How Do You Treat Your ADHD and Anxiety?
Generalized anxiety disorder is among the most common related conditions of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD). Rates of ADHD comorbidity in anxiety are high — approximately 47...
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Recall: Walmart Frozen Sausage for Salmonella Risk
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says George’s Prepared Foods of Caryville, TN, produced the Great Value brand pork sausage patty and turkey sausage patty products in April and May and shipped them...
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Teal Pumpkins Offer Allergy Safe Halloween Stops
The Food Allergy Research and Education wants to make Halloween inclusive for kids with food allergies, who may feel excluded because many Halloween foods are on their no-no list.
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What Kind of Drinking Can Trigger A-Fib?
The strongest risk factor for a-fib was the number of times per week a person drank. The greatest risk was seen in those who drank every day, followed by drinking twice or once a week.
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Listen to “Vaping and Teens with ADHD: A Parents’ Guide to Prevention,...
Listen to “Vaping and Teens with ADHD: A Parents’ Guide to Prevention, Cessation, and Treatment” with Kristin Seymour, MSN, RN, AHCNS Click the play button below to listen, or click the download icon...
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Listen to “Mindfulness and Self-Regulation Strategies for Children with ADHD”...
Listen to “Mindfulness and Self-Regulation Strategies for Children with ADHD” with Varleisha D. Gibbs, Ph.D., OTD, OTR/L Click the play button below to listen, or click the download icon to download...
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Listen to “Having the Talk: How to Explain ADHD to Your Child, Family, and...
Listen to “Having the Talk: How to Explain ADHD to Your Child, Family, and Friends” with Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW Click the play button below to listen, or click the download icon to download the podcast...
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Many Parents Not Following Safe-Sleep Advice for Babies
Less than one-third said they only put their babies to sleep on "approved" surfaces, namely, a crib, bassinet or "pack and play." And just 42% kept their babies' sleep area free of blankets, pillows...
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Signs of Virus Seen in Disease Paralyzing Kids
The new test detected antibodies for two types of enteroviruses in the spinal fluid of dozens of patients diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a disease that causes potentially permanent and...
View ArticleStudy: Mindfulness Therapy Could Effectively Treat ADHD in Children
Mindfulness-based interventions may effectively treat ADHD in children, according to early findings of a pilot study published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry1 this month. The study,...
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FDA OKs Diabetes Drug for Type 2 Heart Failure Risk
The FDA granted a new use for diabetes drug Farxiga (dapagliflozin): to reduce the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in adults who have type 2 diabetes and established heart disease or risk...
View ArticleReframe Your Teen’s Bad Behavior With “Unconditional Parenting”
How Do You Discipline an ADHD Teen’s Bad Behavior? What are your goals for your teen with ADHD? Good (enough) grades? Not Snapchatting or texting their friends all night? Following the rules? Treating...
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Listen to “The Social Lives of Boys with ADHD: Why Traditional Therapy and Social Skills Groups Rarely Work” with Ryan Wexelblatt, LCSW Click the play button below to listen, or click the download...
View ArticleWhy Children with ADHD Hate Bedtime: Solutions to ADHD Sleep Problems
“I need a glass of water.” “Just one more story?” “Mommy, I had a bad dream.” Every parent faces bedtime-stalling tactics and sleep problems from time to time. But if your child has attention deficit...
View ArticleQ: How Can I Get My Son to Sleep in His Own Bed Without Sparking Anxiety?
Q: “No one in my family sleeps in their own bed. My older son, age 9, sleeps beside me in the ‘big bed’ and his little brother, age 5, sleeps beside his dad in a tiny twin bed. If we sneak out, the...
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Stress in Pregnancy May Affect Baby's Sex, Preterm Delivery Risk: Study
Women with either physical or psychological stress were more likely to have a girl, the study found
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Jimmy Carter Recovering in Hospital From Fall
Former President Jimmy Carter, 95, is recovering from a minor pelvis fracture after he fell at his home in Plains, GA.
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FDA Approves New Drug for Most Common Form of Cystic Fibrosis
Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Ned Sharpless said the approval was an outgrowth of efforts to speed development of new therapies for complex diseases.
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Antidepressant Doesn't Ease Obsessive Behaviors of Autism
The study randomly compared use of the drug to a placebo over 16 weeks. In the end, the researchers saw no meaningful clinical benefits from the drug.
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Good News for Parents: Many Preemie Babies Grow Up Fine
The study of more than 2.5 million children found that more than half of those born prematurely had no major medical concerns in adulthood.
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