A New Tool For ADHD Info
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder impacts 3-5% of children in the U.S. It’s better known as ADHD, and the condition’s symptoms are familiar: inability to sit still, trouble maintaining focus,...
View ArticleStudies Signal Link Between Anesthesia and Learning Disabilities
All surgery comes with some risk. And for young children, there is increasing evidence that part of that risk is the impact of anesthesia on developing brains. At a May conference in Vancouver, a...
View ArticleKids With Multiple Anesthesia Exposures Show Higher Rate of ADHD
Children exposed to surgical anesthesia two times or more before age 3 have more than twice the rate of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as those not exposed, according to a recently...
View ArticleDoes Snoring Lead to a Troubled Youth?
Helping a young child whose snoring or apnea interferes with sleep could have implications well beyond some simple shuteye. Experts now believe that sleep-disordered breathing problems (SDB) beginning...
View ArticleHigher Doses of ADHD Drug Might Harm Learning
A small study with monkeys found that the drug methylphenidate, the generic name for Ritalin, impairs memory at doses on the higher end of what children are prescribed to treat ADHD. The U.S. Centers...
View ArticleAnimal Study Links Cell Phone Use In Pregnancy to Behavior Problems
Yet another study has emerged on the effects of cell phone radiation. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have found that exposing pregnant mice to radiofrequency radiation from cellular...
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