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A new Army physical fitness test designed to measure combat readiness has entered final stages of development and could be fully implemented across the service as soon as next summer, Army Times reports.

The so-called Army Combat Readiness Test, or ACRT, is the culmination of more than a decade of research focused on developing a replacement for the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), which Army officials believe does not adequately measure how well a soldier will perform on the battlefield.

Developed by the Armys Center For Initial Military Training (CIMT), the ACRT involves a total of six events versus the APFTs three a two-mile run, push-ups, and sit-ups and, according to Army officials, better prepares soldiers for the physical stress of actual combat, while also reducing the risk of musculoskeletal injury.

This has been in the works since the early 2000s, Whitfield East, research physiologist with CIMT, told Army Times. Soon after we went to war, it was pretty self-evident that the APFT did not sufficiently identify the high physical demand capacities that soldiers needed to execute warrior task and battle drills and common soldier tasks.

A pilot version of the ACRT was rolled out in early August at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, where it was tested by a group of National Guard soldiers and members of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

At least one Ranger, Staff Sgt. Talen Peterson, gave the test a favorable review, telling Army Times that it is as close physically as you can get to replicate the types of physical actions youll do on the battlefield.

Like the APFT, the ACRT measures muscular and cardiovascular endurance; however, while the APFT is purely calisthenic, the ACRT incorporates exercise equipment to measure what an Army official described to Army Times as three additional domains of physical readiness: muscular strength, explosive strength and agility.

When the [APFT] was developed, they were still under the guidance of zero equipment, East told Army Times. What we know is that we cant assess muscular strength with no equipment. You have to pick something up and put it down.

The six events, which Army Times describes in detail here, are: A two-mile run, a 250-meter sprint/drag/carry, a maximum weight deadlift, the leg tuck, a standing power throw, and the t-pushup. The events were selected from a pool of around 30 initial options that the Army tested at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 2014.

The pilot phase of the ACRT now underway in Washington will put up to 2,000 soldiers through the test before the penultimate stage of implementation commences. According to CIMTs research and analysis directorate, Michael McGurk, this stage will entail an initial fielding of the test where we put it out for a trial period somewhere between six and 12 months.

How the test will be scored and how often it will be administered have yet to be determined, but Lt. Col. David Feltwell, the principal doctrine developer for the Armys physical readiness program, told Army Times that soldiers will have to pass ACRT from reception battalion all the way through to separation from the Army.

As with the APFT, the ACRT will be a test of record, meaning it will affect eligibility for promotion. Once the trial period is complete and final approval from senior Army leaders is granted, soldiers can start taking the ACRT for real. Army officials believe that could happen as soon as next summer.

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By JOSEPH PHILLIPSStaff Writer

Orangetheory Fitness is coming to Hyde Park.The fitness studio franchise will open its doors in mid-November 2017 in the City Hyde Park building, 5111 S. Harper Ave.

The fitness center will offer customized group fitness level training, high energy, coach-led group workouts and a heart-rate based interval training thats tough, fun, and addictive, according to the companys website.

The goal of the franchise is to combine state of the art technology with fitness.

Theres a lot of culture in the Hyde Park area, saidAdryenneHearne-Alvarez, owner of Orangetheory Fitness. But one of the componentsthatsmissing is a customized fitness component.

Hearne-Alvarez and her brother Derek Hearne currently own four fitness franchises in the South Loop neighborhood, Frankfurt, Ill., Oak Park, Ill., and Hyde Park starting this November.

Hearne-Alvarez said that Hyde Park residents would now have more fitness options because there are few fitness centers like Orangetheory Fitness that can address all fitness levels with state of the art technology.

For more information visit orangetheoryfitness.com.

j.phillips@hpherald.com

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Dr. Darrien Gaston has been a prominent gastroenterologist in Beverly for 25 years, but his patients know that he could also add the title of teacher.

Thats because Dr. Gaston takes the time to educate his patients about all aspects of their condition and the field of gastroenterology.

Dr. Gaston will admit that his specialty may not be the most well known, but hell gladly explain any aspect of his work as a gastroenterologist, a physician of internal medicine who specializes in diagnosing, treating and preventing diseases of the digestive system.

