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...drastic mood shifts, generally treated with the stimulant methylphenidate. In the past, however, drugs containing methylphenidate—of which Ritalin is best known—have been quick-releasing, therefore causing an immediate strong high. People frequently abuse the drug by crushing tablets and snorting them. To test Concerta’s euphoric effects, the researchers took a group of twelve healthy adults and randomly assigned them to take either the slow-release or quick-release stimulant, according to a press release. They were monitored over the next ten hours on whether they felt the effects of the drug...
...night, screaming for his mother to " kill it! " No amount of bribes had worked, and his lack of sleeping was affecting his days in kindergarten. He refused to go outside for recess and was withdrawn from his peers. After prescribing penicillin for the strep and ordering a blood test on the jaundiced infant, I called the appropriately anxious mom back...
...cadets circle around the track, Williams is one of the front runners. She’s on the track team and has no trouble keeping up with her male counterparts.The female cadets say that the only time they are held to different standards is during the periodic physical fitness test, which scholarship cadets must pass in order to stay in the program. The number of sit-ups men and women must complete in two minutes is the same, but men have to complete the two-mile run faster, and they must do more push-ups in a two-minute period...
CityStep—a program that brings together Harvard undergraduates and Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) students—has recently revised its program in order to provide a more academic approach to teaching dance, as the school system increases its emphasis on standardized test results. CityStep members teach dance skills and promote self-confidence in fifth through seventh grade classes for two 45-minute blocks each week at participating schools. However, some CPS officials noted that problems can arise when programs cut into the normal school day. They said that the number of elementary schools applying to host the program...
...terribly different from the next British hype-band. It’s not unreasonable, however, to at least expect Hard-Fi to sound excited while serving us cold pizza and flat coke the morning after the new new (new) wave hit American shores. Sorry, Hard-Fi: you failed this test...