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ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in short, is a long-term condition that includes a combination of different ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

University of Pennsylvania researcher Ran Barzilay is a father of three. His first two children received cellphones before ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

While ADHD drugs work on wakefulness, they also mimic the effect of good sleep without fixing a problem. Sleep habits are ...

Prescription stimulant drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall are commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including among ...