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Understanding the Rise in ADHD Diagnoses: 11% of U.S. Children Are Affected
The rates of U.S. children affected by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are skyrocketing, according to a recent report, but experts caution that the latest numbers require a bit of decoding.
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ADHD Medications Improve Decision-Making, But Are They Being Over Used?
The latest studies show that while attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs can be effective, some kids may be wrongly diagnosed — and therefore inappropriately treated — with the stimulant medications.
Early ADHD Treatment May Improve Girls’ Math Scores
A new study seeks to clarify whether drug treatment of ADHD helps students improve their performance in school in the long run.
Teens Taking ADHD Drugs to Get Good Grades: How Big a Problem Is It?
Students have been taking stimulants to get ahead since the 1930s. Is there any reason to believe the problem is bigger today than ever before?
How Getting Tipsy May Inspire Creativity
A new study finds that men who got moderately drunk on vodka cranberries did better on tests of inspired thinking.
ADHD Drugs Don’t Pose Heart Risks for Adults
In the second of a series of three government-commissioned studies on the risks of popular drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), researchers report that the medications do not lead to increased …
New ADHD Guidelines Include Kids as Young as 4
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines for diagnosing and treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in preschoolers as young as 4. Previous guidelines, issued in 2000 and 2001, focused on …
Study: Ritalin May Reverse the Effects of Anesthesia
Ritalin (methylphenidate), the stimulant drug commonly used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, may speed recovery from anesthesia, according to new research in rats that found that animals awakened from anesthesia …
Heat Spikes Death Risk from Drugs
With relentless heat enveloping much of the nation, no one, it seems is spared. That includes a group at especially high risk of harm from high temperatures: drug users, both therapeutic and recreational, particularly those who …
Does the ADHD Drug Shortage Herald a Crackdown on Stimulants?
With the Obama administration characterizing prescription drug misuse as this generation’s crack epidemic, something like this seemed fated to happen: patients, pharmacists and manufacturers are reporting a serious shortage of …
Faking It: Why Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Who Seek Treatment Don’t Have ADHD
A new survey of patients’ medical records finds that nearly a quarter of adults who seek treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be exaggerating or faking their symptoms. Why would someone fake a psychological …
Adderall May Not Make You Smarter, But It Makes You Think You Are
Adderall, Ritalin and other “smart drugs” have become popular among college students and young professionals, who use them to enhance performance.