Alan Schwarz | The Seattle Times

January 2, 2016 at 1:50 pm

Option for addicts can offer relief, and sometimes a relapse

The Drug Enforcement Administration has listed kratom as a “drug of concern” but not a controlled substance, which would require proven health risks and abuse...

Nation & World

File – In this Nov. 24, 2014 file photo, students march under Sather Gate during a tuition hike protest at the University of California Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. High school seniors across the United States are spending much less time partying and socializing with friends than their parents’ generation and report having a much lower sense of emotional well-being when they get to college, according to a new survey of college freshmen released Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The annual survey conducted by UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute found that incoming students at four-year colleges and universities last fall devoted half as many hours to hanging out with friends during their final year of high school as students who entered college in 1987, when the institute first asked respondents about hobnobbing habits. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

February 4, 2015 at 10:46 pm

Poll finds many new college students feel overwhelmed

The survey of more than 150,000 students nationwide, “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2014,” found that 9.5 percent of respondents had frequently “felt depressed”...

News

October 1, 2014 at 6:32 pm

Microsoft starts push into polling world

People are slowly getting used to asking digital assistants like Apple’s Siri simple questions, like “Will it rain tomorrow?” and “Where was Justin Bieber arrested?”...

Business

April 12, 2014 at 5:28 pm

Idea of new attention disorder spurs research, debate

With more than 6 million U.S. children having received a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, concern has been rising that the condition...

Nation & World

December 14, 2013 at 8:16 pm

Attention deficit disorder specialist calls into question rising rates of disorder

After more than 50 years leading the fight to legitimize attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Keith Conners could be celebrating. Severely hyperactive and impulsive children,...

March 31, 2013 at 9:44 pm

11% of school-age kids diagnosed with ADHD

Nearly one in five high-school-age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children overall have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit...

Nation & World

February 17, 2009 at 12:00 am

Treatment for injury puts patient’s blood to work

Experts say platelet-rich plasma therapy offers promise in dealing with stubborn injuries like tennis elbow.

January 14, 2007 at 12:00 am

Baseball Analysis | Switching to NL tends to help pitchers

The quip has become a chorus. In debating whether Barry Zito will earn his $126 million for seven years from the San Francisco Giants after...

Sports