Ill Children: 1 in 5 American kids are chronically sick - One in five children in the USA has a chronic illness. The figure has trebled in the last 20 years, mainly because of rising levels of asthma, obesit...

ADHD drugs: They work only for the first 3 years - ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) drugs such as Ritalin work only for the first three years. Despite this, they are often prescribed th...

Psychiatrists sued for promoting ritalin - Two landmark US lawsuits have been filed alleging that attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were inven...

Adhd: - Researcher is sacked for speaking out - It's a fact that ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is an over diagnosed 'condition' that makes patients of children who used to be class...

Ritalin: robots on parade - Recently, doctors have begun to warn parents that the long range outcome for children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not...

What is ADHD? - ADHD, or attention-deficit, hyperactivity disorder, used to be known simply as hyperactivity. With its wider definition, it now catches children who f...

Ritalin - Ritalin (methylphenidate), taken by as many as a million American children to control hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder (ADD), has been lar...

Adderall, - FDA sits and waits amid Adderall deaths. Many are aware of the dangerous side-effects of amphetamines, especially when they are used to treat children...