Word: fat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gunning for him on one front is a 25-year-old rookie pilot from California who wants to be known only by his call sign, "Loose." An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, Loose recently lit his afterburners to escape a salvo of three Iraqi missiles. "I had a big fat grin," Loose says, remembering the day when the missiles came close, but missed, and his commander radioed back that he could retaliate with a pair of 500-lb. bombs. Once again an American pilot trained at a cost of $2.5 million had beaten the $14,000 bounty Saddam offers...
...already doing better at preventive medicine and at repairing old bodies--dealing with abdominal fat, atherosclerosis, blood pressure, blood sugar, cataracts and so on. U.S. pharmaceutical companies have nearly two dozen Alzheimer's drugs in the works. In the next century, molecular biologists are likely to tinker with more and more of our genetic machinery, in what may be either mankind's worst folly or the most significant software upgrade of the 21st century. (Caveat emptor, users of version 1.0!) Just last month, biologists announced the discovery of mutations that accumulate in aging mitochondria, which are our cells' batteries; maybe...
...which speeded metabolism and suppressed appetite, looked promising in the 1950s and '60s but turned out to be physically harmful and powerfully addictive. Drugs like fen-phen and Redux, which alter the brain's chemistry, had scary side effects. Newer drugs like orlistat and food substitutes like olestra keep fat from entering the body, but they cause serious bowel discomfort...
Researchers are learning more every day about how the body processes fat. One clue involves the hormone leptin, which is pumped out by fat cells and signals lab mice, at least, not to eat. Unfortunately, as reported last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, it doesn't seem to work in humans. Researchers are still trying to figure out why not--and how to get around the problem. Another natural substance, called pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), seems to signal that it's time to stop eating. Mice treated with POMC boosters shed 40% of their excess body weight...
...feel about the fact that many of the most popular Asian films here are martial arts related--Chow Yun-Fat or Jackie Chan? Is therea need for more artistic endeavors...