A section of federal civil rights law that protects individuals with disabilities from discrimination — and through which students with disabilities such as ADHD and dyslexia are afforded additional classroom support — may be at risk. That’s because a group of conservative states is suing the US government over Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation…

Key points: Some people who want to avoid medication for ADHD turn to caffeine, thinking it is more natural. Caffeine has some important similarities to ADHD stimulant medications and could be considered a medication. However, like medications, it can also have side effects, and it does work differently from ADHD medications.

Key points: Individuals with ADHD experience big emotions that are difficult to manage. Disrupted connections between the amygdala and frontal cortex play a role in emotional dysregulation. Amygdala hijack is when the emotional brain takes over the thinking brain, preventing goal-directed behaviors.

In a recent review article in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers described what is currently known about the potential application of chili peppers in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through its impacts on the gut microbiome.

An analysis of data from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study found that complementary feeding with rice-based solid food was a protective factor against the development of ADHD, reducing the hazard of the disorder by 27%. Male sex, low family income, low birth weight, and advanced maternal age were among risk factors for ADHD.

Working memory is what allows humans to juggle different pieces of information in short-term scenarios, like making a mental grocery list and then going shopping or remembering and then dialing a phone number. While scientists agree that the capacity of working memory is limited, they offer competing theories about how and why this is true.…

Key takeaways: Transcranial direct current stimulation significantly improved interference control but not working memory accuracy. No serious adverse events were reported in the sham or treatment groups.

Key Takeaways: Children with higher cognitive abilities and social skills often face delayed or missed ADHD diagnoses, especially females, indicating potential sex bias in diagnosis. Emotional and behavioral difficulties, emotional dysregulation, lower cognitive ability, and poorer prosocial skills increase the likelihood of earlier ADHD diagnosis. Emotional dysregulation is gaining recognition as a key ADHD symptom,…

The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid intake, a new study has found. The analysis of health insurance claims data from almost 3 million U.S. patients investigated prescribed stimulants’ impact on prescription opioid use over…

A School of Medicine expert is part of a panel tasked with shaping guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of the condition

Jimmy White, the 62-year-old snooker legend, has opened up about his ADHD diagnosis, saying he wishes he had known about it sooner. He believes that if he had, he could have had an even more successful snooker career.

The Trump Administration is calling for a report “assess[ing] the prevalence of and threat” of several drugs, including stimulants like Adderall