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
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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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In an experiment carried out in mice, the separation from their mothers and early weaning, caused hyperactivity and anxiety in the long run.Arthur Simen and a team of researchers from Yale University School of Medicine, USA, carried out a study on their 'maternal separation with early weaning' model in a gr... |
29 September 2010
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According to a new scientific research, published in the latest issue of the respected scientific journal Pediatrics, it may be that hyperactive children tend to sleep less every night, on account of their condition. This, in turn, makes their activity levels even higher, which contributes to the ensuing vicious circ... |
30 November 2009
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Scientists gained the ability to peer way back into the Universe's history some time ago, but some of the discoveries they made were not exactly in tune with some of the theories that were developed to explain astronomical phenomena today. In a recent such find, distant stars, estimated to be about 11 billion li... |
6 August 2009
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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
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