eClinical Medicine VOLUME 59, 101954, MAY 2023 Ariadna Pinar-Martí q Published:April 06, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.101954 Summary Background Omega-3 fatty acids are critical for neuropsychological functioning. Adolescence is increasingly believed to entail brain vulnerability to dietary intake. The potential benefit on adolescent neurodevelopment of consuming walnuts, a source of omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), remains unclear. Methods We […]
BY DANIEL GOLEMAN MAY 12, 2014 3:56 PM Which will it be — the berries or the chocolate dessert? Homework or the Xbox? Finish that memo, or roam Facebook? Such quotidian decisions test a mental ability called cognitive control, the capacity to maintain focus on an important choice while ignoring other impulses. Poor planning, wandering […]
What if there was a safe, effective, inexpensive, and simple way to help treat one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood? Health care professionals often overlook nutrients; yet imbalances in many minerals are frequently seen in medical disorders including ADHD. Fortunately, replenishing nutrients with an integrative treatment plan has proven to be an […]
Mawson AR, Ray BD, Bhuiyan AR, Jacob B (2017) Pilot comparative study on the health of vaccinated and unvaccinated 6- to 12-year-old U.S. children. J Transl Sci 3: DOI: 10.15761/JTS.1000186 Abstract Vaccinations have prevented millions of infectious illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths among U.S. children, yet the long-term health outcomes of the vaccination schedule remain uncertain. […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O.,D.A.C.B.N., MS Attention-deficit disorder affects a startling 17 million people and seems to be gaining ground every year. As a parent of child suffering with this disorder.. what are you to do?? Attention-deficit disorder is the most frequently diagnosed childhood psychiatric condition in America. In the past most medical journals described this […]
February 08, 2017 Pediatrics TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a cohort of healthy controls underwent evaluation of dietary habits to determine the association between ADHD and adherence to a Mediterranean diet. An ADHD diagnosis was associated with low adherence to a Mediterranean diet. In addition, there was a significant association […]
Megan Brooks February 24, 2014 Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen ― a drug considered safe in pregnancy ― may raise the risk for behavioral problems in children, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hyperkinetic disorder (HKD), a severe form of ADHD, new research suggests. “Because the exposure and outcomes are frequent, these results are of public health […]
Date: September 19, 2016 Source: Sissa Medialab Summary: Neurofeedback is a technique used for the treatment of clinical disorders (like depression, anxiety, chronic pain, ADHD and schizophrenia etc.) and enhancement of brain performance. It is based on the “self-regulation” of brain activations underpinned by the principles of feedback control systems. Feedback systems can be found […]
Date: September 13, 2016 Source: University of Eastern Finland Summary: A healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years, shows a recent study. A healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years, shows a recent study from Finland. Published in the European Journal […]
Caroline Cassels December 17, 2013 Methylphenidate has been linked to a rare risk for priapism in males taking the stimulant for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns. In a release, the agency reports that the stimulant may in rare instances cause prolonged and sometimes painful erections, and […]
Exposure to fluoridated water and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prevalence among children and adolescents in the United States: an ecological association Ashley J Malin* and Christine Till Environmental Health 2015, 14:17 doi:10.1186/s12940-015-0003-1 Published: 27 February 2015 Abstract (provisional) Background Epidemiological and animal-based studies have suggested that prenatal and postnatal fluoride exposure has adverse effects on […]
Date Posted: 2/5/2015 4:45:18 PM Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who increase their levels of both the DHA and EPA found in omega-3 fatty acids may have better attention spans, literacy rates and behavior, according to an Australian study. In a study published in November 2013 in the Journal of Attention Disorders,researchers from the University of South […]
DECEMBER 14, 2013 By ALAN SCHWARZ After more than 50 years leading the fight to legitimize attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Keith Conners could be celebrating. Severely hyperactive and impulsive children, once shunned as bad seeds, are now recognized as having a real neurological problem. Doctors and parents have largely accepted drugs like Adderall and Concerta […]
Date: October 23, 2014 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: Supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6 can help children and adolescents who have a certain kind of ADHD. New research also indicates that a special cognitive training program can improve problem behavior in children with ADHD. Supplements of the fatty acids omega 3 and 6 can […]
PAMELA WEINTRAUB OCTOBER 2014 For kids with focus and behavior challenges, nutritional shifts may work as well as, or better than, medication. Anyone who’s raised a kid with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) knows the drill: You take your sweet child to nursery school, and he runs amuck during story time. He won’t follow instructions […]
Medscape Medical News > Psychiatry ADHD Not a Learning Disability? Impaired Decision-Making at the Crux of ADHD Nancy A. Melville August 27, 2014 A novel approach to evaluating the neural processes of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) reveals that, contrary to convention, the condition does not necessarily represent a learning impairment as much as […]
by John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today June 28, 2014 Danish children taking stimulant drugs for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had roughly double the risk for cardiovascular problems compared with other ADHD kids, a large registry study found, although the absolute incidence was still very low. Among some 714,000 Danish children born from 1990 […]
Chen Q BMJ. 2014 Jun 18;348:g3769. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3769. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between drug treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and risk of concomitant suicidal behaviour among patients with ADHD. DESIGN: Register based longitudinal study using within patient design. SETTING: Linkage of multiple national registers in Sweden. PARTICIPANTS: 37 936 patients with ADHD born between […]
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2014 May;114(5):374-81. doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2014.074. Accorsi A Abstract CONTEXT: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurobehavioral disorder most commonly affecting children and teenagers. It is characterized by the coexistence of attention problems and impulsivity and hyperactivity. Although several studies have been conducted on the efficacy of conventional and alternative therapies in children with […]
Megan Brooks March 17, 2014 Treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with stimulants changes growth trajectories in childhood and is likely to be behind the reported association between ADHD and obesity, a new study suggests. The study showed that children with untreated ADHD or ADHD treated without stimulants had a faster increase in body mass index (BMI) […]