People see a gastroenterologist for such things as colon cancer screenings; stomach pain and gas; heartburn; anemia; ulcerative colitis; hemorrhoids; constipation; hepatitis; difficulty swallowing; acid reflux; liver diseases; irritable bowel syndrome; diarrhea; Crohns disease; diverticulosis; Barretts esophagus; and chronic pancreatitis.

Knowledge is the first step to helping patients take control of their health, Dr. Gaston said. I make sure I listen to their concerns, answer their questions and then listen for more questions. When patients thoroughly understand their upcoming procedure, we are more likely to avoid complications.

Dr. Gaston opened Metropolitan Gastroenterology Consultants, 10444 S. Western Ave., 18 years ago, and it that time he has become a leader in his field.

Gaston is the leading provider in Chicagoland for the SlimSmart Balloon, a non-surgical temporary weight loss procedure that helps people lose three times the weight they would with diet and exercise alone.

Dr. Gaston also performs procedures including colonoscopy, gastroscopy, video capsule endoscopy, and hemorrhoid banding.

He performs endoscopic procedures in his office, which offers patients the convenience of not having to go to a hospital. His office provides a comfortable and friendly environment right in the neighborhood.

He also places the SlimSmart Balloon in his office. It is part of the Orbera Managed Weight Loss System, a non-surgical weight loss procedure.

A St. Ignatius College Prep (1976) and Northwestern University graduate (80), Dr. Gaston earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1984. He completed his residency at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago in 1988 and his fellowship in gastroenterology at Cook County Hospital in 1990.

Dr. Gaston in board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and he is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Gaston is also a member of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy.

The outstanding care that Dr. Gaston provides has not gone unnoticed.

United Healthcare designated Dr. Gaston and Metropolitan Gastroenterology Consultants as a Premium Care Physician for 2017, the highest of four designations.

United Healthcares Premium Program assesses more than 350,000 physicians across the United States.

A factor considered when United Healthcare makes such a designation is whether patients had to have screening procedures such as colonoscopies and endoscopies performed again within a short period of time.

Our facility is accredited by the Joint Commission with the Gold Seal of Approval, Gaston said. Our screening standards are at the absolute highest levels. The percentage of patients who need to come backbarring their personal lack of colon prepis extremely low.

One of the procedures that Dr. Gaston uses with great success for patients is the Orbera Managed Weight Loss System, which is FDA-approved and has been in use for over 20 years. Over 220,000 people have achieved successful long-term weight loss with the device. Clinical studies have shown that patients usually lose over three times the weight with a gastric balloon than with diet and exercise alone.

Dr. Gaston is the only gastroenterologist in Chicagoland performing this procedure. Using an endoscope, Dr. Gastonan experienced endoscopistinserts the Orbera balloon through the mouth and into the stomach of the mildly sedated patient. Flexible and durable, the balloon is then filled with a safe, salt-based solution until its about the size of a grapefruit.

Dr. Gaston has placed more balloons than any other gastroenterologist in the city.

Its like having an upper GI examquick and non-surgical, Dr. Gaston said. There are no incisions, no stitches and no staplesno hospital stay. The whole thing takes about 20 minutes.

The Orbera balloon is kept in place for six months and helps control portion size by taking up room in the stomach.

The device is there to help you feel full. There can be significant weight loss in those six months.

Dr. Gaston provides Obera patients with 24/7 access in case they need to ask him questions or address concerns. He partners his patients with a wellness coach, so they learn to establish a healthy lifestyle and eating habits.

After six months, the balloon is removed just as easily, but the support continues for a full year after the procedure.

Dr. Gaston offers free initial consultations for those who are interested in finding out if they are suitable candidates for the Orbera balloon procedure.

For more information, call (773) 238-1126 or visit metrogichicago.com.

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Sunbathers should consider avoiding midnight snacks before catching some rays.

A study in mice from the ODonnell Brain Institute and UC Irvine shows that eating at abnormal times disrupts the biological clock of the skin, including the daytime potency of an enzyme that protects against the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation.

