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...meter hurdler and former co-captain of the Harvard women’s track and field team, Taylor said that, at the 2003 U.S. championships, she thought she was the only person not to have taken the banned substance modafinil, even though it was offered to her. Taylor’s former coach, Remi Korchemny, is also one of the figures featured prominently in the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) scandal which has ensnared high-profile athletes from several major sports...
...without losing the ability to perform complex tasks. Although the military often experiments with ways to keep soldiers awake, the rest of us need a prescription from a doctor to get Provigil. But getting that prescription may soon get much easier. The manufacturer of Provigil (which is also called modafinil) announced two weeks ago that it would try to get the drug approved for “circadian rhythm disorder,” a fancy name for being sleepy when not sleeping on a normal schedule. If approved for this use, Provigil will take one more step toward becoming...