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Children with ADHD and Obesity

In this article: Highlights of Studies How Body Mass Index is Determined Possible Reasons Children with ADHD are Overweight What Parents Can Do to Help Do children with ADHD have a higher prevalence of being overweight?  There have been several studies trying to answer this question over the past several years, but the answer is... Read moreChevron
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My Personal Reflections on Discredited Link Between Vaccines and Autism

Yesterday Health Day News reported that The Lancet, an international medical journal, had retracted a study originally published in 1998 which had been led by researcher, Dr. Andrew Wakefield.  This particular study had far reaching implications as it linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (the MMR) to the development of autism in... Read moreChevron
posted 02/03/2010, comments (3)|
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Health Care Reform: Status of CHADD’s 13 Principles

The House and Senate have each passed health care reform legislation. What is the status of CHADD's 13 principles? On August 13, CHADD issued 13 principles to consider in health care reform. On October 15, CHADD and five national sister organizations (AACAP, ASA, CABF, MHA, and NAMI) issued five principles to consider. The five are a merged... Read moreChevron
posted 12/31/2009, comment (1)|
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FDA to Promote Life Cycle Protections

On December 8, the new Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, Margaret Hamburg, MD, told the National Health Council, which includes CHADD, that the FDA will be tracking and responding to a "life cycle" approach to medication treatment. Rather than approve medications for sale on the market after approved clinical trials and waiting for... Read moreChevron
posted 12/22/2009, comments (0)|
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Neurofeedback: Seeking the Evidence

Thousands of American families, including my own, have invested thousands of dollars in a promising intervention for AD/HD-neurofeedback. No health insurance plan in America pays for neurofeedback for the treatment of AD/HD as the evidence-based science is not yet there. CHADD's professional advisory board has published What We Know statements on... Read moreChevron
posted 12/01/2009, comments (0)|
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