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These Calgarians say TikTok told them they had ADHD — turns out, they do
Local psychologists say they've seen a big increase in the number of young adults who come to them requesting assessments — for ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — citing social media like TikTok and Instagram as their primary source of information.
Source: CBC | Health - November 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

These Canadians with ADHD are finding acceptance and understanding online
As is common for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, 27-year-old Maylee Bossier of Chatham, Ont., said she had long put off making an appointment to get a diagnosis, as recommended by her therapist. Then the pandemic hit.
Source: CBC | Health - October 8, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Windsor Source Type: news

For Some Women With ADHD, TikTok Is the First Place They Felt Heard
Emilie Leyes, 27, works with actors in New York to build mental resilience and manage work stress. When she started scrolling through TikToks about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it was because she wanted to learn more about people with ADHD—so that she could better help clients who had the condition. Leyes quickly discovered, though, that she identified strongly with the people in these videos. “​​I truly had no idea I had ADHD until I joined TikTok,” she says. Leyes is one of many women to conclude that they have ADHD after spending time on the platform. The ADHD hashtag o...
Source: TIME: Health - September 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kitty Ruskin Tags: Uncategorized biztech2030 Health Care healthscienceclimate Social Media Source Type: news

ADHD Raises Adult Suicide Risk, Especially for Women
  TUESDAY, Dec. 29, 2020 -- Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a strikingly high prevalence of attempted suicide, with women being at particular risk, researchers say. The study of nearly 22,000 Canadian adults...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

The dark side of ADHD: factors associated with suicide attempts among those with ADHD in a national representative Canadian sample - Fuller-Thomson E, Rivi ère RN, Carrique L, Agbeyaka S.
This study investigated the prevalence and odds of suicide attempts among adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) compared to those without and identified factors associated with suicide attempts among adults with ADHD. METHODS...
Source: SafetyLit - December 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

The pandemic helped me realize I have ADHD — at 34
The traits I consider to be my biggest flaws were spiralling in self-isolation to a point that I felt they were no longer manageable. As I was going through the motions thinking something must be “wrong” with me, a friend posted an article on adult ADHD and every word jumped out at me.
Source: CBC | Health - September 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news

Concussion Ups Odds for Many Brain Conditions
The study of more than 186,000 Canadians found that those who suffered a concussion were more likely to develop any of several conditions, including: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); depression or anxiety; Parkinson's disease; or dementia.
Source: WebMD Health - July 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

'My mind was a dog untrained': P.E.I. woman finds hope with late-in-life ADHD diagnosis
After years of stress and inability to focus, last year Pam Boutilier began to suspect she had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. She finally got a diagnosis at age 43.
Source: CBC | Health - September 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/PEI Source Type: news

Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Safe? A New Study Reignites a Long-Standing Debate
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics has given new life to a long-running debate: whether adding fluoride to drinking water is a prudent way to prevent tooth decay, or a potentially toxic mistake. The research, which focused on mother-child pairs from six Canadian cities, found that high fluoride exposure during pregnancy was correlated with lower IQ scores among young children, especially boys. “Based on the current evidence, it is a reasonable recommendation to tell women to reduce their fluoride intake during pregnancy,” says study co-author Christine Till, an associate professor of psychology at York Univer...
Source: TIME: Health - August 20, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Research Source Type: news

‘They’re Chipping Away.’ Inside the Grassroots Effort to Fight Mandatory Vaccines
Christina Hildebrand went down a rabbit hole and emerged at the statehouse in Sacramento. That’s how she describes it–going down a rabbit hole–and in her case it happened 14 years ago, when she was pregnant with her first child. In a world filled with chemicals and toxins, processed foods and GMOs, she decided her baby would be brought up as naturally and chemical-free as possible. It was when she was researching how best to achieve that goal that she bumped into vaccines. That was a bad time to begin thinking about such things. The fraudulent 1998 paper by British physician Andrew Wakefield ostensibly li...
Source: TIME: Health - June 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger/Sacramento Tags: Uncategorized vaccines Source Type: news

FDA Approves First Medical Device To Treat ADHD In Children
(CNN) — The first medical device to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was OK’d Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration. Designated for children ages 7 to 12 who are not currently on medication for the disorder, the device delivers a low-level electrical pulse to the parts of the brain responsible for ADHD symptoms. “This new device offers a safe, non-drug option for treatment of ADHD in pediatric patients through the use of mild nerve stimulation, a first of its kind,” Carlos Peña, director of the Division of Neurological and Physical Medicine Devices in the F...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN ADHD Source Type: news

Researchers Find More Screen Time Leads To More Behavioral Problems In Children
BOSTON (CBS) – There’s more reason to limit your child’s use of digital media. Canadian researchers found that the more time a preschooler spends on screens a day, the more likely they are to exhibit behavioral problems. Young children often spend two to three hours a day using screens, including televisions, tablets, smartphones, video games, etc. Researchers looked at 2,400 children between the ages of 3 and 5 and found that compared to kids with less than 30 minutes a day, those who got more than two hours of screen time a day were more likely to have problems with inattention. In fact, those kids were...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Healthwatch Syndicated Local Children's Health Dr. Mallika Marshall Screen Time Source Type: news

First double-blind controlled trial of TNS shows reduced symptoms in some children with ADHD
(Elsevier) Currently approved in Canada and Europe for adults with medication-resistant depression and seizures, trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) has been found to be an effective and safe means of treatment for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), reports a study published in the April 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Connection Between Physical and Mental Health
Many of us seriously underrate how strongly our body affects our state-of-mind. We don’t realize how strongly poor diet, lack of sleep, and too little exercise can affect our emotional and mental health. Better Nutrition Can Alleviate Depression and Anxiety Over the past decade, interest in how diet affects mental health has grown considerably. Large studies have found that habitual consumption of an unhealthy diet (defined as high in processed foods) is associated with increased risk of depression, anxiety, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents.1 A study employing a “diet inte...
Source: Psych Central - March 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Fabiana Franco, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Exercise General Habits Healthy Living Sleep Source Type: news

King Devick computerized neurocognitive test scores in professional football players with learning and attentional disabilities - Mrazik M, Naidu D, Borza C, Kobitowich T, Shergill S.
This study examined outcomes from the King Devick (K-D) in athletes with Learning Disabilities (LD) and attention disorders (ADHD). METHODS: A total of 574 professional football players from the Canadian Football League (CFL) completed b...
Source: SafetyLit - February 28, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news