Although further research is needed, the finding indicates that people who eat late at night may be more vulnerable to sunburn and longer-term effects such as skin aging and skin cancer, says Joseph S. Takahashi, PhD, chairman of neuroscience at UT Southwestern Medical Centers Peter ODonnell Jr. Brain Institute.

This finding is surprising. I did not think the skin was paying attention to when we are eating, says Takahashi, also an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The study showed that mice given food only during the dayan abnormal eating time for the otherwise nocturnal animalssustained more skin damage when exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) light during the day than during the night. This outcome occurred, at least in part, because an enzyme that repairs UV-damaged skinxeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA)shifted its daily cycle to be less active in the day.

Mice that fed only during their usual evening times did not show altered XPA cycles and were less susceptible to daytime UV rays.

It is likely that if you have a normal eating schedule, then you will be better protected from UV during the daytime, says Takahashi, holder of the Loyd B. Sands Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience. If you have an abnormal eating schedule, that could cause a harmful shift in your skin clock, like it did in the mouse.

Previous studies have demonstrated strong roles for the bodys circadian rhythms in skin biology. However, little had been understood about what controls the skins daily clock.

The latest research published in Cell Reports documents the vital role of feeding times, a factor that scientists focused on because it had already been known to affect the daily cycles of metabolic organs such as the liver.

The study found that besides disrupting XPA cycles, changing eating schedules could affect the expression of about 10% of the skins genes.

However, more research is needed to better understand the links between eating patterns and UV damage in people, particularly how XPA cycles are affected, says Bogi Andersen, MD, of University of California, Irvine, who led the collaborative study with Takahashi.

Its hard to translate these findings to humans at this point, says Andersen, professor of biological chemistry. But its fascinating to me that the skin would be sensitive to the timing of food intake.

Takahashi, noted for his landmark discovery of the Clock gene regulating circadian rhythms, is researching other ways in which eating schedules affect the biological clock. A study earlier this year reinforced the idea that the time of day food is eaten is more critical to weight loss than the amount of calories ingested. He is now conducting long-term research measuring how feeding affects aging and longevity.

The UV study was supported by the Irving Weinstein Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the China Scholarship Council, and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

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Oh, those authoritarian strongmen! They are so much more masculine than we ordinary males, so much more alpha, so much more physically powerful. At 73, Mao Zedong allegedly swam the Yangtze River at a pace that would have been faster than that of Sun Yang, the 2012 Chinese 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal winner. There were even photos that claimed to document the septuagenarians achievement.

This summer, papers were abuzz about Vladimir Putin's shirtless Siberian vacation, during which he engaged in a series of macho exercises, highlighted by chasing a razor-toothed pike underwater for two hours before spearing it. In Turkmenistan, the government recently released a video of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov in camouflage throwing knives at targets, firing a machine gun and standing on the tarmac, calling in an airstrike.

And then we have our own president, Donald Trump, he of the "I guarantee you, there's no problem" genitalia. His short-lived communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, introduced himself by enumerating his boss' unparalleled athletic feats; more Brady than Tom Brady, more Curry than Steph Curry, more Speith than Jordan Speith:

"I've seen this guy throw a dead spiral through a tire. I've seen him at Madison Square Garden with a topcoat on. He's standing in the key and he's hitting foul shots and swishing them, okay? He sinks 30-foot putts. I don't see this guy as a guy that's ever under siege."

(By the way, Scaramucci originally said "3-foot putts," but the White House later amended it. Seriously.)

All of this would just be more comical Trumpian absurdity, severe overcompensation, if it weren't for one thing: Trump's hypermasculinity is bringing us perilously close to a military confrontation with North Korea. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta even had the nerve to ask whether Trump's bluster was a result of his thinking that Kim Jung-Un was questioning the president's manhood, which is not something I ever recall being raised in any previous presidential discussion.

But just think about it: We may go to war because our president has problems with his masculinity, and war is his method of dealing with it. You don't really need Freud to look at the shape of a nuclear weapon and see where Trump is coming from.

