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ADHD timebomb fear as diagnoses rocket in the UK among adults and boys over the past two decades 
Britain has seen a significant rise in diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with the most cases in boys aged ten to 16, a study shows.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HEALTH NOTES: Office workers wired differently as 9 in 10 say they're 'neurodiverse', study claims
Nine out of ten British office workers described themselves as being 'neurodiverse', according to a study. It is a term to describe people with conditions such as autism and ADHD (file photo).
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

ADHD prescriptions jump 33% in a year with women in their 20s and 30s driving record uptick
Britain's ADHD boom has been revealed by fascinating graphs that chart the surge in the behavioural condition that now sees more adults, particularly young women, being diagnosed.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News 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

Atopic Dermatitis and Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood Atopic Dermatitis and Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood
Other than ADHD, which is known to be associated with atopic dermatitis in children, are there other psychiatric conditions or treatments associated with childhood AD?The British Journal of Dermatology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology Journal Article 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

Leonardo da Vinci May Have Had ADHD
FRIDAY, May 24, 2019 -- Leonardo da Vinci ' s legendary struggles to complete projects suggest he may have had attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a British researcher says. That ' s the latest in a series of attempts to understand the...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Chiropractor crackdown: College gives ultimatum on misleading health claims
There is no acceptable scientific evidence that chiropractors can treat Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, infections, autism, ADHD or Down syndrome. And yet, some practitioners in this province claim they can.
Source: CBC | Health - October 15, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news

Don ’t be in any doubt – ADHD is a condition and it must be treated | Ann Robinson
Britain is right to take a more cautious approach than the US, but we should be prepared to fund a range of treatmentsImagine a neurological condition that affects one in 20 under-18s. It starts early, causes significant distress and pain to the child, damages families and limits the chances of leading a fulfilled life as an adult. One in 20 children are affected but only half of these will get a diagnosis and a fifth will receive treatment. If those stats related to a familiar and well-understood illness, such as asthma, there would be little debate about the need to improve intervention rates. But this is attention ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ann Robinson Tags: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Children NHS Health Medical research Society Science Source Type: news

Don ’t be in any doubt – ADHD is an illness and it must be treated | Ann Robinson
Britain is right to take a more cautious approach than the US, but we should be prepared to fund a range of treatmentsImagine a neurological condition that affects one in 20 under-18s. It starts early, causes significant distress and pain to the child, damages families and limits the chances of leading a fulfilled life as an adult. One in 20 children are affected but only half of these will get a diagnosis and a fifth will receive treatment. If those stats related to a familiar and well-understood illness, such as asthma, there would be little debate about the need to improve intervention rates. But this is attention ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 13, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Ann Robinson Tags: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Children NHS Health Medical research Society Science Source Type: news

Study points to potential misuse/abuse of ADHD drugs
(Wiley) A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study indicates that methylphenidate, a central nervous system stimulant approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy, may be subject to misuse and/or abuse.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Children at risk from ADHD diagnosis delays, experts warn
Some British children wait more than two years to be diagnosed with the condition, a report says.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Recommended Dose: Episode 2 with Dr Allen Frances
Leading US psychiatrist Dr Allen Frances today warns of the increasing dangers of  over-medicalisation and overdiagnosis in Australia and around the world, saying ‘people are way too frightened of disease, and way too little frightened of the treatments for disease.’Described as one of world ' s most prominent psychiatrists, Dr Allen Frances recently made headlines for the controversial claim that ' Donald Trump isn ' t mad, we are ' . In a new episode of Australian podcast  The Recommended Dose with Ray Moynihan, he shares the thinking behind this now infamous statement and goes on to look at the increasingly critic...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - October 26, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Muriah Umoquit Source Type: news

What Are the Health Needs of Incarcerated Youth?
Discussion In the US during 2011, ~60,000 youth were incarcerated at some time in a correctional facility. Boys are detained more than girls (86% vs 14% respectively in the US, 95% male in the United Kingdom in 2014) but girls have more health issues. There are racial and ethnic differences with 38-40% of detainees being black, 23% being Hispanic/Latino and 32% being white, and 5% other. For detained youth, 5% are for violent crimes, 22% for non-violent property crimes and the majority of the rest are for non-violent offices such as substance use. The average length of detainment is 3-4 months and unfortunately the rates o...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - October 16, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Sugar could be as addictive as cocaine says BJSM
Cutting sugar (file pic) out of a diet may lead to depression and even behavioural disorders such as ADHD, the paper published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine revealed.
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 25, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news