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My friend was reading the news during class. I glanced over because the term ADHD caught my eye, and I read a most disturbing title.

“A.D.H.D Drugs Linked to Higher Test Scores”

I have no problem with the article or with the scientists who conducted the study the article discusses. It simply states that children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) who are being treated with medication are shown to have higher test scores than those who are not.

As a journalism major, my teachers have stressed the need for word choice and critical thinking. A title like that is very disturbing to me, someone who suffers from ADHD. It makes it sounds like people with ADHD who are medicated somehow have a better chance in school. In my mind it is like its implying that ADHD drugs are to students as steroids are to athletes.

I didn’t see the new Disneynature film on Earth Day, sadly enough, but I did go and see it before it vacated the big screen.

Earth is a documentary of epic scale.

I grew up watching the discovery channel (before Animal Planet…

This is the biojournalism.com podcast for 3/22/2008. We cover the science news from the past week in a quiz style format. We’d love to hear your comments: leave them below, or email us: podcast@biojournalism.com

Contents:

• Xprize foundation announces another 10M dollar prize
• Toxins…

Although biojournalism still does not have an official definition, it is generally a specific aspect of science writing. The term may be new, but the concept is not. I started generating my idea of biojournalism a while ago, although the…