Obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG) to screen for heart conditions in children prior to prescribing stimulant medication to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may save some lives but it is borderline cost-effective, according to an NIH study published online ahead of print March 8, 2010, in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Electrocardiogram screening to check for heart problems in hyperactive children before prescribing stimulant medications may ... (Source: USATODAY.com Health)

Researchers suggest that adults with bipolar spectrum disorder often present with co-morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. (Source: MedWire News - Psychiatry)

Attention deficit disorder (with or without hyperactivity) affects people of all ages, races, professions and walks of life. The impact of attention deficit disorder symptoms can make a person less productive, but still no less able to make their mark on this world. It’s estimated that approximately 5 percent of children today may have a form of attention deficit disorder. Having ADHD doesn’t mean you have a handicap. As somebody once noted, “ADHD often endows children and adults with gifts such as creativity, intuition, imagination, and a sense of adventure.” Indeed, if you have ADHD, you are in very good company with the list of famous people below who either have been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, or have many of the symptoms of this disorder that su...

In children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder who are candidates for stimulant medication, adding electrocardiogram screening to history and physical examination before treatment may have borderline cost-effectiveness for preventing sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online March 8 in Circulation. (Source: Modern Medicine)

Adding electrocardiography to the clinical evaluation in kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder considered for stimulant drug therapy—so it can be avoided in those with heart... For complete story visit theheart.org. (Source: theHeart.org)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Analysis compared three strategies for preventing sudden cardiac death from stimulant medication Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cardiac Arrest (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)

Abstract: The efficacy of stimulant treatment in patients with substance use disorders and comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been tested for cocaine and alcohol dependence but so far no studies have been conducted in amphetamine dependent individuals.The present trial was a pilot study aiming to test the feasibility of treating amphetamine dependent patients with comorbid ADHD with central stimulant medication. The study was a double-blind, placebo controlled trial with parallel groups design comparing the efficacy of a fixed dose (72mg) of OROS methylphenidate (MPH) with placebo (PL) in reducing ADHD symptoms in currently abstinent adults with amphetamine dependence and ADHD. Twenty-four treatment seeking patients who met the DSM IV criteria for amphetamine depe...

A drug used to treat ADHD in children may also make it easier to take in new information. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)

In conclusion, in the single largest ADHD genetic study of TPH1 and TPH2 variants presented to date (n = 3,559 individuals), we did not find consistent evidence for a substantial effect of common genetic variants on persistent ADHD. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics)

Conclusions-Relative to current practice, adding ECG screening to history and physical examination pretreatment screening for children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder has borderline cost-effectiveness for preventing SCD. Relative cost-effectiveness may be improved by basing cardiology referral on ECG alone. Benefits of ECG screening arise primarily by restricting children identified with SCD risk from competitive sports. PMID: 20212277 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Circulation)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Conclusion: Intrauterine exposure to soft drinks rather than coffee, the traditional focus, is associated with maternal reports of overactive behaviour in children aged 18 months. (Source: Acta Paediatrica)

Patterns of interaction between parents and 7-month-old boys at familial risk for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a comparison group were studied during a warm-up and two play episodes. The sample included 78 (47 at-risk, 31 comparison) mother-child and 45 (27 at-risk, 18 comparison) father-child dyads. A coding system developed by G. Kochanska (1997, 1998) was used. Infants in the risk group did not differ from the comparison group in the rate of emission of infant-related events. However, they received less adequate responsivity from both their fathers and their mothers to these events, and specifically to negative emotions or distress, than did the comparison group. Maternal psychopathology did not account for these findings. Mothers were more adequately responsive t...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia upheld a Food and Drug Administration decision to grant Shire a five-year market exclusivity for its attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Vyvanse. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)

Conclusions ADHD and AE appear to be strongly and independently associated in children with sleeping problems, but not in children without sleeping problems. A substantial part of diagnoses met for ADHD might be engendered by the presence of AE and concomitant sleeping problems. (Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health)

Conclusions. The findings extend previous evidence for disorder-specific underactivation in patients with ADHD compared to patients with CD in inferior prefrontal cortex during tasks of inhibitory control to the domain of cognitive flexibility. Inferior prefrontal underactivation thus appears to be a disorder-specific neurofunctional biomarker for ADHD when compared with patients with CD. Hum Brain Mapp, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. (Source: Human Brain Mapping)MedWorm Message: Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm Swine Flu RSS news feed - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.

Dopamine neurotransmission controls motor and perseverative behavior, is mediated by protein phosphorylation, and may be perturbed in disorders of attention... (Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Traditionally, health professionals have positioned injury prevention strategies from their own perspective with little acknowledgement or understanding of the perspective of those who experience risk taking: specific populations of children with differing... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))

Conclusions  The proposed ADR monitoring system identified expected ADRs thus demonstrating face and content validity for our approach. However the process was limited by low community pharmacist participation rates and low questionnaire return rates. Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Pharmacoepidemiology and PrescriptionDOI 10.1007/s00228-010-0790-9Authors Mansour Tobaiqy, The University of Aberdeen Division of Applied Health Sciences, The Aberdeen Medical School Abeerden UKDerek Stewart, Robert Gordon University School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences Abeerden UKPeter J. Helms, The University of Aberdeen Division of Applied Health Sciences, The Aberdeen Medical School Abeerden UKChristine Bond, The University of Aberdeen Department of General Justice, The Aberdeen M...

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