There has been a resurgence of an ugly misogyny that resents women and hopes to put them back in "their place"a resentment that our president represents, amplifies and legitimizes. That there is a war of men against women in America today is undeniable, and, as said, it isnt limited to men at the bottom of the totem pole.

But it isn't only what has been dubbed Trump's "Toxic Masculinity Syndrome" that's at issue. It is America's TMS. Apparently, to judge from Trump's support, tens of millions of white male Americans suffer from the same syndrome, which is why Trump clearly feels enabled to flirt with war. He knows these guys will have his back. What are a few hundred thousand casualties in the service of demonstrating your maleness?

In analyzing Trump's white male base, especially those in the Rust Belt, pundits have fastened onto their sense of economic disempowerment. These men are undergoing a status crisis, which is why Trump scores so well among white uneducated voters and also, arguably, why these white men are so hostile to liberals, whom they see as snooty elitists.

The problem with this analysis is that college-educated white males also supported Trump, as did white males who made over $50,000which isn't to say that these groups dont suffer from a status crisis, only that the crisis isn't a function of education or economics.

I suspect it is in some large measure a function of something that has received far too little attention in the media: the threat that women pose to traditional male dominance.

There has been a resurgence of an ugly misogyny that resents women and hopes to put them back in "their place"a resentment that our president represents, amplifies and legitimizes. That there is a war of men against women in America today is undeniable, and, as said, it isnt limited to men at the bottom of the totem pole.

For example, however much the right defends the memo by former Google engineer James Damorethat women are not discriminated against in Silicon Valley, but just happen to have a different mindset from successful tech menthe thrust of that memo was yet another way to marginalize women and justify their inequality. Silicon Valley is notorious for hatred of womengeek retribution.

To anyone who is the least bit enlightened, which doesn't include our president, such thoughts are antediluvian. But to the right wing, efforts to marginalize women are foundational. Conservatism is not just fundamentally an anti-feminist movement, a designation it embraces proudly, but an anti-women movement. Under the rubric of "traditional values," it is predicated on preventing males from losing their dominance. In fact, almost nothing exercises conservatives as much as women's encroaching power. And while this misogyny is generated by white men for white men, white women, a majority of whom also voted for Trump, are accomplices, apparently resenting women who refuse to submit to the male power structure.

Again, much of this was discounted, even among liberals, in last year's presidential election, and when Clinton herself adduced sexism as one reason for her loss, pundits tended to pooh-pooh it. They preferred economic and social sources for white male disaffection, possibly because these just sounded better.

But it is no stretch at all to view the election as a gender status contest between a conventional blustering male egotist and a powerful woman. Nor is it a stretch to see the election not as one in which a rich, powerful alpha male was vanquishing a woman with the temerity to challenge the social order, but as one in which an old, overweight, doughy male with ill-fitting suits, ties down to his knees and a bad haircutin short, the very personification of the ignorant, unregenerate male troglodytewas vanquishing that woman and everything she represented. It wasn't, as many said, hatred of Hillary that beat her. It was hatred of women.

Scholars have long seen the affinity between hypermasculinity and fascism, and the way gender roles get translated into politics. Indeed, in many ways, fascism and "alt-right" movements are the political versions of hypermasculinity born of a fear of female empowerment. Christina Wieland, of the University of Essex, has written a book titled The Fascist State of Mind and the Manufacturing of Masculinity, one chapter of which is suggestively titled "Masculinity and its discontents."

In the same vein, Michael Kimmel at Stony Brook University's Center for the Study of Male and Masculinities has looked at the confluence of masculinity endangerment and far-right movements, recently focusing on white male Trump supporters with their simmering resentments and sense of humiliation.

Kimmel sees the relationship between male endangerment and violence, and spoke recently about his own conclusions, as well as those of author James Gilligan. "He argued that shame and humiliation underlie basically all violence: 'Because I feel small, I will make you feel smaller,'" he said. This certainly speaks to domestic violence. It is only now, however, with Trump, that it speaks to international violence, threats of nuclear war.

I would posit that Trump connects with his base not because they feel some surge of vicarious power through his power. He connects with them because they see in him the same insecurity, humiliation and emasculation they feel, and see in him the same unhinged response they have.

