KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. 

Humans have several types of fat and they all serve different functions. And researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to convert ordinary "white" fat cells into a different type of fat that burns calories rather than stores them. The discovery could have a big impact on treating obesity. 

For more KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Brian Feldman, Senior author of the study and cancer researcher with UCSF Health. 

KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. 
Humans have several types of fat and they all serve different functions. And researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to convert ordinary "white" fat cells into a different type of fat that burns calories rather than stores them. The discovery could have a big impact on treating obesity. 
For more KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Brian Feldman, Senior author of the study and cancer researcher with UCSF Health.

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KCBS Radio in partnership with UCSF presents “As Prescribed,” a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.

KCBS Radio in partnership with UCSF presents &ldquo;As Prescribed,&rdquo; a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children&rsquo;s Hospitals.

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As Prescribed: How types of human fat can be both beneficial and detrimental

As the Park Fire jumps Butte County lines into Tehama county, Bay Area crews are on the front lines.

As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes has that part of our coverage. 

Photo Credit: CAL FIRE Official

As the Park Fire jumps Butte County lines into Tehama county, Bay Area crews are on the front lines.
As KCBS Radio's Mary Hughes has that part of our coverage. 
Photo Credit: CAL FIRE Official

Bay Area crews are helping to fend off the Park Fire

It's a San Francisco landmark, the 12-story Flood Building, which has towered over the corner of Market and Powell Streets for more than a century.

The iconic building has survived its share of challenges over the years, including 2 earthquakes, economic booms-and-busts, and even a brush with demolition. Now it faces some of its toughest challenges yet, as the city struggles against high vacancy rates and a lawless reputation.

For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by John King, Urban Design Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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It's a San Francisco landmark, the 12-story Flood Building, which has towered over the corner of Market and Powell Streets for more than a century.
The iconic building has survived its share of challenges over the years, including 2 earthquakes, economic booms-and-busts, and even a brush with demolition. Now it faces some of its toughest challenges yet, as the city struggles against high vacancy rates and a lawless reputation.
For more on this, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by John King, Urban Design Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Justin Sullivan / Staff / Getty Images

San Francisco's Flood Building faces high vacancy rates

It's a beach find many of us would love to stumble across a mysterious, old-fashioned glass bottle with a handwritten note inside that washed up on the shore in Ocean City, New Jersey earlier this month.

While it's not unheard of to find them, this particular bottle is special, in fact, it could be the oldest message-in-a-bottle ever found.

For more on this amazing find, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Brett Burkhart were joined by Amy Smyth Murphy from Haddon Heights, New Jersey—who found what could be the world's oldest message-in-a-bottle.

Jaromir Ondra / Getty Images

It's a beach find many of us would love to stumble across a mysterious, old-fashioned glass bottle with a handwritten note inside that washed up on the shore in Ocean City, New Jersey earlier this month.
While it's not unheard of to find them, this particular bottle is special, in fact, it could be the oldest message-in-a-bottle ever found.
For more on this amazing find, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Brett Burkhart were joined by Amy Smyth Murphy from Haddon Heights, New Jersey—who found what could be the world's oldest message-in-a-bottle.
Jaromir Ondra / Getty Images

As Prescribed: How types of human fat can be both beneficial and detrimental

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