For years, people thought that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a problem that only kids had. It was ...

An adult brain with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more vulnerable to damage linked to dementia. That’s what a recent study from researchers in Switzerland has uncovered. It ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain regulates attention, motivation, emotional responses, and impulse control. Despite common ...

Thirty years ago, medical and psychological experts believed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a childhood disease. Clinicians reassured parents that their child would outgrow the ...

Many people with ADHD wonder if they have a "bad" memory. I think “bad” is an unhelpful way to describe memory and “uneven” would be more accurate. Adults, teens and kids with ADHD often struggle with ...

DENVER, Colo. — In the last eight years, the number of kids diagnosed with ADHD has jumped by 30%, according to a study. But greater than that, a study published in JAMA found that adult ADHD ...

As many as one in four adults in the U.S. may suspect they have undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a survey commissioned by The Ohio State University Wexner ...

We typically have the notion that in order to learn we have to sit still – we spend a lot of time in classrooms inculcating the importance of focused attention WHILE being still and not moving. But ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who don't show a hand preference are more likely than their righty or lefty peers to perform poorly in school, a new study in the journal Pediatrics shows. And ...

Angela Carpenter Gildner, 55, is a social worker in Washington, D.C. When her son was diagnosed with ADHD, she suspected that she also had the condition and was later diagnosed with it. She shares ...

After evaluating scans of almost 5,800 children with and without attention deficit disorder, US researchers discovered that ...