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Children who are exposed to multiple instances of anesthesia tend to exhibit an increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later on. The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic.
The study team decided to search for this association i... |
3 February 2012
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In some children and young adults, traditional attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) medication seems to have little to no effect. For these particular, difficult-to-treat cases, researchers say that GXR (guanfacine extended release) – brand name Intuniv – may come in very handy.
Usually, doctors presc... |
11 January 2012
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With more than 500,000 children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United States alone, finding more about the condition is rapidly becoming a national priority. Scientists now believe they may have found some of ADHD's genetic foundation.
Experts proposed a long time ago tha... |
5 December 2011
05:31 GMT |
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The brains of people who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) display an anomaly that is not present in the healthy brain, investigators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York, say in a new study.
Led by researcher Xiaobo Li, PhD, an assistant professor of radiology at the Col... |
30 November 2011
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has just released a new set of guidelines on how to diagnose and treat attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD). The document provides the necessary foundation for experts to diagnose the condition in children as young as 4.According to the new document, pediatrics experts are ... |
18 October 2011
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According to a team of scientists at the Washington University in St. Louis (WUSL) School of Medicine (WUSM), common types of brain scans could be used to assess whether drugs designed to fight attention deficit hyperactivity disorders are causing high dopamine concentrations in the brain.If that is the case, then th... |
17 October 2011
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Official statistics from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) indicate that the use of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication has been growing steadily throughout the United States.
The government report shows that the growth has been slow, yet ... |
30 September 2011
04:38 GMT |
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Researchers from the University of Illinois have recently conducted a study that, as published in the journal Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, shows that kids diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might benefit from spending time outside.Activities such as playing the grass could ac... |
24 September 2011
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Investigators from the University of Illinois announce that they managed to develop a new type of therapy against attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Their method is very effective in reducing symptoms associated with this condition in children.
The new method is extremely simple, scientists who cond... |
16 September 2011
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The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) epidemic sweeping the United States displayed another spike over the past couple of years, official statistics just released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate.The rise in incidence affects both children and teenagers. Between 2007 a... |
19 August 2011
05:57 GMT |
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An international group of researchers has recently determined that inactivating a protein receptor in the gastrointestinal tract can lead to the development of symptoms usually associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in mouse models. The same thing may be happening in humans. Investigators fou... |
13 August 2011
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A new investigation shows that exposure to passive (secondhand) smoking can lead to higher risk of developing learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The research effort focused on kids in households where one or both parents smoked. What the experts were interested in w... |
12 July 2011
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that girls suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to start using and abusing drugs that boys who suffer from the same condition.The finding was made by a team of investigators in Finland, who also found tha... |
13 June 2011
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Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) say in a new research that they managed to uncover evidence indicating that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is responsible for changing neural development patterns in the young human brain. When comparing children with ADHD with kids who had not been ... |
10 June 2011
09:29 GMT |
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Investigators with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine established in a new study that children taking drugs which address attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not at a higher risk of developing adverse cardiovascular events.According to the research team, the correlation holds true for b... |
19 May 2011
03:52 GMT |
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In a paper appearing in the latest issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, experts indicate that siblings may in fact bear a more considerable influence on each other than first thought. During a new series of experiments, investigators learned that the brothers and sisters of those suffering from attention defi... |
9 May 2011
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In a bid to make more sense of how attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) emerges, experts have recently conducted a new study on twins. They found that both nature (genes) and nurture (the environment) are involved in this, and that their interplay is remarkably complex. For years, the scientific community ... |
26 April 2011
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Children who are born prematurely, and those who have a low weight at birth, are at an increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later on in life, during adolescence.In this new research, scientists discovered two more risk factors for this condition, which is currently very widespr... |
21 April 2011
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Children, teens and adults who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more creative than their peers who do not have the condition, say the results of a new scientific study. While it's true that the disorder entails a number of challenges for both the sufferers and their family, this... |
14 March 2011
09:49 GMT |
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A new investigation shows that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be at even higher risk than their peers to experience negative symptoms from not getting enough sleep every night. While losing sleep hours has been proven to be detrimental for all age group, those with ADHD m... |
4 March 2011
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A collaboration of experts from the University of Michigan and Eckerd College recently established that young adult individuals suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are considerably more creative than their peers who do not suffer from the condition. For the new investigation, experts used s... |
11 February 2011
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A new study suggests that the so-called gaming addiction might be a problem that stems from bigger psychological issues and that its symptoms could be managed differently based on the gender of the gamer that spends too much time on his or her hobby.The new scientific paper will be published in the Journal of Cyberps... |
10 February 2011
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The conclusions of a new, large-scale survey indicate that children who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are very likely to suffer from other mental disorders as well, whereas their peers who do not have the condition have a lower chance of suffering from other conditions. These discoveries... |
10 February 2011
