By NICHOLAS WADE
A new approach to treating obesity has been opened up by a discovery about how the body creates brown fat, the cells that burn white fat and turn it into body heat.
Researchers led by Bruce M. Spiegelman of Harvard Medical School report their discovery in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature. Their paper describes the natural system by which brown fat cells are generated from their precursors.
A Creature of Bad Habit: Why Mistakes Are Repeated
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
At one time or another, almost all of us do or say something we were trying hard not to. For most, it is a minor embarrassment or an awkward moment. For a professional athlete, it can mean the end of a career.
Tom House, a former major league pitcher and now the pitching coach at Southern California, calls it the Creature. Golfers call it the yips.
