London researchers are set to start a three year study aiming to identify babies at higher than average risk of autism spectrum conditions (ASC) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)…The team will use Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners and a state-of-the-art method called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) which can measure the levels of chemicals in…

More than 1.8 million children in the U.S. suffer traumatic brain injury (TBI) before age 17, according to national survey data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…Children with a history of TBI were more likely to have a variety of other health conditions compared with their peers without TBI, including learning…

The risk for suicidality is high among children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and may be mediated by family functioning, according to study data published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Researchers extracted data on mode of delivery and antibiotic use during the first 2 years of life from nationwide data registers for all single live births in Denmark between 1997 and 2010. Outcome measures included clinical ADHD diagnosis or use of an ADHD medication prescription.

About 6.4 per cent of children and adolescents are affected by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Hong Kong, according to Department of Health figures. There has been a 36-fold increase in the use of medication for attention deficit disorder in Hong Kong over 15 years, indicating the condition has become a major issue in the…

The prevalence of ADHD medication use has increased over time among adults and children between 2001 and 2015, according study data involving more than 154 million people from 14 countries published in The Lancet Psychiatry. The findings also showed that despite this increase, prescription rates vary by region and remain below diagnosis rates in many…

There are more than 10,000 chemicals allowed to be added to our food. Some of them are harmless; some we don’t know the effects of, and others have been studied and show they can cause serious health risks to children and adults. A report published in the journal Pediatrics looks into the effects of additives…

As video games grow in popularity, more parents are raising concerns about their impact on kids’ attention spans. Here’s what the latest research shows.

Teenagers’ use of social media is skyrocketing. But educators should keep in mind that it’s not all bad news. That is the assessment of a new national survey of 13- to 17-year-olds by the nonprofit Common Sense Media and backed up by other experts, who caution educators not to take too simplistic a view of…

In my last post, I talked about how one of of the defining characteristics of ADHD is that symptoms show up in multiple environments – school, work, home, social settings and so on. Yet school is often the first place that ADHD symptoms make themselves known. If ADHD symptoms show up in all aspects of…

Head injuries resulting in concussions can be traumatic and dangerous for any person, but a recent study shows that they have a prolonged effect on children under the age of 13. Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine have found evidence that concussion symptoms last three times longer in these…

The American Academy of Family Physicians suggests how to help a child with ADHD.