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According to the results of a new scientific investigation, it would appear that people who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as adults tend to be more at risk of developing two common forms of dementia as seniors. The research found that individuals who displayed ADHD symptoms tended to go ... |
18 January 2011
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Kids who have difficulties in understanding mathematics, or when taking reading tests, may exhibit genetic and environmental variations that set them apart from the crowd, a new study has determined.The research was groundbreaking in the methods it used, given that it tested the assumptions researchers had on identic... |
13 December 2010
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and developmental reading disability (RD) are two childhood disorders that usually occur together, and a new study figured out the reason why.The new research suggests that the two disorders have common genetic influences, and that this can also lead to a slow processin... |
8 December 2010
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A new study carried out by Andrea Chronis-Tuscano, PhD, of the University of Maryland, College Park, and colleagues suggests that young children suffering from ADHD have a higher risk for adolescent depression and/or suicide attempt five to thirteen years after diagnosis.The researchers focused on 125 kids between 4 ... |
5 October 2010
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A new study concluded that ADHD is a genetic disorder after scientists discovered that children who suffer from it, have more small segments of their DNA duplicated or missing, compared with other children.The study carried by scientists at Cardiff University, also found that between these segments there was a seriou... |
30 September 2010
09:28 GMT |
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Treating patients who suffer from ADHD may yield better results if cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is included in the therapy, in addition to the standard medication.The correlation is especially true for adult patients, say researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, who conducted the new investig... |
25 August 2010
09:42 GMT |
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The June issue of the esteemed journal Acta Paediatrica will feature a paper describing the latest, major investigation of children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The condition is extremely widespread in the United States, where millions of children are told to take various drugs for ... |
1 June 2010
06:56 GMT |
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is considered by some to be the most fast-spreading condition affecting children and teens today. Researchers who are involved in studying it say that it causes a host of problems, including difficulties socializing, a drop in academic performance levels, sleep disorder... |
27 February 2010
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In a recent investigation, it was revealed that only about half of teenagers in the United States that suffered from mental disorders were treated for their conditions. About the same number are subjected to professional counsel or aid, and the situation appears to be deteriorating, experts believe. A new work has no... |
14 December 2009
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Scientists at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have determined in a new investigation that children who are prenatally exposed to high levels of lead or tobacco smoke run a much higher risk than others of developing ADHD. The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a condition that many chil... |
23 November 2009
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Tourette's Syndrome is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder, characterized by patients having numerous motor tics, and at least one verbal tic. The disease begins its development during childhood, and can reach a stage where it causes significant embarrassment to the patient. A sufferer can curse without meani... |
28 October 2009
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Internet addiction is a condition that, when first announced, raised a few eyebrows at best. Over the years, as more and more children and teens became glued to their computer monitors, it became painfully clear that this wasn't something that healthcare experts made up in their own spare time. In a paper presen... |
6 October 2009
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Researchers in Finland have announced that the short sleep duration in children is very likely to cause symptoms related to the emergence of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), even if other complications are not present. They also warn that this is a very widespread problem, in that sleep durations ... |
28 April 2009
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Research conducted on Tourette Syndrome (TS) patients has revealed that approximately 90 percent of them have another, concurring medical condition alongside this diseases. Most often, the second affliction is the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which makes the lives of people suffering from TS all t... |
16 April 2009
06:35 GMT |
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Each of our brains is endowed with a type of memory known as "working memory," which is responsible with storing short-term data. This function allows us to resolve problems, to understand readings, and to be able to memorize fairly small bits of information to be used after a short time. Identifying it is simple, an... |
6 February 2009
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New scientific studies bring about a new wave of concern about the safety of commonly-used drugs, as it seems that, oftentimes, their effect on the brain is not fully understood. For example, a recent investigation shows that Ritalin, a drug prescribed millions of times per year in the United States alone for the tre... |
6 February 2009
06:50 GMT |
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According to a new report released by US health authorities on Monday, children taking drugs designed to keep their Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) under control are very likely to experience visual and auditory hallucinations, even if they ingest the medication based on a prescription and in the corr... |
26 January 2009
04:47 GMT |
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A new scientific study claims that children and teenagers suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can experience a relief in their symptoms through the use of transcendental meditation. The paper also says that, when medical treatments fail, praying and meditating may prove to be a therapy wort... |
29 December 2008
17:11 GMT |
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A new clinical investigation proved that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs do not cause chromosomal changes in children suffering from the condition, as previously suggested by a 2005 study. The new study was backed by the National Institutes of Health and adds to a growing scientific community th... |
27 November 2008
05:03 GMT |
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A new research linked hyperactivity and impulsiveness to a lower chance of people suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) giving up smoking. The new survey followed 583 smoking adults over a period of 8 weeks, during which time the participants, 43 of which were clinically diagnosed with ADHD, ... |
24 November 2008
04:34 GMT |
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The level of activity in brain areas responsible for movement planning is far lower in boys than in girls about the same age, even if both groups suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The discovery was made by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, after studying an extensiv... |
5 November 2008
06:01 GMT |
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According to new researches, ADHD patients have a tendency to start smoking earlier than other teenagers. This could happen for a variety of reason, psychologists say, including the feelings of being misunderstood or marginalized. Also, the survey revealed that the level of nicotine addiction is higher in ADHD suffer... |
22 October 2008
09:32 GMT |
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A new scientific study has shown that families with children suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to separate and get divorced by the time the kids turn 8 years old than other families in a control group. The separation rate was at about 22 percent, versus 12.6 percent in fam... |
22 October 2008
08:32 GMT |
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