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...researchers who "discovered" dyssemia estimate about 10 percent of all children suffer from some form of it. (When I look around this campus, I'm forced to conclude that the rate here is much higher.) The treatment regimen involves teaching these children the social skills that they lack through the use of supervised play groups. A therapist will observe a group of kids interacting and gently encourage them to behave more in accordance with normal expectations. Essentially, the therapist tries to make the child more likable...
Much of that extraordinary good fortune can be tied to Jordan's intense conditioning regimen, especially his devotion to stretching before, during and after his workouts and games...
DIET DOES IT Doctors have known that eating lots of fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy foods and slightly higher-than-average amounts of protein can lower blood pressure. Last week they reported that the regimen works especially well for blacks. It lowers their blood pressure an average of 13 points--about as much as medication does. Among whites, readings drop 6 points. The diet works even for patients who do not cut back on salt...
...scientists reported last week, the results seemed to justify the risk: although it isn't as good as full-bore treatment, a shorter regimen of two pills a day significantly cuts down on transmission. But even as the news was presented, two new issues arose to complicate matters. The first was an observation that if you cure babies without curing their mothers, you will create a generation of orphans. The alternative, however, is letting the babies...
...took mock exams and brushed up on test-taking strategies. Since then, she has dedicated part of each afternoon--and nearly all her Christmas vacation--to writing practice essays and memorizing 150 vocabulary words on flash cards. In the final days before the test, she stepped up her studying regimen, cramming sometimes until after midnight. And when the big day arrived last week, Lajoi took a lucky rabbit's foot to the test along with her No. 2 pencils. "If I don't do well, it would just be frightening to me," she says. "I won't be able...