A new study of treatments for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has found that combining behavior modification therapy with medication is the most effective way to improve ...

Children with ADHD are often bright, spontaneous, and caring. But parenting them is not without its challenges. Behavioral problems—from forgetting to do chores to outright defiance—can be frustrating ...

Young children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder often receive medication just after being diagnosed, which contravenes treatment guidelines endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — Approximately 7 million children in the United States between the ages of three and 17 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to the Centers ...

Behavior therapy should be a first step for families who have a child with ADHD, but a Stanford Medicine study found many children are receiving medication within a month of diagnosis. Credit: Getty ...

A large, decades-long study suggests that signs of ADHD in childhood may have consequences that extend well beyond school and ...

There are two groups of medications a doctor may prescribe for a child with ADHD. These include stimulants and nonstimulants. A doctor may recommend a combination of medications and behavioral ...

Understood reports that artificial food dyes, like Red 40, may worsen ADHD symptoms in some children, prompting a phase-out ...

A common food dye used in candies, cereals, condiments, chips, juices, and some dietary supplements and medicines is under scrutiny again some 50 years after its safety was first called into question ...