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Why it's time to investigate the overlap between autism and ADHD
The most influential psychiatric handbook prohibited a joint diagnosis of autism and ADHD until 2013. But the link could be significantUntil as late as 2013 a joint (or comorbid) diagnosis ofautism andattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was not permitted by the most influential psychiatric handbook, theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is an essential tool in psychiatry as it allows clinicians and researchers to use a standard framework for classifying mental disorders. Health insurance companies and drug regulation agencies also use the DSM, so its definition of what does or ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 17, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Laurence O'Dwyer Tags: Autism Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Science Psychiatry Mental health Source Type: news
Important Health Stories You May Have Missed
There's never a shortage of health-related headlines. I don't envy the editors of The Week magazine, who have to sift through countless inane weight-loss stories as well as seemingly important new research to determine just the right fit for the magazine's "Health Scare of the Week" column.
Like those editors, the public has the arduous responsibility of judiciously deciding what news stories to toss aside and what stories to accept as important. Last week's story said red wine will protect your heart, this week it's toxic, and next week your choice of wine or beer make determine whether you are alive or dead by age 55......
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ritalin Could Trigger Heart Problems In Children
Ritalin and similar forms of ADHD medication may trigger abnormal heart rhythms and increase heart attack risk in some children soon after they start taking the drug, according to a new study.
This connection was especially true for children who were born with heart disease.
According to the study, published in the British medical journal BMJ, kids had an increased risk of heart attack between eight and 56 days after starting methylphenidate, a stimulant most commonly sold as Ritalin, although this heightened risk didn’t reach statistical significance. The researchers could find no evidence of a heightened...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Patterns of ADHD Treatment Among Insured Children Aged 2-5Patterns of ADHD Treatment Among Insured Children Aged 2-5
This report indicates that the majority of insured children aged 2-5 years under clinical care for ADHD are not receiving the recommended first-line treatment. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pediatrics Journal Article Source Type: news
Association of traumatic brain injury in childhood and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a population-based study - Yang LY, Huang CC, Chiu WT, Huang LT, Lo WC, Wang JY.
BACKGROUND: We evaluated the risk of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) following childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS: Using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we included 10,416 newly diagnosed TBI child...
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Birth Date May Influence Child's Risk For ADHD Diagnosis
A child's birth date could play a role in determining which kids will be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and subsequently put on medication to treat it, a new study from Taiwan suggests. The researchers found that preschool and school-age children who were born in August had an increased risk of being diagnosed with ADHD and receiving medication for it compared to their classmates who were born in September. But this finding did not hold true in teenagers, according to the study, published today (March 10) in The Journal of Pediatrics. Because the cutoff birth date for entering sc...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Are So Many College and High School Kids Abusing Adderall
During the past 15 years, there has been a remarkable transformation in the drug trade. It used to be dominated by the illegal drug cartels. Now it it is dominated by the legal drug companies. The most dangerous legal drugs are the prescription opioids, now responsible for twice as many deaths as street drugs and also for a secondary epidemic of heroin addiction. The next most dangerous legal drugs are Xanax and other short acting benzodiazepines that potentiate overdoses, cause severe addiction, raise the risk of falls, and worsen cognitive problems. ADHD meds are the most dangerous legal drugs among young people in co...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
ADHD in the US: New Facts and FiguresADHD in the US: New Facts and Figures
Minority children who lack health insurance are less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - May 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
8 Women Share What It's Like Switching To An IUD
Intrauterine devices are one of the most effective forms of reversible birth control, but few American women use them. That, however, is starting to change: The percentage of women using IUDs has grown rapidly in recent years as new products have come onto the market and as more doctors recommend women consider them.
Recent government reports show that over 6 percent of women -- and over 11 percent of women ages 25 to 34 -- now use IUDs to prevent pregnancy. Those are small numbers, but the share of women who have IUDs is still nearly double what it was just five years ago. To find out more about the reasons IUD use is on...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
OCD, Medication, and Genetic Testing
If you’ve read a good number of my articles over the years, you might remember that my son Dan had some bad experiences with medication used to treat his obsessive-compulsive disorder. He was overmedicated, wrongly medicated, and improperly weaned from various combinations of 10 different medications over a 15-month period. Not only didn’t medication help him, it hurt him. For my son, the best meds turned out to be no meds at all.
There are, however, many OCD sufferers who do appear to be helped by medication (usually in combination with exposure and response prevention therapy). But even for those who benefit from tak...
Source: Psych Central - February 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Disorders General Genetics Medications Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder genetic testing Medicine Pharmaceutical drug Pharmacology Prescription Drug Stigma Trial And Error Source Type: news
Few kids receive psychotherapy along with medication for ADHD, study finds
(RAND Corporation) For many children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, medication alone can manage symptoms. But evidence shows that some affected children do better and can take lower doses of stimulant medications when they receive behavioral therapy along with ADHD drugs. A new study finds that about one quarter of commercially-insured children who are treated with medication for ADHD also receive psychotherapy, and the percentage is far lower in many parts of the country.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - September 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Antidepressant use in pregnancy linked to ADHD
Conclusion
This study suggests a potential link between women taking antidepressants during pregnancy and an increased risk of ADHD, but not ASDs, in their children. The limitation to this type of study is that factors other than the antidepressants, such as the depression itself, or genetic factors increasing both depression and ADHD risk, might be causing the effect seen.
The researchers used various methods to take this into account, but acknowledge that other factors could still be having an effect. While the link with ADHD remained significant after taking maternal depression into account, it did not remain significan...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Pregnancy/child Medication Source Type: news
My hysterectomy – Marie’s Story
I am 8 days post op after a abdominal hysterectomy I wanted to share my hysterectomy story as I have read many stories and some if the put me off having a hysterectomy.
I have always had really painful periods since they started aged 13. I am now 39 I have really suffered heavy and painful periods the pain being that bad I would be physically sick and they prevented me from doing things I wouldn’t go on the pill or have medication as there is a family history of thrombosis which caused my dad to die aged 49 so medication was not a option for me.
I have one child always wanted more but this never happened for me so I ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 14, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories abdominal hysterectomy heavy bleeding Source Type: news
My hysterectomy – Marie ’ s Story
I am 8 days post op after a abdominal hysterectomy I wanted to share my hysterectomy story as I have read many stories and some if the put me off having a hysterectomy.
I have always had really painful periods since they started aged 13. I am now 39 I have really suffered heavy and painful periods the pain being that bad I would be physically sick and they prevented me from doing things I wouldn’t go on the pill or have medication as there is a family history of thrombosis which caused my dad to die aged 49 so medication was not a option for me.
I have one child always wanted more but this never happened for me so I ...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 14, 2014 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health abdominal hysterectomy heavy bleeding hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
