A Matter of Fat
Saddlebags, spare tires, muffin tops we've dreamed up as many names for body fat as Starbucks has for coffee. Even as otherwise sensible, well-adjusted adults, many of us spend a huge amount of time d ...
The Myth About Reducing Fat
I don’t know how many of my female friends struggle from the age-old problem of extra flab along their inner thighs. While exercise videos about toning the thighs fill the infomercials ad infinitum, ...
Liposuction--Still Not the Best Way to Lose Weight
In our quick-fix culture, it's not a huge surprise that the popularity of liposuction is rapidly on the rise. Over 323,600 patients underwent the surgery in 2005, according to the American Academy o ...
Hormone May Govern Desire to Eat
Researchers have found that leptin, a hormone that helps stave off hunger pangs, may also govern the desire to eat. Leptin is a hormone that is produced by fat cells and swims around in the bloodstrea ...
More reason to lose weight
Leading nutritionist at Harvard Dr. Willett says that next to smoking, keeping a lean body is the most important advice for staying young and healthy.
Fat cells create an imbalance in insulin l ...
Slimming pill ‘tricks’ body into burning fat
SCIENTISTS have created an exercise pill that tricks cells into thinking they are undergoing serious exertion and so helps the body burn extra fat.
The drug hints at radical new potential treatments ...
Effect of broccoli, soy on cancer cells explained
Eating foods like broccoli and soy has been linked to lower cancer rates, and California researchers said on Sunday that they may have discovered the biological mechanism behind the
Using cells in a ...
Cell Phone Warning
It seems that no matter where you go, there's someone on their cell phone: in the car, the gym, the Laundromat; I've even heard of people answering their phone during sex! I can't think of any call th ...
My story with MS an a bone marrow stem cells transplant
On the road to a bone marrow stem cell transplant in 2006
I was Dx in 2000 at age 28 when I lost my eyesite in my left eye of course. Gained my eyesite back with steroids.
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