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No Data Supporting Antipsychotic Drug For Low-IQ Kids With ADHD
April 29, 2009 — A new review finds no evidence to support the use of risperidone to treat attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in people with intellectual disabilities, even though the review authors say ... > full story -
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorder Research
Insomnia
Insomnia Research
Attention Deficit Disorder
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Inadequate Sleep Leads To Behavioral Problems, Study Finds
April 27, 2009 — A recent Finnish study suggests that children's short sleep duration even without sleeping difficulties increases the risk for behavioral symptoms of ... > full story -
Attention Deficit Disorder
ADD and ADHD
Mental Health
Children's Health
Mental Health Research
Psychiatry
Tourette Syndrome And ADHD Frequently Occur Together
April 15, 2009 — The most disabling aspect of Tourette syndrome is that in 90% of cases, it exists in conjunction with another disorder. The most frequent co-occurring condition in people with Tourette is attention ... > full story -
Eye Exercises Help Patients Work Out Vision Problems, Optometrist Says
March 31, 2009 — You've probably been there. In a doctor's office, being advised to do what you dread -- exercise. You get that feeling in your gut, acknowledging that, indeed, you should exercise but probably won't. ... > full story -
Inconsistent Performance Speed Among Children With ADHD May Underlie How Well They Use Memory
March 24, 2009 — Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder show more variable or inconsistent responses during on "working" or short-term, memory tasks when compared with typically developing peers, a ... > full story -
Brain Wave Patterns Can Predict Blunders, New Study Finds
March 23, 2009 — Everyone makes an occasional error due to lack of attention. Now scientists have found a distinct electric signature in the brain which predicts that such an error is about to be made. The discovery ... > full story -
Children's Health
Attention Deficit Disorder
Infant's Health
Birth Defects
Mental Health Research
Diseases and Conditions
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Testing Expands
March 19, 2009 — Improved technology, partnerships and collaboration across two Canadian provinces have allowed Queen's University scientists to dramatically expand the use of eye-movement tests that help identify ... > full story -
Controlled Substances
Illegal Drugs
Pharmacology
Insomnia
Disorders and Syndromes
Attention Deficit Disorder
Drug Being Used To Improve Cognition Affects Dopamine, Suggesting Potential For Abuse
March 17, 2009 — Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that ... > full story -
Attention Deficit Disorder
Children's Health
ADD and ADHD
Disorders and Syndromes
Psychology
Intelligence
Brain Abnormality Found In Boys With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
March 17, 2009 — Researchers trying to uncover the mechanisms that cause attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder have found an abnormality in the brains of adolescent boys suffering from the ... > full story -
Hyperactivity Enables Children With ADHD To Stay Alert: Teachers Urged Not To Severely Limit That Activity
March 9, 2009 — In studies of 8- to 12-year-old boys, scientists found that children with ADHD became significantly more active than their typically developing peers during tasks that required them to remember and ... > full story
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