News tagged with adhd kids
Revisiting ADHD and Ritalin
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Lawrence H. Diller, a pediatrician from Walnut Creek, Calif., ignited a national debate over the steep rise in children being diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and treated with ...
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May 17, 2011 |
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Youngest kids labeled as ADHD
Nearly 1 million children with fall birthdays may have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, not because they have real behavior problems, but because they're the youngest kids in ...
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Aug 17, 2010 |
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Kids with ADHD need to fidget, study says
If you've got a kid with ADHD, you've probably spent countless hours pleading with him to sit still. Well, stop it.
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May 26, 2009 |
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Clumsy kids who don't 'grow out of it'
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, is widely recognized by the medical community, and there are a number of therapies in place. But as many as six percent of all children suffer from the less ...
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Apr 04, 2011 |
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Creativity is an upside to ADHD
Parents who believe that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder makes their kids more creative got a little more scientific support recently.
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Mar 11, 2011 |
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Coaches help beat ADHD
Jeff Wisniowski would jump off roofs. Surf the Web. Flirt.
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Feb 22, 2011 |
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Kids with ADHD much more likely to develop substance abuse problems as they age
Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are two to three times more likely than children without the disorder to develop serious substance abuse problems in adolescence and adulthood, according to a study by ...
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Feb 11, 2011 |
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Communications overload
Jose Huitron had just hit the digital wall. Toggling between Facebook, Google, Twitter and a handful of other online communities, he found it hard to keep up with a constant barrage of tweets, texts and instant messages.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Making ADHD teens better drivers
A University at Buffalo researcher's work with a state-of-the-art driving simulator is making better drivers among those considered to be the most risky motorists on the road: teens with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity ...
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Jan 24, 2011 |
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Computer-based program may help relieve some ADHD symptoms in children
An intensive, five-week working memory training program shows promise in relieving some of the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, a new study suggests.
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Dec 09, 2010 |
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US survey: 1 in 10 kids has ADHD, awareness cited
(AP) -- A government survey says 1 in 10 U.S. children has ADHD, a sizable increase from a few years earlier that researchers think might be explained by growing awareness and better screening.
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Nov 10, 2010 |
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Hyperactive, impulsive behaviors in childhood could trigger adulthood obesity
(PhysOrg.com) -- The symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder present in childhood are associated with an increased risk of being obese as an adult, and the greater the symptoms, the greater the risk, according ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report
The Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) today issued a landmark report from a multi-state study on psychotropic medication oversight in foster care. Led by Laurel K. Leslie, MD, MPH at Tufts CTSI, Christopher ...
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Sep 23, 2010 |
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