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Listen to Dr. McNeal’s Interview Via Blog Starting Wed. January 9, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013 Have kids with ADHD? Need to form habits and routines? In an upcoming edition of Attention Talk Radio, co-hosts Jeff Cooper and Kirsten Milliken interview Dr. Melinda McNeal, Hey, You! creator. Hey, You! auditory programs use task delineation, mutli-sensory techniques and repetition - all within a consistent home environment - to establish success in...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A study by brain researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) recently found that a dopamine-receptor gene variant that is related to personality traits can also impact healthy aging. Their findings were published in the January 2 edition of The Journal of Neuroscience. In the paper, the researchers described how the gene variant, known as DRD4 7R allele, is associated with both active personality traits and longer life...
Eagle-Hill Southport School recently hosted a presentation of the i CAN! Program to empower children with learning disabilities. Developed by Karen Ayoub of Greenwich, Connecticut, in association with Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities (SKLD), the program highlights strategies to focus children on what they can do rather than what they cannot. Westport, CT (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 The i CAN! Program was presented at Eagle Hill-Southport School on December 11, 2012, in association...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online One of the unique features of the human mind is its ability re-prioritize its goals and priorities as situations change and new information arises. This happens when you cancel a planned cruise because you need the money to repair your broke-down car, or when you interrupt your morning jog because your cell phone is ringing in your pocket. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),...
NYON, Switzerland, December 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) today announces a positive outcome from the European Decentralised Procedure (DCP) for Elvanse(R) (to be known as Tyvense(R) in Ireland). Elvanse is indicated as part of a comprehensive treatment programme for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children aged 6 years of age and over when response to previous methylphenidate treatment is considered clinically inadequate.[1]...
-Executive function (EF) guides complex behavior such as planning, decision-making, and response control. -Alcohol dependence (AD) is known to impair EF. -New findings indicate that increased impulsiveness and decreased EF may comprise an inherited trait that signifies greater risk for developing AD. Executive function (EF), frequently associated with the frontal lobes, guides complex behavior such as planning, decision-making, and response control. EF impairment due to alcohol...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Feeling a bit of writers block in all your creative endeavors? Maybe you should try heading out for a backpacking adventure into the wilderness, according to research published recently in the journal PLoS ONE. Psychologists from the University of Utah and University of Kansas found that backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices. "This is a way...
Common sense, planning can help those living with ADHD make it happily through the holidays Nashville, Tenn. (PRWEB) December 12, 2012 Dr. Robert Hunt, the Nashville-based practicing attention and mood disorder physician and patent holder for non-stimulant Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication Intuniv, today released a series of tips to help ADD/ADHD patients navigate the unique challenges of the holiday season. For those with ADD or ADHD, the holiday season can be a...
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Children who had in-utero exposure to ischemic-hypoxic conditions, situations during which the brain is deprived of oxygen, were significantly more likely to develop attention deficit hyperactivity disorder later in life as compared to unexposed children, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the journal Pediatrics. The findings suggest that events in pregnancy may contribute to the occurrence of ADHD over and above...
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Magnum Vita Inc, an innovator of specialized health supplements, is giving away 2,000 bottles of Mind Focux brain supplement in response to recent cheating scandals in New York schools. Secret To Success The made in USA Mind Focux brain supplement has only been found in select Asian pharmacies for $49.99 a bottle by thousands of grateful Asian students and their parents. The president of Magnum Vita Inc. has authorized 2,000 bottles of...
