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Medical News Today: Does ADHD affect IQ?
There is no correlation between ADHD and intelligence or IQ. However, some people with ADHD may have symptoms that allow them to intensely focus on tasks they enjoy, while others may have symptoms that prevent them from focusing at all. Learn more about ADHD and IQ here.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD / ADD Source Type: news
ADHD Can Emerge After Childhood
Study findings have important implications for understanding ADHD, as ADHD that onsets in adulthood could have different causes to childhood ADHD
Source: Disabled World - May 18, 2016 Category: Disability Tags: ADHD and ADD Source Type: news
FDA Approves Video Game Made By Boston Company For Treating ADHD In Kids
BOSTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has for the first time approved a video game for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.
The FDA said Monday the game built by Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs can improve attention function.
The game, called EndeavorRx, requires a prescription and is designed for children ages 8 to 12 with certain symptoms of ADHD.
It’s the first time the FDA has cleared a digital therapy for improving ADHD symptoms, and the first time the agency has ever authorized marketing of a game-based therapy for any condition.
Screenshot of EndeavorRx (Photo cred...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Boston News Health Syndicated CBSN Boston ADHD Children With ADHD EndeavorRx FDA Source Type: news
More ADHD Diagnoses Over The Last Ten Years
Rates of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) have risen by 24% over the last ten years, researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group reported in JAMA Pediatrics. The authors, who carried out a study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan, described the increase as "very significant". A study carried out by researchers from Northwestern Medicine reported in the March/April 2012 issue of Academic Peditrics that the ADHD diagnosis rate had risen 66% in ten years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
ADHD Diagnoses Rose 24% In Ten Years
Rates of ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) have risen by 24% over the last ten years, researchers from the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Medical Group reported in JAMA Pediatrics. The authors, who carried out a study of medical records at the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan, described the increase as "very significant". A study carried out by researchers from Northwestern Medicine reported in the March/April 2012 issue of Academic Peditrics that the ADHD diagnosis rate had risen 66% in ten years...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 22, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Elvanse® (Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate) Receives UK Marketing Authorisation - New Option For The Treatment Of ADHD In Children And Adolescents
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) have announced that its single-daily dose long-acting prodrug stimulant, Elvanse, has been authorised by the MHRA for the treatment of ADHD in children aged 6 years and over when response to previous methylphenidate treatment is considered clinically inadequate.2 Elvanse is the first stimulant prodrug to be launched in Europe for the treatment of ADHD. It is ingested in an inactive form and subsequently activated within the body, meaning that the active part of Elvanse is gradually released over time...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Clinical Guidelines When Treating Preschoolers With ADHD Not Followed By 90 Percent Of Pediatric Specialists
A recent study by pediatricians from the Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York examined to what extent pediatric physicians adhere to American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical guidelines regarding pharmacotherapy in treating young patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The results showed that more than 90 percent of medical specialists who diagnose and manage ADHD in preschoolers do not follow treatment guidelines recently published by the AAP...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 7, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
In Children With ADHD Methylphenidate 'Normalizes' Activation In Key Brain Areas
The stimulant drug methylphenidate "normalizes" activation of several brain areas in young patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a review published in the May Harvard Review of Psychiatry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) show increased activation of key brain areas after a dose of methylphenidate in young patients with ADHD, according to the systematic review by Constance A...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Breastfeeding May Help Prevent ADHD In Children
Breastfeeding may help prevent children from developing ADHD (attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder) later in life, according to a new study. The research was conducted by a team of Israeli researchers and published in Breastfeeding Medicine, the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. The scientists, led by Aviva Mimouni-Bloch, MD, of the Tel-Aviv University (TAU) Sackler Faculty of Medicine, wanted to determine whether the development of ADHD might be linked to a shorter duration of breastfeeding...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Brain Dopamine Transporter Levels Increased By Long-term ADHD Treatment
Long-term treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with certain stimulant medications may alter the density of the dopamine transporter, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Gene-Jack Wang and colleagues from Brookhaven National Laboratory and the intramural program at NIH. ADHD is commonly treated using drugs to target dysfunctional dopamine signaling in the brain, such as methylphenidate (commonly known as Ritalin)...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 17, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
ADHD In Childhood May Lead To Obesity In Adulthood
Boys who are diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to become obese in adulthood than those who did not have the condition when they were young, a new long-term study has shown. The finding, published in the journal Pediatrics, revealed that men who have childhood ADHD were more likely to have a greater body-mass index (BMI) and obesity - even when they no longer experience symptoms of the condition. Among these men, socioeconomic status did not matter - all seemed to have a predisposition to becoming obese...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 21, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
Computer-Based ADHD Assessment Being Trialled In UK Prisons For The First Time
Researchers hope that more accurate diagnosis and assessment can lead to improved inmate behavior and reduce offences A new ADHD tool is being investigated in the UK prison population for the first time. Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London are using the computer-based QbTest; an objective test to assist in the accurate diagnosis of ADHD in young adult inmates. QbTest is the first system that has been cleared by both the FDA and European authorities to be used in children and adults...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Children With ADHD More Likely To Be Moderately Disabled
Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Chicago have found that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to demonstrate a moderate disability after sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury than children without ADHD. Detailed findings of this phenomenon are reported and discussed in "The impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder on recovery from mild traumatic brain injury. Clinical article," by Christopher M. Bonfield, M.D., Sandi Lam, M.D., M.B.A., Yimo Lin, B.A...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - June 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
New ADHD Test Uses Brainwaves
A new test of brain waves measured by electroencephalogram (EEG) has been approved for helping to diagnose whether a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the green light to the NEBA System, which, "along with other clinical information, may help healthcare providers more accurately determine if ADHD is the cause of a behavioral problem," says Christy Foreman, a product evaluation director at the FDA. EEGs record electrical impulses, or waves, produced by neurons - nerve cells - in the brain...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
ADHD and texting found to significantly impair teenage driving
ADHD and texting both significantly impair driving performance among teenagers, according to a study published online today in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used a driving simulator to test the driving performance of 16- and 17-year-old drivers; approximately half of the study's 61 participants had been diagnosed with ADHD, the other half had not. During the 40-minute driving simulation, researchers measured the speed and lane position of the young drivers as they texted and talked on the phone...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: ADHD Source Type: news
