Daily Archives: October 24, 2008

Why exercise when you can pharma-cise?

October 24, 2008 – 9:05 am

by Stefania Revelli WHAT’S HAPPENING What happens to diet pills when they grow up? They become fitness pills. Researchers at the Salk Institute in San Diego have discovered two new drugs — AICAR and GW1516 — that mimic the effects of physical exercise (Reuters.com 7.31.08). Lab tests successfully fooled mice muscles into burning fat, using [...]

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WALKING AWAY WITH THE FUTURE

October 24, 2008 – 8:57 am

by Josh Kimball Last weekend, I, along with a cadre of colleagues, headed to Los Angeles for Iconosphere, Iconoculture’s annual cultural trend conference. In addition to the recession-proof and copiously flowing booze, what’s on everyone’s lips this year is our current economic crisis. Of course, for attendees of last October’s Iconosphere, the monumental happenings of [...]

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