I would posit that Trump connects with his base not because they feel some surge of vicarious power through his power. He connects with them because they see in him the same insecurity, humiliation and emasculation they feel, and see in him the same unhinged response they have. Because he feels small, he is going to make the world smaller. He is going to show them! Disempowered men get that.

Which is where North Korea comes in. Putting aside the harm that white men who feel emasculated can do to women, a testosterone-fueled presidency is an extremely dangerous one. It leads almost inevitably to confrontation precisely because it has nothing to do with strategic policy, only with personal slights.

Trump has always had a masculinity problem. It is why so much of his discourse is consumed with insisting on his malenesson his sexual prowess, on his irresistibility to women, on feminizing his opponents as weak, on his fake bravado, on objectifying and denigrating women, and now his threats to North Korea. He's even threatening Venezuela.

Methinks the man protests too much. Even so, it seems beyond belief that Trump would take us to war to show just how big a man he is. But, then, so did a Trump presidency seem beyond belief. It only goes to show that when you fear women enough and can rouse hatred against them in similarly threatened males, anything can happennone of it good. Nukes, anyone?

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New York Long-term testosterone replacement therapy improves both sexual and urinary functions as well as quality of life for men suffering from a condition due to deficiency of the hormone, according to a study.

Testosterone is a steroid hormone involved in the regulation of sexual function, urinary health and metabolism as well as a number of other critical functions.

For most men, testosterone concentration declines slowly with age and may not cause immediate major symptoms.

However, some men may experience a host of signs and symptoms constituting a clinical condition called Testosterone Deficiency (TD), or male hypogonadism, which is attributed to insufficient levels of testosterone.

Office Portrait of MED Prof. Dr. Abdulmaged TraishPhoto by Vernon Doucette for Boston University Photography

As a result, they experience symptoms as varied as erectile dysfunction, low energy, fatigue, depressed mood and an increased risk of diabetes.

The study, published in the Journal of Urology, investigated the effects of long-term testosterone replacement therapy on urinary health and sexual function as well as quality of life in men with diagnosed, symptomatic testosterone deficiency.

More than 650 men in their 50s and 60s enrolled in the study, some with unexplained testosterone deficiency and others with known genetic and auto-immune causes for their hypogonadism.

It is thought that testosterone treatment in men may increase prostate size and worsen lower urinary tract symptoms, said Abdulmaged Traish, Professor of Urology at Boston University School of Medicine in the US.

However, the researchers discovered that despite increased prostate size in the group that received testosterone therapy, there were fewer urinary symptoms such as frequent urination, incomplete bladder emptying, weak urinary stream and waking up at night to urinate.

In addition to these subjective improvements, the researchers conducted objective testing that showed that those men treated with testosterone emptied their bladders more fully.

Finally, testosterone treatment also increased the scores patients received on assessments of their erectile/sexual health and general quality of life, the study said.

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The Healthiest Chicken Sandwich:

I felt something funny on the bottom of the bun, she said. I turned it over. I said to [my coworker], They burned my roll really bad.

Manfalouti threw the sandwich down on the table and her coworker, Cara Phelan, said she realized it was a small rodent of some sort. I could see the whiskers and the tail. The animal was sent out for lab testing, which confirmed that it was, in fact, a small rat or mouse.

Manfalouti said she basically lost my mind. I screamed. She then took pictures and called the franchise owner, Dave Heffernan. Oh, this cant be good, she claims he said on the call, before Manfalouti emailed him the photos and her receipt. From there, she went to the ER where she was given an IV for her nausea, and later saw a psychologist for anxiety. Over the next weeks, Manfalouti said she was nauseous and could barely eat.

Manfaloutis lawyer, Bill Davis, said that he recently filed the lawsuit against Heffernan and the store, because they had stonewalled attempts to address the issue. According to the suit, Manfalouti suffered physical and psychological injuries from the incident.

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The lawsuit says, per Philly.com, that Chick-fil-A was negligent and failed to supervise employees who intentionally and/or knowingly served a sandwich to a customer with a dead rodent baked into the bun and failed to have proper procedures in place to inspect their own food products before selling them to customers.

