Health headlines: Industrial chemicals as dietary supplements, growth hormone therapy and school lunch safety
Other stories we’ve been reading:
Adolescents taking a certain anti-psychotic drugs are at an increased risk for diabetes. An industrial chemical is being sold as a dietary supplement for autism treatment. Diabetes drugs are helping dieting teens lose weight. [Read Minnie’s story about living with Type 2 diabetes.]
Loving foster homes improves children’s attention and impulsivity. Girls with ADHD are more likely to develop other mental health risks.
Obese boys are more likely to begin puberty later in life. A Girl Scouts’ survey found that the fashion industry pressures girls to be thin. [Read about unrealistic media images and how one teen feels about them.] Boys are treated with growth hormone therapy much more often than girls.
Babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy ar......
POSTED 02/06/2010 at 07:00 AM --
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Visual Attention Deficits Contribute to Impaired Facial Emotion Recognition in Boys with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Neuropediatrics 2009; 40: 153-153DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243187© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Full text (Source: Neuropediatrics)...
POSTED 02/05/2010 at 08:49 AM --
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Brain Development And Toxic Chemicals
The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) released the first-ever biomonitoring report identifying toxic chemical pollution in people from the learning and developmental disability community. Mind, Disrupted: How toxic chemicals may affect how we think and who we are examines 61 toxic chemicals present in project participants in the context of rising rates of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other learning and developmental disabilities... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
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Brain Development And Toxic Chemicals
The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) released the first-ever biomonitoring report identifying toxic chemical pollution in people from the learning and developmental disability community... (Source: ADHD News From Medical News Today)...
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Evidence-Based Care Cuts ADHD Symptoms, Not Impairment (CME/CE)
Adhering to guidelines when treating children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) relieved symptoms but had no effect on kids' performance in school or in their relationships with others, researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)...
POSTED 02/04/2010 at 09:43 AM --
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ADHD triggers 'creative genius'
Attention-deficit disorders may be the spark behind creative geniuses such as Byron, Picasso and even Kurt Cobain, claims a psychiatrist. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)...
POSTED 02/04/2010 at 05:28 AM --
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Alterations In The Brain's Reward System Related To Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Until now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was related to alterations in the brain affecting attention and cognitive processes. Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital for the first time have discovered anomalies in the brain's reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification. In children with ADHD, the degree of motivation when carrying out an activity is related to the immediacy with which the objectives of the activity are met... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)...
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Alterations In The Brain's Reward System Related To Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Until now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was related to alterations in the brain affecting attention and cognitive processes. Researchers at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital for the first time have discovered anomalies in the brain's reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification... (Source: ADHD News From Medical News Today)...
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Psychopathological Rating Scales as Efficacy Parameters in Adult ADHD Treatment Investigations – Benchmarking Instruments for International Multicentre Trials
PharmacopsychiatryDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242819Abstract The selection of appropriate instruments in clinical studies is an essential point to detect the effects of pharmacological and/or psychotherapeutic treatments.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Abstract | Full text (Source: Pharmacopsychiatry)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 11:08 AM --
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Panic Attack after Spice Abuse in a Patient with ADHD
PharmacopsychiatryDOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243252© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkGet connected:Table of contents | Full text (Source: Pharmacopsychiatry)...
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NK1 (TACR1) receptor gene 'knockout' mouse phenotype predicts genetic association with ADHD
In conclusion, our proposal that NK1R–/– mice offer a mouse model of ADHD was borne out by our human studies, which suggest that DNA sequence changes in and around the TACR1 gene increase susceptibility to this disorder. (Source: Journal of Psychopharmacology)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 10:22 AM --
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Scientists discover alterations in brain's reward system related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Until now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was related to alterations in the brain affecting attention and cognitive processes. Researchers in Spain have now discovered anomalies in the brain's reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification. In children with ADHD, the degree of motivation when carrying out an activity is related to the immediacy with which the objectives of the activity are met. This would explain why their attention and hyperactivity levels differ depending on the tasks being carried out. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 10:19 AM --
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Girls with ADHD Show Other Mental Health Risks
Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the time they reach adulthood, a new study suggests. Source: Reuters Health
Related MedlinePlus Topic: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 10:15 AM --
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Neural processing differences in ADHD in individuals with and without prenatal alcohol exposure
The adverse effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on behavioral, cognitive, and social development can lead to a range of symptoms referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). Attention and cognition problems seen in individuals with a history of prenatal alcohol exposure often resemble those linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). An assessment of these disorders has found that while children with FASD may meet the behavioral criteria for ADHD, their attention difficulties differ in subtle but important respects. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)...
POSTED 02/03/2010 at 04:00 AM --
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Alterations in the brain's reward system related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Until now, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was related to alterations in the brain affecting attention and cognitive processes. Researchers at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital for the first time have discovered anomalies in the brain's reward system related to the neural circuits of motivation and gratification. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)...
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State University of New York Upstate Medical University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
The State University of New York Upstate Medical University, College of Graduate Studies is offering fellowships for its 2010 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program. The aim of the SURF program is to expose undergraduate students to biomedical research. In an intensive ten-week summer program, undergraduates with appropriate faculty help will formulate their own proposal, carry out research under the supervision of one of our faculty, write a research paper and have the opportunity to see their work published. In the process, students will attend research seminars and participate in discussions on alternative careers in research and how to apply to graduate school. Students are given ample opportunities to interact directly with many of our faculty and graduate students. ......
POSTED 02/02/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and gender
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s00737-009-0121-2Authors
Roberto B. Sassi, McMaster University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, Mood Disorders Program 100 West 5th St Box 585 Hamilton ON L8N 3K7 Canada
Journal Archives of Women's Mental HealthOnline ISSN 1435-1102Print ISSN 1434-1816
Journal Volume Volume 13
Journal Issue Volume 13, Number 1 / February, 2010 (Source: Archives of Women's Mental Health)...
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Vyvanse now available in Canada
Canadian families managing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have a new treatment option (Source: Pharmacy Europe)...
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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VYVANSE® - new ADHD treatment option - now available in Canada
Canadian families managing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have a new treatment option. Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced the Canadian availability of VYVANSE (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate capsule), the first and only prodrug therapy approved for ADHD treatment in Canada. (Source: World Pharma News)...
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