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...chair? The debate goes straight to the heart of our expectations and values. How dreamy is too dreamy? Where is the line between an energetic child and a hyperactive one, between a spirited, risk-taking kid and an alarmingly impulsive one, between flexibility and distractibility? What if a little pill makes everything a bit easier, not just for severely impaired kids but for those who teachers say are a little too spacey or jumpy or hard to settle down? Is there something wrong with the kids--or is there something wrong with...
Similarly, last week the Archives of Family Medicine, a sister publication of J.A.M.A., reported a study suggesting that echinacea was no better at preventing colds than a placebo (a pill with no active ingredients). But the researchers conceded that their sample size, 302 volunteers, may have been too small to detect modest differences and concluded that more study was needed. The researchers didn't test whether echinacea alleviates colds already in progress...
Finally, don't expect a pill to make up for an unhealthy life-style. No herb can take the place of exercise. Some of the most healthful plants you can consume are leafy green vegetables like broccoli and spinach...
...investors dizzy, nauseated and burned. Predictably, financial chefs are pushing a new dish: health food. At first blush, the "natural products" industry looks like just another of the stock market's fleeting love interests. The group tumbled hard this summer, led by a 78% drop in the shares of pill peddler General Nutrition. It was eerily reminiscent of the 75% crash at Boston Beer (brewer of Sam Adams) in 1996 and the 84% plunge that started at Consolidated Cigar about a year ago. Neither has recovered...
...those critics who love to label and packagemusic in categorical compartments, SupposedFormer Infatuation Junkie might as well be aRubix Cube. The cathartic rage that made JaggedLittle Pill such a novelty has been harnessedand channeled into softer explorations of theself. And for a singer who became famous becauseof her angry ranting and her springy, blaringvocals, this new album proves that Alanis willproduce her best work when she opens her heart tothe subtle (and softer) complexities of life. Nowisn't that ironic?Maverick Records...