Tiffany Reiss, Ph.D., Contributing Writer:   Most of us are used to thinking of excess body fat as something to lose. However, last week scientists announced a new discovery related to a type of body fat you may actually want to have more of. This special fat is called “brown fat” and the new discoveries have raised a lot of interest in potential new obesity treatments. It’s long been known that there are two different kinds of body fat, brown fat and white fat. Brown fat is more ... [More]

Terry Bush, Research Scientist, Clinical Behavioral Sciences:   Reading the results of the study, “‘Real-World’ Effectiveness of Reactive Telephone Counseling for Smoking Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” one might mistakenly assume that the study showed that quit lines may not be cost effective.  However, the authors conclude that offering proactive calls (i.e. more counseling) may, as numerous studies have shown, prove to be the most cost-effective method for helping people q... [More]