Word: leibowitz
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...white girl. They were all young people. The girl wrote a letter to a friend of hers that said, “those boys didn’t jazz me.” Their lawyer, Leibowitz, used that to break the case. In those days, if you touched or looked sideways at a white woman, they could accuse you of anything. That’s one example. Aside from that, when the great minds have that label put on them, it’s a form of segregation that denies those people from being able to fully participate...
...chose A, you may be in luck. According to Rockefeller University researcher Dr. Sarah Leibowitz, we could someday see a simple blood test that would determine a child's risk for obesity - and thus enable appropriate eating behaviors to be instilled at an early...
...excited - the test is still years away. But as Dr. Leibowitz announced Monday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the methodology has proven extremely successful in rats, whose appetite and weight gain mechanisms are incredibly similar to those of humans...
...Sure, Leibowitz exposed the rats to a veritable wonderland of fattening food, and placed no limits on the rats' consumption - but remember, she was trying to recreate the temptations we humans face every single day. Even given equal access to the unhealthy fare, the rats who were doomed to really expand were far more likely than their slimmer peers to gorge themselves on the fattening foods...
...Leibowitz's test becomes a reality, it would present a novel weapon in the fight against fat - those who are preordained to become obese would be indisputably forewarned. Armed with that knowledge, they could learn how to moderate their diets, stay healthy and recognize the warning signs of serious weight problems. The key to beating obesity, as with most illnesses, is prevention...