Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder News

• ADHD Diagnosis Rates Rose Sharply in Past Decade

  By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) — In the past decade, the number of children receiving a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen by 66 percent, new research indicates. In 2000, just 6.2 million physician office visits resulted in a diagnosis of ADHD. By 2010, that number had jumped to 10.4 million [...]

• Fetal Exposure to Cellphone Radiation Tied to ADHD-Like Symptoms in Mice

  By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — In experiments involving mice, fetal exposure to cellphone radiation appeared linked to symptoms in offspring that resemble attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in human children, Yale researchers report. Moreover, these problems with attention, hyperactivity and memory continued when the mice became adults and were worse the longer they [...]

• ADHD Diagnoses More Common in Youngest Kids in Class

  Children who are the youngest in their class are more likely than their older classmates to be diagnosed and given medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—suggesting that immaturity may be part of the problem, not ADHD.

• General Anesthesia in Infancy Linked to ADHD

  THURSDAY, February 2, 2012 (Health.com) — Infants who undergo surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in their first two years of life may be at increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they grow older. A new study of 5,357 children born in Rochester, Minn., between 1976 and 1982 found that kids who underwent [...]

• Anesthesia in Early Childhood May Be Linked to ADHD

  By Lisa EspositoHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) — Children who have more than one surgery with general anesthesia by their second birthday might be at higher risk for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests. Mayo Clinic researchers looked through medical records of 341 children diagnosed with ADHD before age 19, to find who had [...]