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University of Virginia opening center for ADHD children
The University of Virginia is opening a center focused on the assessment and treatment of children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The university says that rather than approach the disorder as a problem to be fixed, the Children's...
Tags: University of Virginia, Social Sciences, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Culture
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New study shows connection between ADHD and lower Apgar score in newborn babies.
REPORTERA new study done in Europe finds that a child's risk of developing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, may be evident right after he or she is born. It found a newborn's Apgar score could indicate whether the child will develop ADHD....Tags: Cerebral Palsy, Pediatrics, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Physical Conditions
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Do diet changes help ADHD children?
Dylan Jerrell was having a tough time in kindergarten. The energetic, outgoing Bigfoot fan was easily frustrated, and he responded to challenges with disruptive meltdowns. He wouldn't hit anyone, but he'd break down and cry or yell at his teachers....
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Allergies, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Specialization, Symptoms
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It's finals week: Do you know what your teen is taking to study so hard?
By the end of high school, 12% of teens say they have taken a stimulant medication for reasons other than to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). But parents, including many of those whose kids are taking ADHD drugs in a bid to boost...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Pharmaceuticals, Vyvanse (drug), Ethics, Behavioral Conditions
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder linked to adult obesity
Having childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder could lead to a life of obesity, even if ADHD symptoms disappear in adulthood, a new study shows. The study, which followed up on 207 middle-class men who had been diagnosed with ADHD as...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Body Mass Index, Substance Abuse, Obesity
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Childhood ADHD tied to obesity decades later
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys who are diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in elementary school are more likely to grow up to be obese adults than those who don't have the condition, a new study suggests. Researchers surveyed...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Symptoms, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Medical Research
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Mental illness in youth: a common struggle
Go to a busy street in your community and count the next 25 adolescents who walk, bike, skateboard, stroll or saunter past. Odds are that two of those 25 kids (8.3% to be exact) would own up to having experienced 14 or more days in the last month that...
Tags: Mental Illness, Tourette Syndrome, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Volusia woman with mental problems vanishes without medication
A 29-year-old Volusia County woman with drug problems has been missing for more than a week and she doesn't have the medications she needs to take for multiple mental problems, authorities said today. Sarita Singhal of Edgewater has been missing since...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions, Chemical Industry, Volusia County Sheriff's Office
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Texas pitcher gives teammate urine for drug test; test still fails
This story would be funny if it weren't so sad. Texas Longhorns pitcher Corey Knebel was suspended from the team on Friday because he substituted his urine sample for a teammate's to prevent the teammate from failing a drug test. Problem: Knebel's urine...
Tags: TBS (tv network), Drugs and Medicines, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Social Sciences, Adderall (drug)
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One arrested in alleged drug transaction
scollins@amnews.comJUNCTION CITY — A man was arrested Sunday night after he allegedly sold controlled substances in a restaurant parking lot. About 10:30 p.m., officer Parker Hatter of Junction City Police Department responded to Hardees on Shelby Junction Lane for...Tags: Learning Disability, Drug Trafficking, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Adderall (drug)
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READER SUBMITTED: Intensive Education Academy Represented At CT Association Of Nonprofits At Capitol
West HartfordJill O'Donnell, head of school and director of education, and Sally McClure, development director at the Intensive Education Academy, Inc., located at 840 North Main St., West Hartford, represented the school at the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits...Tags: Learning Disability, West Hartford, Students, Education, Social Sciences
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Some colleges tighten restrictions on prescribing ADHD medications
Reporter and PhotographerYou're cut off-- some colleges say abuse of drugs used to treat ADHD is so rampant they'll rarely prescribe it for students, and when they do it's only after extensive analysis by a doctor and a signed contract promising not to share the pills. Most of...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Missouri State University, University of Alabama, Behavioral Conditions, Engineering
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