Davis tells Philly.com that Manfalouti decided to sue after Chick-fil-A tried to blame Heffernan, who said the bakery was to blame, but the bakerys insurance company denied they were liable.

The franchise itself has never said who supplied the buns for their sandwiches. I have given them every chance in the world to talk to me about it and give their side, but they just referred it to their insurance company, who in turn has not engaged in any real conversation, Davis said.

Manfalouti says she has ongoing anxiety and nightmares from the incident.

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For 37-year-old Charles Pask, having a bath is a novelty one he has not had for over 20 years. This is because Charles used to weight 33st and could not fit in a bath.

Now, he has lost an incredible 14st and can do a host of things he wasnt able to before.

The accountant from Leicester decided to make the change after a visit to the doctor.

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His GP told him he weighed 33st and 7.5lbs which left Charles distraught.

Charles was approved for weight loss surgery through the NHS but declined as his passion for food and cooking would be taken away forever.

Before he lost the weight, Charles would continuously snack and would eat packets of crisps and multiple takeaways per night.

But when a friend of his was diagnosed with cancer in 2016, Charles promised her he would change his lifestyle and lose weight to help keep her motivated through her cancer battle.

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Charles said: I had wanted to do something about my weight for many years but I was lazy and I was getting away with it health wise. But I began seeing signs of my body giving in.

I woke up one night and when I stood up I heard a crunching sound in my knees. This was really scary and it turned out I have crepitus which meant my weight had softened my kneecaps.

I was also wearing 8XL shirts and 66 inch waist jeans and was struggling to find clothes to buy and get in and out of my car.

Charles decided to join Slimming World, a plan that has seen him lose nearly half of his weight over 15 months.

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Not only can he now take a bath, but he doesnt have to book two seats when flying.

He added: Simple things like getting into a bath are taken for granted by many but I couldnt do this. I had my first bath for over 20 years whilst on holiday in Cornwall in July and it was a surreal but fantastic moment.

In October this year I have also booked my first flight with a single seat flying from London to New York with Virgin Atlantic with my girlfriend.

I have so much more self worth now and being able to see a future is something I cherish whilst others may take it for granted.

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Bendigo researchers have begun a search for new drugs to speed up your metabolism.

Bendigo-based researchers could one day help speed up peoples metabolisms using caffeine or estrogen.

La Trobe University PhD candidates Lachlan Van Schaik and Will Sievers began exploring whether caffeine or estrogen could be developed into a weight loss drug this year.

They shared their research during National Science Week.

Both researchers wanted to trigger neurological networks into burning fat, targeting parts of the brain regulating brown fat.

Unlike other forms of fat produced by the human body, brown fat could burn energy and produce heat, speeding up peoples metabolisms.

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Caffeine and estrogen had already been shown to fire up brown fat stores.

Caffeine could get brown fat burning, but the doses needed to fire up the metabolism were far too high to safely consume, Mr Van Schaik said.

His research was focused on finding ways to trigger the brains caffeine receptors.

Both researchers said targeting neural pathways was important for minimising unwanted side-effects.

Mr Van Schaik said that historically weight loss treatments had come with nasty side-effects.

You can design drugs in such a way that they only act in the brain. Thats part of the challenge of the projects of finding a drug, or a way of administering a drug, that would act in the brain without us actually going in and (physically) changing it, Mr Sievers said.

Mr Sievers was hoping estrogen would hold the key to faster metabolisms.

Researchers had already observed women who had gone through menopause often put on 10 to 15 kilograms, he said.

Lachlan Van Schaik and Will Sievers

If theres an increase in estrogen signalling (to receptors in the brain), will we see an increase in metabolism? Thats what Id like to know, Mr Sievers said.

Neither researcher believed their work would lead to a wonder drug that people could take without also leading a healthy lifestyle.

People would still need to diet and exercise even as they used drugs designed to speed up their metabolisms.

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Columbus Business First Columbus Business First The "road diet" project that's repaving, restriping and adding bike lanes to Indianola Avenue in Clintonville is headed toward completion. All work is expected by be done by Aug. 25, according to the Clintonville Area Commission. The project also ...

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