Fat Acceptance

Airbus to Offer Extra-Wide Seats on New Planes

25 May 2012

Airbus is trying to make the friendly skies a bit more comfortable for large — an encumbered — people , and more profitable for U.S. airlines. The main subsidiary of European aerospace giant Eads is now offering extra-wide seats on its new A320 passenger aircraft, according...

Fat stem cells may help treat kidney ailments

25 May 2012

In a breakthrough in the stem cell research, scientist from Ahmedabad have developed a technique to encourage a new kind of stem cells called ‘Mesenchymal stem cells’ generated from fat (adipose tissue) of donors, which can be used in treating kidney diseases.

Can the valley be a fat-tire mecca?

25 May 2012

A niche mountain biking campaign was launched last week with the goal of getting people to think of the Wood River Valley as the next mountain biking mecca.