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...overtime - and kids. Unlike doses for adults, those for children tend to be very precise, right down to the milligram, which means even a single, small overdose is something to be avoided. Even more confounding is the counterintuitive way in which the formulation of a drug for infants can differ from that for an older child: the infant's version can actually be stronger since it is often administered in tiny amounts with a medicine dropper. "We've done studies here that show that 50% of the time, parents give the wrong dose" to a child, says Dr. Benard Dreyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Spoonful of Medicine: Too Often the Wrong Dose | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

...same outlook as non-Muslims in Europe. Like their neighbors, they care about everything from education and housing to cleaner air and safer streets. And they want the same rights and opportunities. "Communities, regardless of faith, have largely the same concerns," says report director Nazia Hussein. "Where they differ is how they are treated and viewed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: European Muslims Feel Shut Out | 12/16/2009 | See Source »

Many clamor to differ. Andre DiMino, president of UNICO, the national Italian-American service organization, objects to the term, whether it's self-described or not. He told the New Jersey Star-Ledger: "It's a derogatory comment. It's a pejorative word to depict an uncool Italian who tries to act cool." But is it a generational pejorative? Do younger Americans of Italian descent have a different relationship to the G word? According to Donald Tricarico, a sociology professor at City University of New York/Queensborough, "Guido is a slur, but Italian kids have embraced it just as black kids...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italian Americans and the G Word: Embrace or Reject? | 12/12/2009 | See Source »

...policy currently stands, those who are neither transgender nor gender questioning can still ask for mixed-gender housing, but their requests are not necessarily accommodated and differ by House...

Author: By Danielle J. Kolin and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Gender-Neutral Housing On Table? | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard Crimson: What is the inspiration for this year’s show in particular, and how does it differ from previous years...

Author: By Athena L. Katsanpes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Project East | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

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