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...that the kids were less than interested in a cheerleading movie. "They thought cheerleading was kind of death," says Universal's marketing president Marc Shmuger, who thus veered the campaign away from cheerleading, played up the rivalry between the black and white squads and changed the title from "Cheer Fever" to the more combative "Bring It On." When the trailer made its debut in front of "Big Momma's House" in June, its response from teenagers, twentysomethings, blacks and whites indicated that they had a crossover hit on their hands...
Four Harvard Students are screaming about money, power and real estate at fever pitch. A commanding voice breaks out over the din: "Space, resources and money. It's about who controls that, and how they're distributing it." Mutterings can be heard. A dark-haired senior with horn-rimmed glasses grumbles about "having a 19-billion dollar endowment and no equipment," while the blond female mentions grants, budgets, and out-of-pocket expenses. And finally, a soft-spoken young man quietly mentions "the Administration...
...appalling ignorance of history. What happened to the quarantine notices that were once routinely posted on houses afflicted by measles, mumps or whooping cough? Or the long rows of iron lungs filled with polio victims unable to breathe on their own? Why do the words diphtheria and scarlet fever draw only blank stares from today's kids? Because of vaccinations, that...
...focus of a new set of guidelines jointly published last week by the American Academy of Neurology, the Child Neurology Society and the American Epilepsy Society. After reviewing hundreds of studies, they strongly recommend that an electroencephalogram (EEG) be performed on all children when they experience their first non-fever-related seizure. The procedure records bursts of the brain's electrical activity and is quick (less than an hour), painless and safe. It can tell you not only what kind of seizure your child has had but also what the chances of recurrence...
...guidelines also cover spinal taps. These tests involve inserting a long needle into the backbone and extracting cerebrospinal fluid for analysis. While this can be quite useful for determining whether children with high fevers are suffering from meningitis, it has limited diagnostic value for kids who don't have a fever...