Word: mentality
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...Harvard Medical School (HMS) professor announced last week that he is directing a long-term study of Hurricane Katrina survivors that aims to assess the disaster’s effects on their physical and mental health and determine how policymakers can best help them rebuild.HMS Professor of Health Care Policy Ronald C. Kessler will lead a team that will conduct telephone interviews of a representative sample of 1,000 survivors from the New Orleans area and 1,000 from other Katrina-battered regions. They plan to contact these participants every three months for at least two years.In the first round...
Provigil, otherwise known as modafinil, was approved to help narcoleptics and shift workers stay awake. Lately it has joined the ranks of Ritalin as a popular performance aid. Some recent studies suggest it may indeed boost attention and mental acuity...
...BRAIN BOOSTERS Some drugs for treating Alzheimer's disease increase the levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, which plays a key role in attention and memory. One of the drugs, donepezil, was shown in a study of helicopter pilots to enhance mental performance. These drugs, however, are not widely abused...
Some studies suggest ginkgo biloba, especially in combination with panax ginseng, can boost mental performance...
...focused on the competition ahead while also preparing for finals.“This period if one of the hardest parts of the season,” Cromwell said, “as we try to balance the studying and finals and yet still remain in good physical and mental condition. We try to be accommodating as teammates and the coaches make it easy for us to be flexible.”—Staff writer Julie R. S. Fogarty can be reached at fogarty2@fas.harvard.edu...