Despite it being very common, ADHD is often missed until a child reaches age seven or older. By that time, they have likely been struggling socially and in school. Could early genetic testing be part of the solution?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of EndeavorRxⓇ, a prescription-only video game-based digital therapeutic, to include patients aged 13 to 17 years with primarily inattentive or combined-type attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) to improve attention function. Previously, the treatment was only approved for patients aged 8 to 12 years.

A federal judge dealt a likely fatal blow to hundreds of lawsuits against manufacturers of Tylenol and generic acetaminophen, ruling the plaintiffs don’t have admissible evidence to support claims that using the pain reliever during pregnancy raises a child’s risks of autism or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

As a shortage of Adderall stretches into its second year, millions of patients are still struggling to fill their prescriptions in U.S. pharmacies. But in Mexico, some pharmacies are selling the pricey orange pills over the counter, in sealed bottles bearing the names and logos of well-known pharmaceutical companies.

ST. LOUIS — A Ballwin mom has been struggling to fill her children’s ADHD medication prescriptions for the past six months and sometimes, they have had to do without or take lower doses because of the ADHD drug shortage. Melissa Buckholtz is not alone as the nationwide problem has been occurring over the last several…

Amid a nationwide ADHD drug shortage, patients are paying significantly more for medication to help them direct their focus at school, work and home. The shortage has placed financial pressure on families, forcing them to search for alternatives. Often, the only options they can find are expensive brand-name drugs.

CONFERENCE REPORTER: Day 2 from the National Academy of Sciences brought powerful presentations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD), Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), and the US Food and Drug…

Menus are usually something you’d expect to come across in a restaurant. But one social media influencer went viral recently for sharing a different kind of menu – a “dopamine menu” or dopamenu. The dopamine menu concept comes from a 2020 YouTube video by Jessica McCabe (How to ADHD). In her video, she suggests that…

If you’re an adult wondering if you have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you’re not alone. While ADHD is considered as a neurodevelopmental disorder that typically presents in childhood, people may experience symptoms of ADHD and not receive a diagnosis until later in life.

A study comparing the sexual interests and practices of individuals with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) found that individuals with ADHD are more likely to engage in a variety of sexual activities, including riskier behaviors, and have higher rates of homosexuality or bisexuality. Females with ADHD especially tend to have more sexual partners and lower…

A recent study has uncovered significant findings regarding the relationship between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hoarding disorder. The study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, found that individuals with ADHD have a markedly higher prevalence of hoarding symptoms compared to those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy individuals.

Research has documented a strong male sex bias in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and Tourette syndrome (TS). Among males, the hemizygous nature of chromosome X (Chr X) has been a known vulnerability factor. Still, the characterization of rare genetic variation in Chr X has not been conducted in large-scale studies.…