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While it seems counterintuitive to give a stimulant to a hyperactive child, those with ADHD actually need to rev up activity in the part of their brain responsible for functions like organization and concentration. Methylphenidates (Ritalin, Concerta, Metadate) and amphetamines (Adderall) will do that by bathing the brain's nerve cells in certain chemicals--dopamine, norepinephrine or serotonin--that promote nerve activity...
Speaking of a "narrow escape" and a "nifty loophole," Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy were able to write of the wisdom of Bush's decision without ever admitting that Bush was wise. (THE REV.) PAUL PORTER, PASTOR Van Meter Baptist Church Van Meter, Iowa...
...Rev. Joseph Towle, a priest in the Bronx, N.Y., usually hears confessions, but recently he offered up a jaw-dropping one of his own. Thirteen years ago, a man named Jesus Fornes told Father Towle he had committed a murder, one for which two innocent men had been convicted. Towle disclosed last month that Fornes, now dead, was the killer, and urged that the men--who had served 13 years in prison--be freed...
...possibly fatal. Yet given the probability, it appears that the greater danger for our anxiety-prone society is not in the seas or the stars but in ourselves. If we are overcome by the imagined risk of unlikely death, we may miss the elusive chance to live fully. (THE REV.) WILLIAM J. KEANE Branford, Conn...
...DEATH DO US PART: PW predicts press attention for "Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America?s Future" by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and Bruce Shapiro (New Press; October). "This will be a must-read for anti-death penalty advocates...FORECAST: A hot political topic and high-visibility father-and-son authors guarantee media attention for this that should generate at least an initial spike in sales...