Hyperactivity Drug Can Be Added to Food
According to a small study at the University of Texas, a medication commonly used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be safely taken in powder form without compromising any of its beneficial effects. According to researchers, Metadate, a once-daily treatment for ADHD, may be taken by sprinkling the contents of the capsule onto food.// And because the drug prov...Hyperactivity disorder a biological malfunction
Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD - have underactive parts of the brain which deal with decision-making, thinking and planning. The abnormality was revealed by a magnetic scanning device// which enabled researchers to look at the brains of children without harming them from radioactivity. Eric Taylor, Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Medical Research Council, said...Iron Supplementation Aid In Relief From Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
In what is claimed to be of the first of its kind, French researchers report of the effectiveness of iron supplementation in a young child with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder//. The authors, writing in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, present the case report of a 3-year-old child, who was referred to consultation for hyperactivity, attention deficit, impulsivit...Premature, Low Birthweight Babies are Prone to Hyperactivity Disorder
Researchers has found that babies that were born prematurely or with low birthweight are more likely to become hyperactive, with low attention spans, at later stages//. Premature or low birthweight babies are up to three times as likely to become hyperactive, with low attention spans, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. Hypera...Hyperactivity and Poor Academic Success Linked to Common Genetic Influences
Researchers have revealed that hyperactive behaviour and poor academic achievement are linked primarily because of common genetic influences. Although the relationship between such behaviours as over-activity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness in children and poor achievement in math, reading, language, and other areas has been well documented, little is known about the reasons for...