Think your child has ADHD? What your pediatrician can — and should — do
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. It affects approximately 7% to 8% of all children and youth in the US. As the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) pointed out in their recent clinical practice guideline for ADHD, that’s more than the mental health system can handle, which means that pediatricians need to step up and help out.
So, if your child is having problems with attention, focus, hyperactivity, impulsivity, or some combination of those, and is at least 4 years old, your first step should be an appointment with your child’s primary care do...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Neurological conditions Parenting Source Type: blogs
Video Game Uses Brain Wave Monitoring to Treat ADHD
While there are a number of drugs to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), they can have some pretty serious side effects. Researchers in Singapore at the country’s Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Duke-NUS (National University of Singapore) Medical School, and A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), have developed a system that combines neuromonitoring with video games to help kids improve their ADHD symptoms. Neeuro Pte Ltd. is a local company that has been spun off to commercialize the technology.
So far, a randomized controlled trial of the prototype of the technology was su...
Source: Medgadget - November 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Neurology Pediatrics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
How ADHD Can Hamper Sex —And How Both Partners Can Help
During sex, partners don’t only connect physically; they can connect emotionally and spiritually, too. During this kind of intimacy, couples are able to be fully present, focusing on their partners—without the distractions of phones, jobs, and expanding to-do lists.
Which is vital. After all, satisfying sex contributes to a satisfying relationship—and even a satisfying life, according to Ari Tuckman, PsyD, CST, a psychologist, certified sex therapist, and speaker specializing in ADHD, relationships, and sexuality.
Sex also provides us with a pleasurable break from daily mundane tasks—like chores, bills—and co...
Source: World of Psychology - November 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Disorders General Happiness Marriage and Divorce Relationships Self-Help Sexuality Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Intimacy Sex Life Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: November 2, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net focuses on how turning your to-do list into an action plan can help you become more productive, why nightmares can be beneficial to your mental health, how your brain type affects who you are, and more.
How Nightmares Could Be Good for Your Mental Health: Typically, we don’t view nightmares as pleasant experiences, but they might be positive ones. Well, have positive benefits, that is. Research shows that nightmares can help relieve stress, offer insight into our suppressed emotions, and prepare us for real-life threats. According to Harvard University’s Dr. Deirdre...
Source: World of Psychology - November 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Abusive Relationships Adhd brain types Mothers Nightmares Romantic Relationships Self Destruction Self Sabotage Teens Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: October 12, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes an interesting look at how our shadow selves affect relationships, why death anxiety is keeping men awake, strategies to help boost focus and motivation, and more.
New Psychology Research Has Linked Death Anxiety to Bedtime Procrastination: A new study published in The Journal of General Psychology suggests “death anxiety” is a predictor of bedtime procrastination in males. After surveying 229 Turkish participants about their attitudes about death, sleeping behaviors, and self-control, researchers found that men who are bothered by their own mortality are more ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Adhd Brain Scans Children death death anxiety Focus Language Skills Mortality Motivation Relationships shadow self Sleep Spiritual Health Suicidal Behavior Suicide Risk Source Type: blogs
Should pediatricians treat ADHD with medications or behavioral treatment first?
When children are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, stimulant medications like Ritalin or Adderall are usually the first line of treatment. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines Monday upholding that central role of medications accompanied by behavioral therapy in ADHD treatment. Some experts say, however, they are disappointed the new guidelines don ’t […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/alex-smith-2" rel="tag" > Alex Smith < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
From Theranos To Google Glass: The Biggest Flops In Digital Health
The tech start-up scene, investors, and news-reading
audiences reward great stories on the edge of human capabilities – sometimes
even on the boundary of science and science fiction – with their attention,
money, or invested energy. However, sometimes marketing machines are better
than actual technologies, and the ‘little bubbles’ around companies burst.
Here, we collected the most promising digital health ideas and companies over
the years that proved to be the greatest flops in medical innovation so far.
‘Big little bubbles’ that turned into digital health failures
Humans love great sto...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 2, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers AI artificial intelligence companies development device digital digital health digital health market gadgets google google glass hype Innovation invention medical device promis Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 30th 2019
In conclusion, older adults exhibited decreased markers of UPR activation and reduced coordination with autophagy and SC-associated gene transcripts following a single bout of unaccustomed resistance exercise. In contrast, young adults demonstrated strong coordination between UPR genes and key regulatory gene transcripts associated with autophagy and SC differentiation in skeletal muscle post-exercise. Taken together, the present findings suggest a potential age-related impairment in the post-exercise transcriptional response that supports activation of the UPR and coordination with other exercise responsive pathways (i.e....
