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...will give Jay Leno five hours of prime time a week because he's cheaper than producing Medium. Programmers and cultural critics are warning of the end of the mass-media era, when shows from I Love Lucy to Seinfeld joined tens of millions of Americans in a common experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's to the Death of Broadcast | 3/26/2009 | See Source »

...time they are moved, even slightly. They allow researchers to measure, quite precisely, a subject's kinetic activity. The boys in Rapport's experiments wore actigraphs on their ankles as well as their wrists because kids are often just as twitchy below the waist as above. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

When I asked Rapport whether there's a cure other than breaking down instructions, his answer was a bit depressing: no. ADHD is incurable. Drugs like Ritalin are a common answer for controlling the condition, which affects about 3% to 5% of children, but Rapport notes that they have proven to be only a limited solution. In the short term, they can facilitate a child's ability to read - undoubtedly a crucial benefit - but Rapport says longitudinal studies have failed to show that Ritalin or other psychostimulants have consistent long-term behavioral effects. (Even if they did, another question would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

...doubts about ever getting a return on that investment. The government's bailout money helps, but $19 billion divided among just the 3,000 hospitals that answered the survey would mean a little more than $6 million apiece - plenty for some, not nearly enough for others. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronic Health Records: What's Taking So Long? | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

...their jobs, he said in his introduction, reading from a large TV screen. Stimulus tax cuts were finding their way into paychecks. Mortgage interest rates were at historic lows. A credit-crunch solution was in the pipeline. "So let's look towards the future with a renewed sense of common purpose, a renewed determination, and most importantly, a renewed confidence that a better day will come," Obama said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's 'Persistent' Presser: Message Accomplished | 3/25/2009 | See Source »

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