Check out this story that ran on the Time online news site July 23. The magazine reports that an increasing number of older children are being diagnosed with ADD/ADHD – a trend that appears to baffle some of the nation’s public health officials.

Typically, if a child is to be diagnosed with this disorder, it’s usually recognized by the time a child is 11 years old. But the study – which questioned parents from the years of 1997 to 2006 about their children’s health status – discover an increase in diagnosis of 4 percent every year.

Because of the nature of the study, the question of “why” isn’t readily addressed. The article did suggest two reasons why this development has occurred. The first simply may be the health community’s increasing...



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The Learning Disability Association of Prince Edward Island, and the United Way are putting together a program to help kids with ADHD and Learning Disabilities. You can read the news report here.

Parents of kids with ADHD and LDs often don’t get the support that they need. Hopefully, this program will provide some desperately needed help.

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The Positive:

Looking for a way to increase your child’s self-esteem?

Lots of parents of children with ADHD are. And now, here’s a simple way, according to one study, that is. Let them enjoy those playing those video games now and then.

That’s right! According to a study commissioned by Pop Cap, an online gaming company, playing casual video game playing can not only improve a child’s self esteem, but also his attention span, and memory. In addition, it can also help to relieve stress!

The study looked at more than 13,000 casual game players. Of these nearly 3,000 of the respondents said that they – or someone in the care – had ADHD.

Surprised? Perhaps you really shouldn’t be, explains Dr. Carl Arinoldo. He’s a psychologist in Stony Brook, New York. “It seems that children with ADHD often lack that sense of control that comes much more easily to their non-ADHD peers,” he says. “Playing casual games...



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I ran across some interesting statistics the other day. Whether they’re relevant facts, I’m not sure yet. The deal with weight and the child with ADHD.

Listen to these figures and you can help me decide.

According to a news article in U.S. News and World Report online, children who have an undiagnosed case of ADHD are at a 50 percent higher risk for being overweight than those taking medication for this disorder. (To read the entire article for yourself, click right here)

Now get this, those youngsters who were diagnosed with ADHD and were being treated, ran a risk of being underweight.

Is there a connection here or mere coincidence? That’s basically what the medical community is asking as it sifts through the results of this research. The study from which these conclusions were drawn, examined 63,000 children and...



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Taken once and lasting for 12 hours. Whether you’re six years old or 65.

Sounds like this might be a good idea for a new medication. Well, Ortho-MacNeil thought so. And the result is CONCERTA, a new timed-release drug for not only adults with ADHD, but children as well.

Recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, for adults, this medication has been on the market (as you probably well know) for children for quite a while. In fact, it was the first of the new generation of time-released drugs for ADHD.

CONCERTA uses a relative new delivery system, called OROS – which stands for Osmotic Release Oral System — to help deliver “poorly soluble drugs” to your body as quickly as possible. Additionally, this method unique to CONCERTA gives your system a consistent dosage of the medication over 12 hours. This is good news not only to get the symptoms alleviated fast, but to avoid those ups and downs that often accompany other medications.

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Diagnosis: ADHD.

In some circles it’s still pretty controversial. And among some adults there’s a persistent resistance to the diagnosis. Many adults are totally appalled by the seemingly large number of children each year who have ADHD.

“We didn’t have this disorder when we were young,” almost arrogantly. “It’s a disease manufactured by the pharmaceutical companies and teachers who need to keep control of their classrooms.

Ah! Now, here’s some new research that stands ready – and quite capable – of rebutting this line of attack.

First, let me say, that just because ADHD wasn’t diagnosed some 30 years ago didn’t mean that it didn’t exist.

Listen to what the web site Psych Central reports about how ADHD just might surface in adults. No, adults don’t necessarily have to be hyperactive to be diagnosed with this disorder. In fact, some pretty diverse – and unexpected behaviors and social problems – may indicate...



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Say what you will about celebrity news, sometimes a good cause can use the publicity generated from a celebrity spokesperson. New Orleans reconstruction has Brad Pitt. Parkinson Disease has Michael J. Fox.

But how many in the general public know about Adult ADHD? Until now that is! Because Ty Pennington of ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition™ has recently announced the establishment of a $10,000 scholarship to be awarded to an adult with ADD/ADHD.

Yes! I found it pretty amazing too – and a breath of fresh air.

The award is called “Daily Successes with ADHD Scholarship.” It’s presented to an adult with ADD/ADHD who is entering a creative pursuit of study at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta. The student needs to be currently enrolled in the school, applying to it or enrolled in the graduate program.

The scholarship, by the way, is sponsored by the pharmaceutical company Shire, and the timing of the announcement (not surprisingly!)...



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Alison Powell read an article about Adult ADHD a year ago, and thought it sounded like her. She sought medical care -and was in fact diagnosed with the condition. She is now actively working to improve knowledge and awareness about the condition in the UK.

Her story was recently written up in the ‘South Wales Argus’, and you can read the article here.

As an active Adult ADHD advocate, Alison is appearing on ‘This Morning’ on TV (ITV, to be precise) at 10:30 am (on July 24th) to discuss Adult ADD/ADHD.

While there are some experts to help with Adult ADHD in the UK, the NHS help may be ‘patchy’.

Alison has recently joined ADHD World - a social network...



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Michael Phelps, the Olympic swimmer - who plans to win 8 Gold Medals at the Beijing Olympics - has ADHD.

He was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 9 years old. He used a combination of medication and behavioral therapy. After a few years, he was able to manage his ADHD without the medication.

Michael Phelp’s mother has shared details of his story in this news story. When you go there, click on the video on the top right to watch a video of a news story.

I wish Michael the best for the Olympics, and I appreciate his and his family’s openness about his condition. I think this will help a lot of people with ADHD to realize that they can succeed with their ADD or ADHD.

Dr. Kenny

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ADHD World is a new social network for anyone in the world interested in ADD or ADHD.

Many people have joined this new site- and new groups and discussions are springing up - with members from: UK, Canada, USA, Australia, and many other countries.

This ADHD Social Network provides users: Discussion groups, classified ads, photo albums, personal profile pages, the ability to create friendships, and much more.

The largest social network at this time is Facebook. Interestingly, one of the big pharmaceutical companies has created a facebook group called: ADHD Moms. They have hired ADHD Specialist Dr. Patrician Quinn, and Debbie Phelps (mother of olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, who was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 9 years old) to lead this group.

Macneil Pharma is supporting this...



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