Obesity causes insulin resistance by increasing activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the release of the stress hormone norepinephrine, according to a new study.

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John Bumpass Calhoun’s life’s work — studying rats and mice — was grounded here in Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins University.

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