Adults With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Score High in Creativity ScienceDaily (Mar. 11, 2011) Young adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder showed more creativity compared with those who did not have ADHD, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Eckerd College also found that ADHD individuals preferred different thinking styles. They

A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national population including a rate of 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49. The N.F.L. has long denied the

Study: Early autism intervention in toddlers is effective By Miriam Falco, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS * Children in trial were between 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 at the beginning of study * Half of kids in study received a therapy that emphasized adult-directed play time * Kids in new therapy group increased IQ by nearly 18

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new type of drug, an alpha-2A adrenergic receptor agonist, to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children as young as six. The new ADHD drug, gunafacine (Intuniv), is from Shire Pharmaceuticals. The approval is for children ages 6 to 17 years of age. It will come

With Serious Brain Hemorrhage, Study Suggests (Mar. 8, 2010)  The research, led by Andrew Whitelaw, Professor of Neonatal Medicine at the University of Bristol, and Ian Pople, paediatric neurosurgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust, has shown that, after a haemorrhage, the fluid inside the ventricles contains substances potentially toxic to the immature brain. ——————————————————————————– See

‘Love hormone’ produces more engaged fathers By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 01/05/2013 23:13 Oxytocin is a hormone that facilitates bonding between mothers and newborns and between men and women in relationships. Photo by: REUTERS/Nigel Roddis Oxytocin, dubbed “the love hormone,” has for years been known by scientists to facilitate bonding between mothers and newborn babies and between

Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson, dead after suffering brain injury while skiing in Montreal By George Rush, Kerry Burke and Corky Siemaszko DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Updated Wednesday, March 18th 2009, 7:07 PM Corrigan/Getty Natasha Richardson and husband Liam Neeson in New York last May. Related News Photo Gallery * Natasha’s life & career

How the Environment Changes Youths The long-term effects of outside influences on children and adolescents were spotlighted on MD Consult this week. In one of the first studies of its kind, Growing Up With Media surveyed adolescents about violence in the media and revealed that “nine percent of adolescents participating…report[ed] that they had perpetrated some

MRI brain scan showing multiple sclerosis lesions An anti-tuberculosis vaccine could prevent multiple sclerosis, early research suggests. A small-scale study by researchers at the Sapienza University of Rome has raised hopes that the disease can be warded off when early symptoms appear. More research is needed before the BCG vaccine can be trialled on MS

U.S. Court, Western District of N.Y. rules ADHD child did not meet Helen Nguyen Despite a 10-year-old’s diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the U.S. Court for the Western District of New York did not find the child to be disabled under the Social Security Act. In affirming the Social Security Administration’s denial of

BBC News Autism spectrum disorders affect one out of every 88 people Autism can be identified in babies as young as two months, early research suggests. US researchers analysed how infants looked at faces from birth to the age of three. They found children later diagnosed with autism had shown diminished eye contact – a

Justice Dept Backs Disabilities Lawsuit against LSAC ByJoe Palazzolo The Justice Department threw its muscle behind a class action against the organization that administers the law school admission test, alleging a widespread failure to accommodate exam takers with disabilities. The agency’s Civil Rights Division on Wednesday asked U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen in San