PD Editorial: ADHD: A lower bar is no solution

... the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of school-age children who have received an ADHD medical diagnosis is now up to 11 percent. Among high school boys, the number is nearly 1 in 5 students. While the problem still ...

http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20130405/OPINION/130409696/-1/PT07?Title=PD-Editorial-ADHD-A-lower-bar-is-no-solution

David Katz, M.D.: Money, Medicine and Myopia

... children to chairs all day long, then prescribe Ritalin when they can't sit still. Yes, there really is ADD/ADHD that warrants medication. But the proper remedy for rambunctiousness in young children is recess, not Ritalin. And yes, we have actual ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-katz-md/research-dollars_b_3020784.html

ADHD debate: In defense of parents' choices

... the notion that grief is unnecessarily diagnosed and medicated as depression. I agree about the grief issue, not about ADHD. The writer of the second article, Charles Dean, blamed the increase in ADHD diagnoses and medication solely on market-driven ...

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/201702731.html

NBC's 'Rock Center with Brian Williams' to air piece on ADHD tonight at 10

Many view ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , as primarily a children's affliction, but many children carry their symptoms right on into adulthood, some of them not ever having been diagnosed, or treated, as children in the first place.

http://www.examiner.com/article/nbc-s-rock-center-with-brian-williams-to-air-piece-on-adhd-tonight-at-10?cid=rss

ADD, ADHD, or ADT?

ADD and ADHD are household terms these days, defined as inattention or hyperactivity, where symptoms exist before 7 years of age, and the child experiences clinically significant impairment in a social, academic, or occupational setting.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/natural-medicine-tips/2013/04/05/add-adhd-or-adt/

Childhood Obesity and Bullying can be Reduced by more time in the forest

... into the woods. "There is some scientific evidence behind this that time spent in nature will reduce obesity- anxiety ADHD ...many of us know so well how important being outside is to our physical and mental well-being." Chipko says even students ...

http://www.kbnd.com/kbnd-news/local-news-feed/55998

Chiropractic Care Can Reverse Developmental Delays in Children

... identifies and reverses this disorder in children with developmental delays such as Autism, Asperger's, ADD and ADHD. The preliminary results of Dr. Murphy's findings were recently published in the December 2012 edition of the Journal of ...

http://www.prlog.org/12113098-chiropractic-care-can-reverse-developmental-delays-in-children.html