How to Stop Procrastinating at Bedtime and Actually Go to Sleep
Once I finally tuck my kids into bed, clean the kitchen, and shoot off my last work email of the night, it’s “me” time. It’s also, cruelly, bedtime. I know I should sleep, but instead I stay up way too late binge-watching Love Is Blind or mindlessly scrolling on Reddit. I need rest, but I push it off. This is my only uninterrupted time, and I want to maximize it. This phenomenon is so universal that there’s a scientific name for it: “bedtime procrastination.” According to the researchers who coined it in a 2014 study, bedtime procrastination is “failing to go to bed at th...
Source: TIME: Health - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Friedlander Serrano Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

ADHD and family life: a cross-sectional study of ADHD prevalence among pupils in China and factors associated with parental depression - Lu T, Li L, Tang Y, Leavey G.
BACKGROUND: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized as a major problem for children and their families in China. However, its influence on parental mental health has been seldom explored. OBJECTIVE: To examine the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 16, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Examining cognitive disengagement syndrome in a psychiatric outpatient sample: psychometric support and associations with internalizing symptoms and sleep problems - Yucens B, Ba şay Ö, Büber A, Tumkaya S, Kabukçu Başay B, Erdem B, Becker SP, Leonard Burns G.
OBJECTIVE: The internal (structural) and external validity of a self-report measure of cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS, formerly sluggish cognitive tempo) relative to a self-report measure of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder-inattention (ADHD... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Half of this company is neurodivergent
Sasha Boersma occasionally gets a calendar booking from one of her dozen or so employees for a quick meeting. The employee has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and just wants to talk. More specifically, they’re struggling to stay awake and need someone to draw their attention for twenty…#sashaboersma #stickybrainstudios #montreal #zeracafé #deloitte #stickybrains #samueldunsiger #stickybrainss (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

NIH Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain ’s frontal cortex and information processing centers deep in the brain. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

NIH researchers identify brain connections associated with ADHD in youth
Large study finds atypical interactions between the frontal cortex and information processing centers deep in the brain. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - March 13, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news

LVAD Monitoring App Recall; ADHD Drug & CVD Risk; Value of ATTR Treatments?
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA announced the class I recall of an Abbott app used to monitor patients using the HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD), as well as updated guidance related to the troublesome "Stop Pump" command; the recall... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - March 12, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

California could BAN Lucky Charms, Cheetos and Sunchips from being served in schools due to links to ADHD- under new bill that would outlaw 7 junk food additives
California state officials have introduced a bill to ban even more popular food additives like red 40 and yellow 5 from public schools that have been linked to cancer and behavioral issues. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Treating ADHD With Meds Linked to Lower All-Cause Mortality Treating ADHD With Meds Linked to Lower All-Cause Mortality
Initiating drug treatment for ADHD is linked to significantly lower all-cause mortality, particularly for deaths caused by accidental poisoning, suicide, or accidental injury.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

ADHD Meds Initiation Linked to Lower Rate of All-Cause Mortality
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- For individuals diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), medication initiation is associated with a significantly lower rate of all-cause mortality and unnatural-cause mortality, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

ADHD Meds Cut Odds for Early Death, Especially by Overdose
TUESDAY, March 12, 2024 -- People diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a marked decline in their two-year risk for death once they start taking medication, new research shows. That was particularly true for deaths due... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Starting ADHD Medications May Lower Death Risk
(MedPage Today) -- For patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), starting medication was associated with a significantly lower risk of death, particularly from "unnatural" causes, according to an observational Swedish study... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

No End in Sight for National ADHD Drug Shortage No End in Sight for National ADHD Drug Shortage
Nearly 18 months after the FDA first acknowledged a national shortage of Adderall, there is now a widespread scarcity of multiple ADHD medications — with no end in sight.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Using weed during pregnancy may raise risk of child having autism or ADHD by 30%, large review warns - is this partly why rates of both conditions are rising in US?
A review from Australia of nearly 400,000 pregnant women found that using marijuana led to an increased risk of children developing ADHD or autism spectrum disorder. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Should Women Stop ADHD Meds During Pregnancy?
(MedPage Today) -- Continuing dexamphetamine for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during pregnancy was not associated with a higher likelihood of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes compared with stopping the medication during... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - March 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news