| Features
The Skinny on Fat
Researchers have some ideas about how fat goes from being a few vanity
pounds to representing an actual health risk.
-By Alicia Di Rado
Holding Back the Years
Certain hormones might not only maintain muscle and strength in older
men, but also boost many aspects of health.
-By Alicia Di Rado
Start Me Up
A new research center focuses on developing electronic
replacements for damaged or diseased systems in the human body.
-By Lori Oliwenstein
Power of People
Researchers look to data collected from ethnically diverse groups of
people for clues about genetic and environmental influences on disease
and health.
-By Lori Oliwenstein
Singular Sensation
A leading surgeon works to keep a woman’s body intact after breast
surgery, while creating products to provide greater comfort. .
-By Alicia Di Rado
A Separate Peace
A historic surgery allows conjoined twin girls to grow as separate individuals
along with their fraternal triplet.
-By Jon Nalick and Lori Oliwenstein |
