Exposure to small amounts of lead may contribute to ADHD symptoms in children who have a particular gene mutation, according to new research. The scientists do not purport that lead is the only cause of ADHD symptoms, nor does the research indicate that lead exposure will guarantee an ADHD diagnosis; rather, the study demonstrates that…

Going by how ADHD is sometimes represented in the media, a reasonable person could end up with the impression that people with ADHD simply did not exist until about 1990. Of course, that’s not the case, and the condition we now call “ADHD” has been around since long before modern medicine, begging the question: what…

Your boss may have ADHD. How are you going to manage the relationship?…The purpose of this piece is to provide you with practical suggestions for managing your ADHD boss so you, your boss, and your organization emerge as triple winners.

The scholarship program is for legal residents of the United States who are under the care of a licensed health care professional for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and are accepted to or enrolled in undergraduate programs at accredited colleges, universities, trade schools, technical schools, or vocational schools located in the US. The Michael Yasick ADHD Scholarship…

Each year since 1975, a survey called Monitoring the Future (MTF) has peeked into the lives of U.S. youth to see what they really think about drugs and alcohol and, more crucially, what they’re doing with them…According to the 2015 survey, which queried close to 45,000 students in eighth, 10th and12th grades, drug use is…

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers are determining whether an extended-release medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can improve highway safety and help prevent accidents – especially during the hours when drivers’ risk of crashing is greatest.”

In 2011, approximately 6.4 million children and adolescents aged 4 to 17 years had been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to the CDC, which predicts that number will continue to rise in the coming years. Here, Healio.com/Family Medicine presents the latest news and research on ADHD that primary care clinicians should know about.

Stimulant medications have been previously reported as the cause of adverse psychiatric symptoms in children, including mania and psychosis.1 New work by MacKenzie et al. in this month’s Pediatrics ( 10.1542/peds.2015-2486) provides new insight into a subpopulation apparently at very high risk for this concerning side effect. Children diagnosed with ADHD and treated with stimulants,…

An analysis of medical records data from three Massachusetts health care systems finds no evidence that prenatal exposure to antidepressants increases the risk for autism and related disorders or for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ..the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based research team finds evidence that any increased incidence of autism or ADHD found in previous studies…

In my last post, we discussed identifying and helping those of your team members who may have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) ADHD. While understanding why that person is hard to manage is one thing, are there specific steps you can take to make meetings less painful and the day-to-day job…

Do you attend IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) or Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings for your child? Parents attend these meetings to plan for children if they have a learning disability, speech or language impairment, other health impairment (OHI), Autism, intellectual disability, developmental delay, emotional disturbance, hearing impairment, or orthopedic impairment. This article details some…

You’ve probably seen or heard ads for the brain training app Lumosity boasting that its games were designed by neuroscientists and were scientifically proven to help stave off Alzheimer’s as well as improve real-world cognitive performance. Well, you won’t be seeing those ads anymore. Lumosity maker Lumo Labs are now banned from making such claims…