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"We have seen some exceptional advances in the treatment of critical disease conditions, with many promising therapies now in Phase III clinical trials, encompassing both vaccines to prevent disease and more effective life-saving therapies," said Aitken.

"For example, Gardasil and Cervarix promise to be effective vaccines against HPV, the cause of nearly three-quarters of the cases of cervical cancer, which last year contributed to the death of more than a quarter of a million people worldwide.

These and other therapies for the treatment of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes will improve life expectancy and enhance patient quality of life." In 2005, more than 2,300 products were in clinical development, up 9 per cent from 2004 levels, and up 31 per cent over the past three years.

A promising range of drugs are now in Phase III clinical trials or pre-approval stage, including 96 oncology products, 51 products for treating cardiovascular disease, 37 for viral infections and HIV, and 28 for arthritis/pain.

Of the total pipeline, 27 per cent of these products are biologic in nature - an all-time high.

Biologics also experienced strong growth overall, adding $7.6 billion in sales to the global pharmaceutical market in 2005.

Led by Amgen, Roche/Genentech and Johnson and Johnson, this sector grew 17.1 per cent in 2005, generating sal...

...ba href=/insomnia/a/b, tension, or drug dependency," a USA Today editorial states, adding, "It also means the true problem might go untreated." According to the editorial, medical guidelines for the prescription of ADHD medications should require a "systematic attempt to change attitudes, so that the drugs are not the instant choice." The editorial concludes, "Calibrating the right balance on ADHD will depend less on the actions of regulators and more on the attitudes of parents, teachers and doctors" (USA Today, 3/23).

Broadcast Coverage Several broadcast programs reported on the committee recommendations on ADHD medications: CBS' "Evening News": The segment includes comments from Andrew Adesman, a physician at Schneider Children's Hospital; Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic; and a mother with two children who take ADHD medications (Kaledin, "Evening News," CBS, 3/22).

The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

NBC's "Nightly News": The segment includes comments from Nissen and Melvin Oatis, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the NYU Child Study Center (Bazell, "Nightly News," NBC, 3/22).

The complete segment is available online in Windows Media.

NPR's "Morning Edition": The segment includes comments from Judith O'Fallon, a member of the committee; Temple; and parents with children who take ADHD medications (Silberner, "Morning Edition," NPR, 3/23).

The complete segment is available online in RealPlayer.

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Her advice?

Don't let the kids use "these technologies" for 20 to 30 minutes prior to going to bed.

And I thought—omigod—next she might tell Katie that the kids should turn off the television, and then Katie will have to scramble for a save to say something like "Yeah, it is good to let the kids have 75 hours of television a day so long as it is managed and maybe turning it to a lower volume just before bed might be wise...." (But not turning it off, egads!

Katie is television!

) But they didn't go there!

Phewww....

Instead, they bashed iPods and instant messaging and phones and instant messaging some more, like two ancient Analogists not seeing the irony in their television-hosted chatter.

I don't think it ever crossed their minds that eliminating television might be a good idea.

Never crossed their minds to say "while you're at it, don't sleep with the television on for heaven's sake...." Two Analogists that might have wound up in a depressing Simon & Garfunkel song if they didn't wake up....

"Old Analogist friends, sit on their park bench like bookends." Here's the thing—and I am not an ba href=/insomnia/a/b expert at all, so these comments might better fit a wider slice of society, or maybe just me: Before I go to bed I love writing an e-mail to someone I haven't heard from for a while, or listening to a bit of the Cleveland Indians game on satellite radio with my two sons, or singing with my daughter Bailey accompanied by Sheryl Crow on the iPod p...