Source: Fight Aging! - September 29, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
23andMe Moving into Clinical Trial Recruitment, a Potential Source of New Income
I have been blogging about23andMe for about six years (see:Update on 23andMe; Time for a Review of FDA Definition of Medical Devices). During that time, I have seen the company evolve from the first major consumer genomics enterprise to a clinical laboratory authorized by the FDA to perform testing for ten diseases or conditions. These are the first direct-to-consumer (DTC) tests authorized by the FDA that provide information about an individual ’s genetic predisposition to certain medical diseases or conditions (see:FDA allows marketing of first direct-to-consumer tests that provide genetic risk information for ce...
Source: Lab Soft News - September 27, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Food and Drug Administration Genomic Testing Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Innovations Lab Industry Trends Lab Regulation Lab Standards Medical Consumerism Medical Research Pharmaceutical Industry Source Type: blogs
8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall
You're reading 8 Nootropics to Stimulate Your Brain This Fall, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
Nootropics is a term coined by Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea
to describe a class of drugs, supplements, and other synthetic and naturally
occurring compounds that improve cognitive function in our brains. They’re
often called “smart drugs,” as they can help us think faster and more
efficiently.
Although used by pretty much everyone, these nootropic supplements are especially
popular among younger and olde...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 26, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nadav Dakner Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement nootropics pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Senescent Cells Implicated in Age-Related Changes in Blood Clotting
In this study, researchers validated the expression of some of the specific factors in cultured cells and in mice, which were treated with doxorubicin, a widely-used chemotherapy drug which induces widespread senescence. Those mice showed increased blood clotting, similar to what happens in humans who undergo chemotherapy. "Conversely, when we selectively removed senescent cells in specially bred transgenic mice, the increased clotting caused by doxorubicin went away."
SILAC Analysis Reveals Increased Secretion of Hemostasis-Related Factors by Senescent Cells
Cellular senescence irreversibly arrests cell...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 25, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
CVS Health: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) apps may help you more than sleeping pills
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Sleep Therapy for the Masses May Be Coming to You Soon (The New York Times):
“CVS Health wants to help millions of American workers improve their sleep. So for the first time, the big pharmacy benefits manager is offering a purely digital therapy as a possible employee benefit.
The company is encouraging employers to cover the costs for their workers to use Sleepio, an Sleepio app featuring a cartoon therapist that delivers behavior modification lessons.
CVS Health’s push could help mainstream the nascent business of digital therapeutics, which markets apps to help treat conditions like schizophrenia and mul...
Source: SharpBrains - September 25, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Technology Big Health cognitive-behavioral-therapy CVS Health digital therapeutics digital therapy mental health Novartis sleep sleep aid medications Sleepio Source Type: blogs
Reviewing Changes in Platelet Function in Aging
Platelets are essentially structured chunks of cytoplasm shed by the megakaryocyte cells responsible for producing them, released into the blood stream. They are important in blood clotting and the innate immune response. Inappropriate blood clot formation known as thrombosis occurs more readily in later life, but it is unclear as to the degree to which age-related changes in platelets, versus other systems, are important to this process, or where platelets sit in the complex chains of cause and effect. The open access paper noted here reviews what is known of the aging of platelets and related mechanisms, a topic that is ...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 19, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
5 Mental Health ‘To Dos’ Parents Need to Add to Their Back-To-School Checklist
As a parent of two, I live by a checklist during the back-to-school season. One, because I enjoy checking items off the list, and two, because I know in order to make my children feel secure in the new academic year I need to ensure they have the tools to prevail with confidence. To successfully do this, there are some key items not related to school supplies or bus routes that parents should consider including on their annual checklist.
If you are like me, every year you make sure your children get their “back to school sports physical.” This is a necessity and is probably at the top of your to-do list ̵...
Source: World of Psychology - September 2, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Keita Franklin, LCSW, PhD Tags: Bullying Children and Teens College Communication Parenting Students Success & Achievement Back To School Source Type: blogs
Driving for teens with ADHD: What parents need to know
For all parents, it’s a scary time when their teen starts to drive. For parents of teens with ADHD, it can be — and should be — even scarier.
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a condition that can cause problems with attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. These are not problems you want to have when you are driving.
What does research tell us about ADHD in teens and driving?
In a 2019 study published in Pediatrics, researchers looked at information about accidents, violations, and suspensions over the first four years of licensure for about 15,000 adolescent drivers. About 2,000 of these teens...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Brain and cognitive health Parenting Source Type: blogs
