Losing Inches Not Pounds News

She’s losing fat where it’s neededMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:19PMQ. I am young, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weigh 129 pounds, and don’t have diabetes. But because of unlucky genes, I have severe atrophy of the plantar fat pads on my feet. You can see the bones of my feet pressing against my skin.Podiatrists tell me there’s no treatment other than custom orthotics and shoes. They’re not working. I have read about injecting fat and using “GraftJackets.” Do they work ...

GM, UAW hope to go SonicSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:57PMDETROIT -- The only subcompact car being built on U.S. soil will soon roll out of an assembly plant in suburban Detroit that is as unusual as the car itself.

Terrelle Pryor: 5 Teams That Could Take a Gamble on the Former BuckeyeSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:45PMNo prospect in NFL history may have a more inconsistently projected stock than former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor .  His agent Drew Rosunhaus insists that he’s a first-round pick while his critics believe he doesn’t even deserve to be drafted.  If the NFL holds a supplemental draft this offseason, Pryor will get drafted.  No one knows at the moment when he’ll get selected, but where is ...

New York TimesSaturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:56AMFriday, July 15, 2011 ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. — The only subcompact car being built on American soil will soon roll out of an assembly plant here in suburban Detroit that is as unusual as the car itself. The production line has been squeezed into half the space of a traditional plant. Welding robots are concentrated in efficient clusters, instead of being spaced along the line, while many of the ...

Steve Merlo: Money-hungry DFG doing it againThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:47PMRemember back thirty years or so when the California Department of Fish and Game planted rainbow trout weighing four-to-the-pound in our lakes and streams? The 4- to 8-inch fish were just tiny little things, barely able to bend a rod and not having much to give in the way of edible flesh. The state put-and-take program worked okay for numbers, but most anglers wanted something bigger to stretch ...