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That doesn't mean pharmaceutical weight control is forever out of the question. "In the next 10 years," says Dr. Bradford Lowell, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard and an expert on obesity, "we'll be able to determine the complete wiring diagram for body-weight control." And once scientists understand the entire system, not just a few of its components, they may be ready to design drugs that will make obsolete the drastic surgery that Carnie Wilson underwent. --Reported by Heather Won Tesoriero/New York
...works like this: a surgeon feeds a catheter from the groin into the affected blood vessel and then seeds the aneurysm with tiny platinum coils that promote clotting (see diagram). This seemed safer to Eastlund and would spare her a major operation. But, she wanted to know, are coils as effective as clips...
...this point, Jobs likes to draw a diagram, which begins with an outer ring; he draws gadgets on that ring. "We are surrounded by camcorders, digital cameras, MP3 players, Palms, cell phones, dvd players," he says. Then he draws a computer in the center of the ring. "Some of these things are plenty useful without a personal computer. But a personal computer definitely enhances their value. And several are completely unusable without a PC--a PC meaning a Mac, in our case...
...step up from where he started last March as a prep cook. “The worst part is cleaning up—It’s my job to clean the deep fryer at the end of the night.” He draws a diagram of the deep fryer and the “poker” instrument he uses to clean it. Cooking is actually not all that glamorous. But Danny’s not complaining. “I get to do fun stuff—using squeeze bottles to make squiggly lines to plate...
...Tibetan buddhism, a mandala is a diagram depicting the relationships between man, world and divinity. Painstakingly painted with dyed sand, the circle and the square reflecting the diversity of the universe are connected by a central point, representing the highest goal in a spiritual quest. Since Buddhism began spreading from India to Tibet in the 7th century, religion has been deeply rooted in Tibetan culture and civilization. Rich in symbols, metaphors and allegories, the art too is exclusively sacred in nature, and to the devout the images retain their divine powers even when on display. Like a mandala, the exhibit...