ADHD News

EDITORIAL: Where Chicago Public Schools went wrong on special education
Chicago Sun-Times
Not too long ago, far too many black kids in America were being prescribed Ritalin to treat flawed diagnoses of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. To that extent, we think it is laudable to review special education guidelines. What creates ...

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Spectrum
Risk genes for autism overlap with those for attention deficit
Spectrum
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) carry rare, harmful mutations in many of the same genes as people with autism, an analysis of thousands of sequences suggests. The findings suggest that mutations in these genes increase the ...

ADDitude
Children with ADHD More Likely to Have Increased Sensory Challenges
ADDitude
The study, published this month in The Journal of Neurophysiology, examined 129 children between the ages of eight and 12, approximately half of whom had been diagnosed with ADHD. The children all underwent tactile functioning tests where weak levels ...

Medical Xpress
Can adults develop ADHD? New research says probably not
Medical Xpress
"The notion of a widespread adult-onset ADHD epidemic falls apart when you have access to detailed patient clinical records and history," said Sibley, an associate professor of psychiatry & behavioral health at FIU's Center for Children and Families ...
Can adults develop ADHD? Research says probably not - FIU NewsFIU News
Health Highlights: Oct. 20, 2017 | Health Care | US NewsU.S. News & World Report

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Paulick Report (blog)
The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine Racetrack: New 'Detection' Methods?
Paulick Report (blog)
A trainer in Oklahoma whose horse tested positive for Ritalin is no longer under suspension pending the case against her because she offered to take a polygraph and the stewards agreed and had a lie detector test administered to her. In this edition of ...

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Sheridan Man Changes Plea on Delivery Charges | SheridanMedia ...
Sheridan Media (press release)
Kieran Cowan, 27-year-old Sheridan resident, changed his plea to “guilty” on various drug delivery charges and and admitted that he'd violated terms of his ...

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New York Times
New Study Casts Doubt on Diagnosis of Adult-Onset ADHD
New York Times
Dr. Solanto said the study all but ruled out adult-onset A.D.H.D. as a stand-alone diagnosis. Other experts cautioned that it was too early to say definitively, and noted that attention deficits often precede mood and substance abuse problems — which ...

Paulick Report
No Lie: Polygraph Test Helps Trainer Overturn Summary Suspension
Paulick Report
Stewards in Oklahoma last month reversed a summary suspension of a trainer whose horse tested positive for the Class 1 drug Ritalin after the trainer was given a polygraph examination, often called a lie-detector test. Stacey Capps was summarily ...

Annual ADHD conference held in Hattiesburg
WDAM-TV
HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) -. Over 400 people attended the annual ADHD conference held in West Hattiesburg at Temple Baptist Church, which began on Thursday and continues into Friday. The conference includes sessions on a variety of topics related ...

Health Care Sector Update for 10/19/2017: IMMY,ADHD,JNJ,IMNP
Nasdaq
(+) ADHD, Announces research collaboration and global licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson's ( JNJ ) Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary to develop and commercialize nucleic acid-based drug products to treat hepatitis B. Deal includes an upfront ...

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How Structural Changes Can Signal Brains of Young Adults With ...
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network
Adult ADHD diagnosis and particular child symptoms were associated with widespread macro- and micro-structural changes in the frontal, basal ganglia, ...

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Smarter Analyst
Health Care Sector Update for 10/19/2017: QURE,ADHD,JNJ,IMNP
Nasdaq
(+) ADHD, (+36.9%) Announces research collaboration and global licensing agreement with Johnson & Johnson's ( JNJ ) Janssen Pharmaceuticals subsidiary to develop and commercialize nucleic acid-based drug products to treat hepatitis B. Deal includes ...
Uniqure N.v. - QURE - Stock Price Today - ZacksZacks Investment Research

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Novartis Q3 core net income seen stable at $2.9 bln
Times of India
... Ritalin - - Sandoz 2,488 2,490 2,546 2,430 7 2,517 -1.15 2,451 - - Alcon 1,463 1,465 1,484 1,441 7 1,436 1.88 1,516 Core 3,307 3,325 3,439 3,129 9 3,381 -2.19 3,235 operating income Core net 2,928 2,932 3,092 2,776 10 2,933 -0.17 2,867 income Core ...

Smarter Analyst
Arcturus Therapeutics (ADHD) Enters Pact with Johnson & Johnson ...
StreetInsider.com
Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADHD) a leading RNA medicines company, announced today that it has entered into a research collaboration and ...
Alcobra Ltd (ADHD) Stock Fires Up To The Roof; Here's WhySmarter Analyst
Alcobra up 46% premarket on Arcturus/Janssen deal in HBVSeeking Alpha

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Live Webinar on November 7: Good for Business: How ADHD Can Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Potential
ADDitude
What is it about the ADHD brain that aligns so perfectly with entrepreneurship? How is it that some leaders leverage their ADHD traits into business advantages? As it turns out, what you mistook for “symptoms” just might be your greatest strengths.

ADDitude
“A Mom Faces Reality as College Looms for Her Daughter with ADHD”
ADDitude
If anyone knew how difficult it was to raise a child with ADHD, it was me. Funny how time hardens you, I thought. Years before, like my doctor's sister, I'd battled frustration that my child didn't match my expectations, like a puzzle piece you keep ...

Reader's Digest
The Surprising Factor That Makes an ADHD Diagnosis More Likely
Reader's Digest
This newer study, published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal, indicates that kids who are on the younger side of their grade are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ADHD symptoms in children include ...

FOCUS Online
Ritalin für Erwachsene: Wann das Medikament verschrieben wird ...
FOCUS Online
Nicht nur Kinder leiden an ADHS, auch Erwachsene bekommen Medikamente gegen Aufmerksamkeitsstörungen verschrieben. Vielen verhelfe das Medikament ...
Ritalin für Erwachsene: Wenn der Vorhang verschwindetKölner Stadt-Anzeiger
Immer mehr ADHS bei ErwachsenenMDR

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ADDitude
Is Coffee Really Helping Me Focus Better?
ADDitude
Caffeine modestly increases alertness and concentration compared to ADHD stimulants. However, children with ADHD experience mixed results from caffeine; some are calmer, but others experience irregular heartbeat, agitation, increased anxiety, ...

U.S. News & World Report
Can ADHD Increase the Odds a Young Person Will Smoke?
U.S. News & World Report
“Does ADHD increase the risk for cigarette smoking? Unequivocally, yes,” says Scott H. Kollins, professor and vice chair for research in the department of psychiatry and behavior at the Duke University School of Medicine. “Many studies support the idea ...