Do you ever get ads trying to sell you such-and-such natural supplement that will treat ADHD? You can thank targeted advertising for that. It occurred to me, though, that there’s one “natural” ADHD treatment that definitely isn’t a scam … nature.

In a cross-sectional study recently published in Pediatrics, researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Massachusetts found that adolescents with single-ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) have a fivefold increase in rates of anxiety disorders and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared with healthy control patients.

Recently, some researchers published a study showing some ways the ADHD brain tends to be different than the non-ADHD brain…What set this study apart was that it was, in scientific terms, frickin’ huge. It involved more than 3,000 people – that’s a lot of people as far as brain studies go.

In the late winter, many schools begin to schedule meetings with parents to review Individualized Educational Plans (IEP) and Section 504 plans for the next school year. If your child has a Section 504, schools are not required to hold an annual review meeting, but many choose to do so anyway; if not, you can…

As more people with autism and ADHD begin to advocate for themselves at work, some employers are changing their workplaces…The key to working with employees with autism, says Briefer, is for managers to listen to their needs. “Let the employee explain their learning style, how they like to work in certain environments, and how they…

Researchers have successfully adapted a parent-training program for ADHD for use with families in Japan, where ADHD-specific behavioral interventions are limited…The results of the proof-of-concept of the new program, the “New Forest Parenting Programme-Japan,” published in Japanese Psychological Research, show reductions in children’s ADHD symptoms and improvements in parent-child relationships, suggesting that the parent-training program…

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “In 2013-14, the number of children and youth ages 3-21 receiving special education services was 6.5 million, or about 13 percent of all public school students. Among students receiving special education services, 35 percent had specific learning disabilities.”

Steve and Michelle were desperate. Their 6-year-old son, Sam, was diagnosed with ADHD soon after entering first grade. Sam’s behavior seemed outright defiant: He ignored adults when his name was called and was in constant motion. Sam let out bloodcurdling screams when forced to stop playing a game on the iPad…But despite the relentless advertising…

A senior at St. Charles East High School, Christopher, 18, has autism and an attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. He was able to pass the written exam for his permit, but struggled behind the wheel in the school’s driver’s education program. Experts say students with such disorders are challenged in their ability to pay attention, switch focus…

Researchers examined 41 studies conducted from 1990 to 2016. The studies included more than 2,700 extremely low birth weight babies (less than 1,000 grams, or just over 2 pounds) and more than 11,000 normal birth weight babies in the United States, Canada and 10 other countries. The extremely low birth weight babies had a higher…

This well-done retrospective cross-sectional study delivers just what we want from such a study design: a clear path forward to develop a prospective trial to answer a specific question…Investigators looked at data from 6489 children and adolescents in the NHANES database who completed questionnaires and also underwent dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans. Of those, 159…

The proposed changes were presented before the Georgia Senate’s Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday afternoon. State Sen. Renee Unterman, the committee’s chairwoman, had created a bill aimed at curbing the abuse of prescription opioids in Georgia. But controversy erupted as word spread of the provision that would have imposed restrictions on attention deficit…