NewsBlog: More food + no exercise = weight gain. Really? Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 28th June 2006 07:36 PM GMT] From an Endocrine Society press release describing a study presented at their national conference this week: 'Our preliminary results indicate that body weight is compromised and weight goes up when people are exposed to an environment with unlimited availability of palatable food and low levels of daily activity,' said University of Chicago researcher Plamen Penev. Stop the presses! Read further, and you... Click to continue View comments (2) | Comment on this blog NewsBlog: Buying your own lab Posted by Ivan Oransky [Entry posted at 9th June 2006 12:46 PM GMT] Last November, we reported that the owners of an upscale spa in New York State had 'offered $10 million to the University of Chicago for the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis. ? one of the nation's most historically important, if no longer scientifically advanced, observatories.' Well, they got it. According to a press release this week from the resort firm, Mirbeau will build a 100-room retreat and 73 small homes on the 30... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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