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...average American makes more than 200 decisions about food every day, according to Brian Wansink, director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Most of the time we don't even know we're making them--until we discover that our clothes no longer fit. Wansink wants to alert the public to this dietary sleepwalking. His new book, Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think (Bantam), is a fascinating look at the hidden psychology of eating, with tips to help people sidestep the fattening ploys of food manufacturers and restaurateurs. TIME's ANDREA SACHS spoke with Wansink...
...What color floor tiles might she pick?" ScentAir's mixologists researched their inventory of 1,500 aromatic oils to find the ones that would produce the right blend to capture the essence of the stores. Over the next six months, about 30 concoctions were FedExed from ScentAir's lab in Charlotte, N.C., to the Sony offices in New York City; a steady stream of comments and suggestions flowed the other way, until a final pool of five candidates emerged...
...wellness is primarily the doctor’s responsibility, “the patient’s role is critical,” Studdert added. Patients should be “active participants” in the diagnostic process. “People should try and follow up their lab results” to make sure their tests are executed and properly evaluated, according to Thomas...
...their individual biology, according to Brown. The study also indicated the presence of other factors that cooperate with the ER to regulate genes, factors that “might themselves become targets for new therapies,” Brown wrote in an e-mail. Brown said that his lab is conducting research to examine whether cancer drugs change the structure of the receptive sites on the ER. If this is the case, then new drugs can be created as tumors gain resistance to current drugs. The research was conducted in conjunction with researchers from HMS, Brown University, and Affymetrix...
...times, it is hard to tell just where Goodman is going with the novel. The government opens a prolonged investigation into Cliff’s work after Robin provides them with compromising information. Congress is dragged into the fray as well, with members of the lab testifying before a subcommittee...