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9 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Ritalin Side Effects Now Include Sudden Death, Part I

After years of speculation and rare case reports, a recent FDA-funded study by The National Institute of Mental Health claims that drugs such as Ritalin widely used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder in children increase the risk of sudden death by five hundred percent among children and teens.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Kids, Family

Thu Nov 19, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Research Finds Ritalin's Benefits in Treating Children with Autism

UA researchers present evidence that the Ritalin is effective in treating preschoolers with Autism in a first-ever clinical trial to test the medication's efficacy with children with the disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Preschoolers, Family, ADHD, Health

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ABC12.com

HealthFirst-Getting kids off meds

Some kids with Attention Deficit Disorder may be over-medicating. HealthFirst reporter Leslie Toldo tells us about a new program that's helping kids find the right dose.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Dr Crippen: Should nurses be prescribing drugs for children?

The letter about the little girl arrived, not from the paediatric consultant, but from the nurse "specialist". "**** was seen in clinic today with her parents who report her behaviour as increasingly challenging.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, ADHD, Health, Medication, Sleep

Mon Nov 16, 2009

EurekAlert!

Shire announces publication of open-label study on coadministration of INTUNIV with stimulants

November 16, 2009 - Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced new study results on INTUNIV Extended-Release Tablets published in the October Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Shire plc, Medicine, Medication, University of Florida, Sarasota Metro, Bradenton, FL

The Boston Globe

a Star Wars: In Concerta performance Saturday afternoon at TD Garden

At Saturday's "Star Wars: In Concert'' matinee at the TD Garden, the costumed Luke Skywalkers and Darth Vaders in the audience were almost all pint-size. Their parents grew up on the three original George Lucas films in the 1970s and '80s, but many of these children weren't even born when the second trilogy debuted in 1999.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Medicine, Medication, Symphony, Arts, Music, Entertainment

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Guam Pacific Daily News

Living with ADHD

When Jonathan Santos, an easy-going 18-year-old who smiles genially and speaks in quiet, polite half-sentences, began elementary school, his mother could already tell something was wrong.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Medicine, Medication

Fri Nov 13, 2009

MyFoxPhilly

Student Finds Ritalin in Cup of Pears

A fourth-grader who bought her lunch at her school cafeteria in San Antonio tasted something unusual in her cup of pears.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

The Boston Globe

Anthony Daniels (a.k.a. 3-CPO) narrates a Star Wars: In Concerta tomorrow at TD Garden

For "Star Wars: In Concert,'' Anthony Daniels is onstage to narrate some of the story from the movies.

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Related Topix: Star Wars, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Anthony Daniels, Medicine, Medication, Symphony, Arts, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Nov 12, 2009

KSAT-TV San Antonio

NISD Student Finds Ritalin In Fruit

A 9-year-old elementary school student discovered a Ritalin pill inside a piece of fruit Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KHOU-TV Houston

The Ritalin study: How Houston research on long-term use and cancer ignited controversy

Most of us know it as Ritalin: the brand name for the drug methylphenidate. For a nearly a half-century, doctors have been writing millions of prescriptions for it, mostly to kids diagnosed with attention deficit disorder.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Houston Metro, Family, Kids, Galveston Metro, Texas City, TX

Tue Nov 10, 2009

ABC7 Chicago

Getting Kids Off Meds

ADD is a neurological disorder causing problems with attention span, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviors.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Medicine

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Bioscience Technology

Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity in a Drosophila Memory Mutant

Action selection is modulated by external stimuli either directly or via memory retrieval.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD, Medication

Wyoming PBS Welcome!

Frontline "The Medicated Child"

Becoming Human NOVA presents a comprehensive three-part, three-hour special, investigating explosive new discoveries that are transforming the picture of how we became human.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Cognitive Daily

Friday Weird Science: The Stuttering Priapism

The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, ADHD

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Examiner.com

Herbal remedies: Ritalin and ADHD

Just say no to childhood drugs! davejohnson.com Just like with most issues that a person can have, ADHD can be controlled using certain herbs and other natural ways.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD, Medication

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Cape Cod Times

Orleans District Court

MAURO, James V., 44, Boston; possession of cocaine, possession of Hydrocodone, possession of methylphenidate, possession of Xanax as a subsequent offense and possession of Marinol, June 30, in Provincetown, six months pretrial probation.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA, Orleans, MA, Medicine, Medication, Provincetown, MA, Chatham, MA, Harwich, MA

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Drugs.com

New Data on Attention in Children with ADHD

" New findings presented today show that CONCERTA is the only stimulant medication with data that demonstrate a significant treatment effect on attention at one hour and through 12.5 hours in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, ADHD, Medication

Health News Digest

Smart Pills: More Focus or Hocus Pocus?

Theya TMre all the buzz, and more of my patients seem to be asking for them: Drugs that can improve attention span and memory and help them be more productive at work.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Focus, Medicine, Medication, ADHD, Health, Aricept, Donepezil (generic), Provigil, Modafinil (generic), Narcolepsy

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Chatham This Week

All-boys schools are not the solution

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has come out in support of a proposal by the Toronto District School Board to create an all-boys school in hopes of raising test scores and cutting the dropout rates.

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Related Topix: Canada, Medicine, Health, ADHD, Medication

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