A small study shows that a common medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder helps children focus by stabilizing how different brain regions communicate with one another. The research, published in Translational Psychiatry, suggests that this brain stabilization is tied directly to better attention and task performance.

Influencers on social media are sharing content that claims to help followers self-diagnose complex medical conditions ranging from A.D.H.D. to autism. And the data reveals that the effect of self-diagnosis is far-reaching. But what happens when large portions of the population believe they have a condition that medical data doesn’t back up? On “The Opinions,”…

Why are so many people embracing diagnostic labels online? Mary H.K. Choi, who has written about her own A.D.H.D. and autism, argues that naming our struggles offers something powerful: the feeling that they’re finally understood — and even solved.

Whether you are first-born or second-born may be associated with your risk of developing certain diseases, according to a new study published in Nature Health.

Research builds on findings that inflammation during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD, highlights need to support early sensitive caregiving

Family-based treatment helped nearly half of kids in clinical trial reach healthier weight

Paul Orfalea could not sit still in a classroom. He could not read reports. There was, by his own admission, not a single machine at Kinko’s he could operate. He built the company anyway. By the time he sold it to FedEx in 2004, Kinko’s had grown to more than 1,200 locations across ten countries…

BOSTON — A Pittsfield pharmacist has been charged in federal court with allegedly unlawfully taking Adderall and its generic equivalent from a CVS Pharmacy in Barnstable County. Joshua Bradley, 30, of Pittsfield, is facing five counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, deception and subterfuge.

Key point: Genomic analysis revealed that psychiatric traits, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, share underlying genetic pathways with metabolic measures like insulin resistance.

Young people with ADHD are more likely to visit youth clinics than their peers, while autistic individuals are less likely to do so. This is shown by a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Autism Research. The results also suggest that digital healthcare consultations could help reduce these disparities.

Once believed to be a condition that children outgrow, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now recognized as a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that often persists into adulthood. For many adults, it can turn everyday life into an uphill climb, making it harder to stay organized, keep up with responsibilities, perform at work and maintain relationships.…

Patients and experts fear the difficulty in documenting a frailty exemption will lead to millions losing coverage