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 [...]
In my quest for the latest news and views regarding provigil use as a cognitive enhancer I travel along the highways and by-ways of the Internet reading what others have to say about how they use provigil, or one of its many generic variants.
As the article below will pay witness, using modafinil/provigil/modalert can be very [...]