TOP 100 WEIGHT LOSS SITES
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| Major Diabetes Honor Recognizes Harvard's Spiegelman; Fellow Award Goes To Junior Investigator At Columbia University Medical Center Columbia University Medical Center has presented the 2008 Naomi Berrie Awards to a nationally recognized diabetes and obesity researcher, and a promising young investigator, for their outstanding achievements in diabetes research. The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research goes to Bruce Spiegelman, Ph.D., professor of cell biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr. medicalnewstoday.com |
Study Zeroes In on Calories, Not Diet, for Loss The largest-ever controlled study of weight-loss methods found that it does not matter if dieters count carbohydrates, protein or fat, as long as they are counting something. nytimes.com |
AP IMPACT: Alternative medicine goes mainstream (AP) AP - At one of the nation's top trauma hospitals, a nurse circles a patient's bed, humming and waving her arms as if shooing evil spirits. Another woman rubs a quartz bowl with a wand, making tunes that mix with the beeping monitors and hissing respirator keeping the man alive. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Scientists find gene that can stop mice from becoming obese (AFP) AFP - Researchers have found a gene that when blocked can keep mice from becoming obese, even if they consume a high-fat diet, new research released Thursday found. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Psychotherapy Offers Obesity Prevention For 'At Risk' Teenage Girls A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' for obesity... mnt.to |