Now both teams have published papers interpreting their findings. Eventually, sequencing of the human genome is expected to revolutionize medicine by helping scientists see how diseases develop and allowing them to develop better tests and treatments. The mapping of the human genome is expected to dramatically improve care of people who are mentally ill or addicted, according to researchers. Eventually, drug companies may develop individually-tailored medications aimed at a specific person's genetic makeup. A study of British children has found a massive increase in the number of overweight and obese infants and toddlers between 1989 and 1998.
Heavy children are far more likely than children of normal weight to grow up into overweight adults.
Writing in the British Medical Journal, the researchers said their findings indicate that even young children need to be physically active and to eat healthy diets. Before you chomp into that tuna steak you may want to read a report by the U.S. General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress. A majority of U.S. seafood firms don't follow safety standards established by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the report, and the agency moves slowly when it finds violations. Congressional hearings about seafood safety are expected this spring. Dozens of other suits against manufacturers of products containing ephedra and ephedrine have been settled in recent years, and dozens more are pending.