<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>ADHDCentral.com - Latest ADHD News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/</link><description>Latest ADHD News from ADHDCentral.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>ADHDCentral.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/</link></image><item><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:08:01 EST</pubDate><title>Mother's Age May Double Autism Risk: Study</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/news-462431-98.html</link><description>A new study has found that a woman's risk of giving birth to a child who will later be diagnosed with autism doubles if she is over the age of 40.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/adhd/news-462431-98.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:30:03 EST</pubDate><title>Girls With ADHD Face Other Mental 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