A Really Big Story yesterday on ADHD: A BMJ study finds adults with ADHD lose three weeks of work per year (via absence, lost efficiency, etc.) compared to coworkers without ADHD. Yikes. Let's dig in and figure out what this really means.
What you need to know:
1. A vast majority of the workers with ADHD were untreated.... Read more
A new statement from the American Heart Association is quite explicit: Before you give kids stimulant meds for ADHD, make sure their heart health is checked. This may include an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Three things you need to know:
1. There's no new horror story behind this--though there is a rare risk of sudden cardiac death... Read more
Since stimulant medications like Ritilin often suppress appetite, it's long been controversial whether taking those drugs can make kids smaller than they'd otherwise be. A new report on ADHD treatments in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry suggests this may be true.Bottom line firstKids taking... Read more
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