If you're anything like us and still incorporate large quantities of instant ramen noodles into your diet (is that shameful for a food writer to admit?), this morning's news might cause more than a little worry. We woke to our local news broadcasters discussing yet another American health worry: salt. Apparently Americans consume 50% too much salt in their diet, much of it locked up in processed and canned foods, and the FDA is......

Discover Magazine's January 2005 issue names 2 UCLA scientists as authors of significant discoveries in 2004.Discover Magazine's January 2005 edition recognizes the work of two UCLA researchers as among the top 100 scientific discoveries of 2004. The separate research studies were led by Dr. Julio Licinio, of UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine and Neuropsychiatric Institute, and by Paul Thompson, of the Neuropsychiatric Institute. Licinio's team discovered that lean people experience a huge nighttime surge......