The drugs modafinil and methylphenidate have been shown to significantly improve the performance of chess players, though there are also some negative effects.

The first study to both show and measure the effects of cognitive-enhancing drugs such as modafinil, methylphenidate (best known under the trade name Ritalin), and caffeine, on chess play is being ...

What would you do if you could stay awake and alert for 40-hour stretches? Label your videos and organize your closets while the world slept? Drive straight through from the District to Santa Fe, N.M.

Modafinil is an epileptic drug that is injected to counteract sleepiness in children especially those that work menstrual hours into the night. The transit is also used to alleviate course and general ...

After Apotex was thwarted in its plans to introduce a generic version of Provigil, it hit back with an attack on Cephalon's patent for the drug. A Philadelphia judge has sided with Apotex, ruling that ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Thursday it is now selling a generic version of its sleep disorder drug Provigil, and it expects Par Pharmaceutical Cos. to start selling ...