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...other end of the spectrum are therapies that aim directly at fat tissue. Scientists at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are trying to starve fat cells by attacking proteins embedded in the blood vessels that feed those cells. In experiments on obese mice, their excess fat melted away in a matter of weeks. Not only did this strategy eliminate fat tissue--the animals lost 30% of their body weight--but mice that were dangerously overweight quickly regained their health. In fact, early signs of diabetes reversed, fat no longer accumulated in the liver, and cholesterol and glucose levels dropped...
...what your child eats, but they also tend to be more well-rounded than meals eaten on the run, and kids are less apt to bolt them down. Dinnertime talk can also reveal emotional issues that might underlie overeating. If you can't do it every night, aim for three or four family dinners a week. Satter stresses that even snacks should be "structured, sit-down [meals] served at set times" with no grazing in between...
...water, without his helmet. Then I saw him get down on his knees and start praying with his rosary beads. At this moment, the Germans cut him in half with their deadly cross fire. I saw the reflection from the helmet of one of the snipers and took aim, and later on, I found out, I got a bull's-eye on him. It was my only time that rifle fired--due to the bullet that hit my rifle. It must have shattered the wood, and the rifle broke in half, and I had to throw it away...
...Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, two formidable American entrepreneurs, aim to transform Macau into a first-class tourist destination for millions of Asians, mainland Chinese in particular. Adelson and Wynn are credited with reviving Las Vegas' flagging fortunes in the 1990s by building a succession of spectacular complexes that combine hotels, entertainment and gambling facilities, among them the posh Venetian (Adelson's best-known resort) and the Mirage (a project by Wynn). Today, with separate gaming licenses from the Macau government, the pair are racing to duplicate their U.S. success. Adelson, 72, built the Sands Macau, so he is first...
...different." Growth could still be on hold. The Ultimate To-Do List With limited funds to tackle the globe's most pressing challenges, how would you best divvy up the cash? That's the question leveled at this week's Copenhagen Consensus, a roundtable of nine leading economists who aim to draw up a global to-do list ranking, by return on investment, 36 proposed solutions to earth's 10 biggest challenges. Would reducing greenhouse gases or communicable diseases benefit us more than better education or sanitation? It would be good to know, since organizer Bjorn Lomborg, director of Denmark...