Word: adhd
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...study, co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health Professor Steven L. Gortmaker, examined rates of asthma, obesity, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young children and explored both the causes and long-term effects of these ailments...
...that time, asthma was pretty well defined," he said. "But ADHD was not as well defined, and obesity was not really recognized as a major health problem...
With that in mind, Farah is studying modafinil, a drug developed for narcolepsy that is prescribed off-label to patients with depression, ADHD or even jet lag. In the military, it's used to sharpen soldiers' alertness and cognition. Her research is attempting to determine how this chemical affects normal people. "Is there a trade-off," she wonders, "between focusing attention and reducing creativity? And if more workers use it to excel, will we have a workforce of narrow, rigid thinkers...
...feel pressure to take--or give our kids--focus- or memory-sharpening drugs to compete at school or work. In fact, says Richard Glen Boire, senior fellow on law and policy at the Center for Cognitive Liberty & Ethics in Davis, Calif., "some schools require kids--not diagnosed with ADHD by doctors--to take Ritalin to attend school...
...their birth. He is on the lookout for behavioral changes that could be the legacy of drug effects on the central nervous system. "We are beginning to see subtle but profound impacts on the brain," he says. "Among teenagers infected [at birth], there seem to be high rates of ADHD, psychiatric disorders and cognitive problems...