The new weight-loss drugs that suppress appetite and reduce food cravings can be quite effective at helping people drop pounds, with many losing at least 10 or 20 percent of their body weight while they take the medications.
But in the real world and despite the drugs’ effectiveness, as many as half of users quit the drugswithin a year, studies show, because of their expense, side effects or for other reasons. Read More...
Glossary Definition: Reformation A term covering a number of changes in Western Christianity (Europe) between the 14th and 17th centuries, resulting in the split in Christianity between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. The Reformation, widely conceived, was a reaction against the hierarchical and legalistic structures of the Papacy and the Roman Catholic Church. Reformers rallied against the Roman Catholic Church's dogmatic theology, economic and religious exploitation of the common masses, and colonialization and conquest of indigenous peoples. Read More...
THE BROWN BUNNY Hare raiser. Running time: 92 minutes. Not rated (graphic sex). At the Sunshine, Houston Street at First Avenue. THERE’S more to “The Brown Bunny” than oral sex. Yes, the much-talked-about movie does climax with Vincent Gallo being serviced by Chloe Sevigny. But the graphic scene serves an artistic purpose, just as the film’s other 90 or so minutes do. Some critics have called the flick tedious because it consists mostly of Gallo driving cross-country in a black van, with shot after shot of his profile and the road, seen through a dirty windshield. Read More...
