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Mom gets OK to harvest dead son’s sperm 09 April 2009

In this photo provided on April 6, 2009 by the Texas Department of Public Safety via the Austin American Statesman, Nikolas Colton Evans is shown. Evans, 21, died Sunday April 5, 2009, at a Brackenridge Hospital after being punched and falling outside an Austin bar on March 27. A judge has granted a mother's request to have someone harvest sperm from her dead son's body, so she can have the option of carrying out his wish to have children. A judge has granted a mother's request to have someone harvest sperm from her dead son's body, so she can have the option of carrying out his wish to have children.


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No fad diet: ‘Good’ body fat burns more calories 09 April 2009

April 8: Scientists have long thought that adults do not have brown fat, a “good fat” which helps vulnerable infants stay warm, but the results of a new study suggest otherwise and could lead to a new way to lose weight. NBC's Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)Three studies show that some good fat remains in adults, affecting metabolism and potentially offering a target to help people shed pounds.


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