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HE Nfllj, BATTAijj isk NEWS THE battalion 9A Wednesday, October 9, 2002 Survey says population H SY OF KRT CAM! an (D-CT), righti ‘sday, Oct. 8,2001 ayh (rear left) Ses h the Persian ft fight in Afghanis year." s been one of a mken Republin at Bush's bellicosi NEW YORK (AP) - A once-a-decade report that shapes how American Jews work to keep their religion vital found hhe population has declined and Lrown older since 1990, accord ing to statistics released Tuesday. The 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey found 5.2 million Jews live in the United States, compared to 5.5 million a decade ago. Their median age rose from 37 to 41 in ihesame period, fueling concern that the faith is not being passed Mown to a younger generation. The study sponsored by United Jewish Communities, an international social service feder ation based in New York, is being released in two stages, with fig ures on the rate of intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews to be presented sometime next month. Among the most complex issues the researchers faced was defining who is a Jew for the purposes of the study. The sur vey included people who identi fied themselves as Jewish, were raised Jewish, or had a Jewish parent and did not convert to another religion. Using a broad er definition that includes any one with a Jewish background would increase the total popula tion figure to 6.9 million, the survey’s authors said. Researchers found Jews are having fewer children than need ed to keep the population stable. Half of Jewish women age 30-34 have no children, compared to 27 percent of all American women. Nearly half of American Jews are age 45 or older. The report is among the most influential studies of U.S. Jews. Its 1990 finding that 52 per cent of American Jews marry outside the faith has trans formed Jewish community work in this country, redirect ing tens of millions of dollars and other resources to pro grams that build Jewish identi ty, including religious day schools and trips to Israel. The report also intensified a debate that continues today, over whether the best way to preserve Judaism in America is to reach out to Jews on the fringes of reli gious life or strengthen links U.S. Jewish declining American Jews age The U.S. Jewish population is getting older, according to a new study from the United Jewish Communities, an organization of local Jewish federations and communities in North America. Percentage of Jewish population by age J 1990 2000-01 21% 19% 19% 15% Under age 18 Over age 65 SOURCE: National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01 AP with those already active. About 4,500 Jews were inter viewed between August 2000 and August 2001 as part of the research. Brain size study may indicate ADHD is biological in origin CHICAGO (AP) — Hyperactive children and worked hard, in pi leenshave slightly smaller brains than those with- d the scenes, ton lent's approach.H aiguage authonffi war has been mo ?what in tch as Hagel'sj use If flew fijlit ling with the .b luard during , but did not® alve nier boyfriend li the disorder, a study shows. Why this is so is not clear, but the researchers said the smaller brain volume does not appear to be related to the use of hyperactivity drugs such as Ritalin, as spme parents had feared. The finding could be reassuring to parents in another respect as well: It suggests that hyperac tivity is biological in origin, not a product of bad parenting. The researchers said it appears that that the brains of hyperactive children develop at a normal 'pice but never entirely catch up in size with the brains of other youngsters. However, they said that people with smaller brains are not necessarily less intelligent. The findings were reported in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association. Other studies also have suggested biological dif- tls he had twonii ferences in the brains of people with attention deficit is also sued thetf hyperactivity disorder. Welch. ^ s strong support for a very strong biological els wereonthej con tribution to what causes ADHD,” said one of ’arolina, apparenl ’he researchers, Dr. Judith Rapoport, chief of child psychiatry at the National Institute of Mental eman to markt health in Bethesda, Md. a children’s cat The 10-year study used MRIs to look at 152 the late NASCJj P atie nts ages 5 to 18 who had the disorder, and 139 ght now,” she 3 ier the best. people in about the same age range who did not. It also compared patients who were on medication and those who were not. The study found the disorder is associated with about a 3 percent to 4 percent decrease in volume throughout the brain. The smaller their brains, the greater their symptoms. “The first thought people have is that this is a product of bad parenting” or that it is environ mental, said Dr. Daniel Coury, a professor of clin ical pediatrics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine who was not involved in the research. “Having clear biological findings that this is something beyond the control of parents or the child themselves helps to remove that stigma.” Dr. Bennett Leventhal, professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Chicago, said the findings regarding the effects of medication “should be reassuring to parents that you can treat your kids and not hurt their brains.” The research was conducted between 1991 and 2001 at the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded it. ADHD is one of the most common childhood psychiatric disorders. Its symptoms include short attention span, impulsive behavior, difficulty in concentrating and fidgetiness. 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