-them-virtual-meetings-are-here-to-stay — Best regards Seetha Ram

'The God Equation' Review: One String Theory to Rule Them All The dream to synthesize all known physical forces has been a longstanding challenge; many physicists, including Einstein, have embarked on the pursuit and failed. The four fundamental forces of nature are gravity, electromagnetism, the "weak force" responsible for radioactive decay of some nuclei, and the "strong force" binding the atomic nucleus together. Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. — Best regards Seetha Ram

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"Give yourself permission to set small, achievable goals. And accept that other people are going to have different responses than you — the friend or family member who wants to eat inside the restaurant when you don't, for example, or who is ready to get on a plane and take a vacation." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/well/mind/pandemic-re-entry.html?referringSource=highlightShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

Winter is the most  hygge  time of year. It is candles, nubby woolens, shearling slippers, woven textiles, pastries, blond wood, sheepskin rugs, lattes with milk-foam hearts, and a warm fireplace. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-year-of-hygge-the-danish-obsession-with-getting-cozy — Best regards Seetha Ram

What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out WASH­ING­TON REUTERS The Japan Times Apr 09, 2021 Read more... Lucky you. This email was sent to you by a user of PressReader, who thought you'd be interested in reading this story. It means you get to click the link and read it. It does not, however, mean you get any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property, copyrighted material, or trademarks of PressReader or any of our content partners. PressReader Inc., 200-13111 Vanier Place, Richmond BC V6V 2J1, Canada PressReader International Limited, 2nd Floor, The Boat House, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, D08 H01F, Ireland ®2003- PressReader, all rights reserved. |   — Best regards Seetha Ram

"Social Finance, a nonprofit organization founded a decade ago to develop new ways to finance results-focused social programs, is seeking, designing and supporting new programs — for-profit or nonprofit — that follow the pay-for-success model." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/business/a-nonprofit-group-is-spreading-a-model-in-which-training-programs-get-paid-if-students-get-hired.html?referringSource=highlightShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

"Women represent half of the planet's population. Yet tech companies catering to their specific health needs represent a minute share of the global technology market." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/07/health/femtech-women-health-care.html?referringSource=highlightShare — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://buildupadvisory.com/is-funding-infrastructure-capacity-building-the-new-unicorn/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

I thought you would be interested in the following story from The Wall Street Journal. What the U.S. Can Learn From China's Infatuation With Infrastructure Download the Wall Street Journal app here: WSJ. — Best regards Seetha Ram

http://savvytokyo.com/7-japanese-superfoods-to-boost-your-immune-system/ — Best regards Seetha Ram

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/02/arts/design/shah-jahan-chitarman.html — Best regards Seetha Ram