News tagged with journal of attention disorders
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.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Certain psychiatric disorders linked with risky sexual behavior in teens
Although research has shown that teens with mental health disorders are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviors, like unprotected sex, a new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center suggests there ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Childhood cancer survivors show sustained benefit from common ADHD medication
A medicine widely used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also provides long-term relief from the attention and behavior changes that affect many childhood cancer survivors, according to a multicenter ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Western diet link to ADHD
A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Research Finds Ritalin's Benefits in Treating Children with Autism
(PhysOrg.com) -- UA researchers present evidence that the Ritalin is effective in treating preschoolers with Autism in a first-ever clinical trial to test the medication's efficacy with children with the disorder.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Eating liquorice in pregnancy may affect a child's IQ and behavior
Expectant mothers who eat excessive quantities of liquorice during pregnancy could adversely affect their child's intelligence and behaviour, a study has shown.
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Increase in 'academic doping' could spark routine urine tests for exam students
The increasing use of smart drugs or "nootropics," to boost academic performance, could mean that exam students will face routine doping tests in future, suggests an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Deficits in brain's reward system observed in ADHD patients
A brain-imaging study conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory provides the first definitive evidence that patients suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Researchers Study Academic Effects of ADHD Drugs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often assumed to improve memory and make a person smarter, but experts have found that is not the case. Researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Hypertensive kids more likely to have learning/attention problems
Children who have high blood pressure are more likely to have learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than children who are not hypertensive. They are also more likely to have a higher body ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 04, 2009 |
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Mental health problems more common in kids who feel racial discrimination
A new multicenter study involving UCLA and the RAND Corp. has found that perceived racial or ethnic discrimination is not an uncommon experience among fifth-grade students and that it may have a negative effect on their mental ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Studies examine genetic determinants of ADHD
A special issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics (AJMG): Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics presents a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in genetic research of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ...
Jan 07, 2009 |
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