Many pharmacological treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) lead to increases in hemodynamic signs, ...

Clinicians should be vigilant about cardiovascular side effects with ADHD medications but not avoid using them, experts say.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and hypersexuality are linked but it's still unclear how ADHD affects sexual behavior. ADHD is characterized by restlessness, impulsivity, and ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ...

There is a range of support available for ADHD students including: advice sessions with an ADHD Disability Officer, a combination of in-house and external one-to-one DSA support, exam arrangements, ...

Previous evidence has suggested that maternal diabetes is associated with altered foetal brain development and may also be linked to long-term neurodevelopmental disorders in children such as autism ...

The DSM is used by mental health professionals to help standardize the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental ...

A 2019 study aimed to explore the sex differences in subjective and objective measures of ADHD among children referred to clinics. The study’s researchers found that certain subjective and ...

To be included, studies needed to be randomized controlled trials (where participants are randomly assigned to different treatments) involving people with ADHD aged 5 or older. The researchers focused ...

Eighty years ago, it was one in 2,500. From 2000 to 2018, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses doubled for boys and trebled for girls. Last year, 248,000 people in England ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

As many parents know, the wait for an autism or ADHD diagnosis is heartbreakingly long – over four years for some children. In October 2024, the Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de ...