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While most such public-health threats require a bit of epidemiological sleuthing to determine the cause, this one's a no-brainer. In the same period in which the diabetes numbers have been climbing, so have the numbers on many people's scales. In 1991 just 12% of the U.S...
Ever since they were first isolated two years ago, embryonic stem cells have been touted as a potential medical miracle. Diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's and spinal-cord injury are among the devastating maladies that might be treated by turning these versatile cells into healthy replacements for just about...
There's no doubt that creatine can help you build up your biceps. Increasing your energy, it enables you to carry out a longer and more strenuous workout. Normally manufactured by the liver, kidneys and pancreas, it's used by the muscles and other organs as an energy source. Still...
1 TISSUE ENGINEERS With man-made skin already on the market and artificial cartilage not far behind, 25 years from now scientists expect to be pulling a pancreas out of a Petri dish. Or trying, anyway. Researchers have successfully grown new intestines and bladders inside animals' abdominal cavities, and work...