John and Jane Roberts at his swearing-in ceremony in 2005. (AP Photo)

– Doctors have started using the word “epilepsy” in connection with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. , who stayed overnight in a hospital in Maine after experiencing a seizure on Monday. The seizure was similar to one he experienced 14 years ago, according to a court press release.

– Parents of children with disabilities send a few choice words in response to a recent Wall Street Journal story on special ed — words like “union thugs” and “overpaid fat-cat administrators.”

– Researchers find a link between pesticide exposure and autism, but caution that it’s too early to draw conclusions.

– Reviewing the new reality series “Flipping Out,” Ginia Bellafonte says the show at last sets the record straight on obsessive compulsive disorder.

“For years now, the comic detective series “Monk” has equated O.C.D. with intuitive brilliance. We’ve long required a corrective interpretation, and “Flipping Out” is it. Mr. Lewis isn’t a genius of anything. He’s just a delusional jerk.”

– A growing number of professionals are prescribing a new treatment to patients with depression and anxiety. They call it “bibliotherapy.” In lay language, that means: read a self-help book.

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