attention deficit hyperactivity

Most adults do not face a higher risk of heart attack when taking stimulant medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) process visual information differently than children without the disorder, preliminary research shows.

Children as young as 4 can be put on Ritalin for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but therapy should be the first line of treatment, according to new guidelines the American Academy of Pediatrics will release this week.

(MedPage Today) -- Is it just a fidgety kid or a bona fide diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)?

Most of the voters in the latest MedPage Today poll suspect the former.

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The proportion of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen from 6.9% to 9% in the past decade, a CDC study shows.

Patients, pharmacists and manufacturers are reporting a serious shortage of medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) due to a hold in 2010 by the DEA on the drugs' main ingredients

Twenty-two percent of 268 patients who claimed to be suffering from attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder were fudging the intensity of their symptoms to make them seem worse according to new clinical reports.

Babies who cry excessively and have difficulty sleeping and feeding may be at increased risk for behavioral problems during childhood, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a study shows.

LONDON -- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to have missing or extra chromosomes than other children - the first evidence that the disorder is genetic, a new study says.