Mets’ Blackley Battles A.D.D., and Fights for Baseball Future
Travis Blackley, a relief pitcher from Australia who is trying to earn a spot on the Mets’ roster, has attention deficit disorder. (Source: NYT > Health)...
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Revisiting the latent structure of ADHD: Is there a 'g' factor?
Conclusions: A bifactor model of ADHD latent symptom structure is superior to existing factor models of ADHD. This finding is interpreted in relation to multi-component models of ADHD development, and clinical implications are discussed. (Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)...
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ECG Screening for Heart Conditions in ADHD Children is Borderline Cost Effective
Obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG) to screen for heart conditions in children prior to prescribing stimulant medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may save some lives but it is borderline cost-effective, according to an NIH study published online ahead of print March 8, 2010, in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)...
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Should hyper kids get ECG before getting ADHD medicine?
Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)...
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Mother–child dyadic synchrony is associated with better functioning in hyperactive/inattentive preschool children
Conclusions: Dyadic synchrony between mother and child plays a role in the functioning of preschool children displaying elevated symptoms of hyperactivity/inattention, and may represent a potential area for intervention that is not generally addressed in most parent management training programs. (Source: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)...
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Strong link exists between bipolar spectrum disorders, ADHD
Researchers suggest that adults with bipolar spectrum disorder often present with co-morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)...
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Famous People with ADHD
Attention deficit disorder (with or without hyperactivity) affects people of all ages, races, professions and walks of life. The impact of attention deficit disorder symptoms can make a person less productive, but still no less able to make their mark on this world. It’s estimated that approximately 5 percent of children today may have a form of attention deficit disorder.
Having ADHD doesn’t mean you have a handicap. As somebody once noted, “ADHD often endows children and adults with gifts such as creativity, intuition, imagination, and a sense of adventure.” Indeed, if you have ADHD, you are in very good company with the list of famous people below who either have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, or have many of the symptoms of this disorder that su......
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Screening Could Reduce Sudden Cardiac Death in ADHD
In children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder who are candidates for stimulant medication,
adding electrocardiogram screening to history and physical examination before treatment may have borderline
cost-effectiveness for preventing sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online March 8 in
Circulation. (Source: Modern Medicine)...
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Study Looks at Cost-Effectiveness of ECG in Hyperactive Kids
Analysis compared three strategies for preventing sudden cardiac death from stimulant medication
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cardiac Arrest (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)...
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Sustained release methylphenidate for the treatment of ADHD in amphetamine abusers: A pilot study
Abstract: The efficacy of stimulant treatment in patients with substance use disorders and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been tested for cocaine and alcohol dependence but so far no studies have been conducted in amphetamine dependent individuals.The present trial was a pilot study aiming to test the feasibility of treating amphetamine dependent patients with comorbid ADHD with central stimulant medication. The study was a double-blind, placebo controlled trial with parallel groups design comparing the efficacy of a fixed dose (72mg) of OROS methylphenidate (MPH) with placebo (PL) in reducing ADHD symptoms in currently abstinent adults with amphetamine dependence and ADHD. Twenty-four treatment seeking patients who met the DSM IV criteria for amphetamine depe......
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Ritalin May Make Learning Easier
A drug used to treat ADHD in children may also make it easier to take in new information. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)...
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Common variants in the TPH1 and TPH2 regions are not associated with persistent ADHD in a combined sample of 1,636 adult cases and 1,923 controls from four European populations
In conclusion, in the single largest ADHD genetic study of TPH1 and TPH2 variants presented to date (n = 3,559 individuals), we did not find consistent evidence for a substantial effect of common genetic variants on persistent ADHD. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics)...
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Intrauterine exposure to caffeine and inattention/overactivity in children
Conclusion: Intrauterine exposure to soft drinks rather than coffee, the traditional focus, is associated with maternal reports of overactive behaviour in children aged 18 months. (Source: Acta Paediatrica)...
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Parenting of 7-month-old infants at familial risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Patterns of interaction between parents and 7-month-old boys at familial risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a comparison group were studied during a warm-up and two play episodes. The sample included 78 (47 at-risk, 31 comparison) mother-child and 45 (27 at-risk, 18 comparison) father-child dyads. A coding system developed by G. Kochanska (1997, 1998) was used. Infants in the risk group did not differ from the comparison group in the rate of emission of infant-related events. However, they received less adequate responsivity from both their fathers and their mothers to these events, and specifically to negative emotions or distress, than did the comparison group. Maternal psychopathology did not account for these findings. Mothers were more adequately responsive t......
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Court upholds Shire ADHD drug’s exclusivity
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Food and Drug Administration decision to grant Shire a five-year market exclusivity for its attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Vyvanse. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)...
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Association of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and atopic eczema modified by sleep disturbance in a large population-based sample
Conclusions
ADHD and AE appear to be strongly and independently associated in children with sleeping problems, but not in children without sleeping problems. A substantial part of diagnoses met for ADHD might be engendered by the presence of AE and concomitant sleeping problems. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)...
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Forebrain overexpression of CK1{delta} leads to down-regulation of dopamine receptors and altered locomotor activity reminiscent of ADHD [Neuroscience]
Dopamine neurotransmission controls motor and perseverative behavior, is mediated by protein phosphorylation, and may be perturbed in disorders of attention... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)...
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Perceptions of risk among children with and without attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. - Bruce BS, Ungar M, Waschbusch DA.
Traditionally, health professionals have positioned injury prevention strategies from their own perspective with little acknowledgement or understanding of the perspective of those who experience risk taking: specific populations of children with differing... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))...
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A pilot study to evaluate a community pharmacy–based monitoring system to identify adverse drug reactions associated with paediatric medicines use
Conclusions The proposed ADR monitoring system identified expected ADRs thus demonstrating face and content validity for our approach.
However the process was limited by low community pharmacist participation rates and low questionnaire return rates.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Pharmacoepidemiology and PrescriptionDOI 10.1007/s00228-010-0790-9Authors
Mansour Tobaiqy, The University of Aberdeen Division of Applied Health Sciences, The Aberdeen Medical School Abeerden UKDerek Stewart, Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences Abeerden UKPeter J. Helms, The University of Aberdeen Division of Applied Health Sciences, The Aberdeen Medical School Abeerden UKChristine Bond, The University of Aberdeen Department of General Justice, The Aberdeen M......
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New psychiatric disorders flag normal human behaviors as "diseases"
(NaturalNews) The Disease Mongering Engine, which I invented a couple of years ago and posted on NaturalNews, was initially created as a joke to demonstrate the ridiculousness of the fictitious diseases that are constantly created by the psychiatric industry. This hilarious online disease generator (http://www.naturalnews.com/disease-mongering-engine.asp) allows you to instantly create your own fictitious diseases and disorders such as:• Repetitive Dysmorphic Nose Picking Disorder With Itching (RDNPDWI)
• Oppositional Disorganized Speaking Disorder With Indigestion (ODSDWI)
• Chronic Bipolar Anticipation Dysfunction With Smelly Feet (CBADWSF)... and so on.Here's the bizarre part: All of a sudden, the new psychiatric diagnostic manual (DSM-V) appears to have adopted as medica......
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