Just when Beth Hubbard should have been feeling great, her health fell apart.
A 34-year-old housewares designer in the St. Louis area, Hubbard had recently gotten married.
She liked the creativity of her career. And she’d conquered her mild depression and fatigue with a combination of exercise, rest and medicine, including the antidepressant Wellbutrin XL.
But in the [...]
Travellers flying across time zones should expect to experience jet lag. The fatigue, upset stomach and disorientation that occurs is normal, says Dr. Andrea Meredith, assistant professor of physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Question: Why do people feel so crummy when they move across time zones?
Answer: Jet lag. It is a disruption [...]
Taking stimulants like Ritalin, Adderall to improve concentration and job performance raises ethical questions.
It’s a play right out of the Twitter era and the family medicine cabinet. “Distracted,” at an off-Broadway theater in New York, examines the ever-shortening attention span of modern life – including the moral conundrum of whether a restive 9-year-old should be [...]
Last term, during Dead Week, a friend of mine had an exceptional amount of work to do. A paper due for this class, a project for that class, work until 10 p.m. – one night he realized it was physically impossible to finish everything he was supposed to.
So, he took Adderall – something he’d never [...]