ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in short, is a long-term condition that includes a combination of different ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University warn that exposure to air pollution may have serious implications ...

The National Institutes of Health awarded a seven-year continuation of the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, providing FIU and 20 other study sites ...

Any parent can tell you that it’s a tumultuous time when their children reach the age of 9 or 10. At that point, a child experiences daily physical, emotional, and social changes that signal the ...

Alianna Perez has a picture of her brain on her bedroom door. “Everybody has to come see it,” her mother, Eileen Perez, said. Every time a guest enters their home, 9-year-old Alianna takes them by the ...