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The Over Diagnosis of ADHD
Several articles appeared on our outside-in newsfeeds yesterday regarding the overprescibing of Ritalin and other psychoactive drugs. Now that the heat is on, everyone is beginning to look for someone to blame for the senseless drugging of our children.
From Yahoo news comes the headline "S...
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Ritalin and ADHD Drugs in This Weeks News
by Daria Belov
There have been a number of Ritalin and ADHD drug related articles in the news this past week. Some articles suggest that the use of Ritalin shows no long-term benefit and others suggest ADHD drugs may be stunting the growth of children.
Scanning online news sources earlier ...
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ADHD Drugs Outselling Antibiotics in Kids
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
More Kids are on More Drugs.
It's the same news we reported on in January of 2003 and August of 2002. "According to new research, the number of American children being treated with psychiatric drugs (such as Ritalin) has tripled from 1987 to 1996 and is showing no s...
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Group calls ADHD a Hoax
A non-profit group known as the Citizens Commission on Human Rights has released a free booklet titled, "Psychiatry: A Human Rights Abuse and Global Failure."
A Yahoo press release regarding the booklet asks: "Why have more than five million American children been forced to take an addictiv...
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ADHD in the news
From Yahoo Health News and MSNBC Health
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines on Monday aimed at helping physicians diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.(ADHD)
There has been much news regarding ADHD and it's over diagnoses and misdiagnoses. There ...
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Maybe ADHD Isn’t the Real Problem
Nicholas Regush of ABCNEWS.com reports that "Attention Deficit" may not be the real problem.
According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, prescriptions for methylpenidate, know as Ritalin, increased more than 60 percent between 1990 and 1996.
Misdirected Attention?
Between 1990 and 1996, ...
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Doctor visits by youngsters with ADHD up 90%
Medical doctors are seeing more visits of youngsters diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a report published in the December issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
The proportion of youth visits to physicians that were for ADHD inc...
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Study says ADHD May Be Over-Diagnosed in Children
planetc1.com chiropractic news
Norfolk, Va. - Doctors may be over-diagnosing some groups of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and over prescribing drugs to treat the condition, according to a new study published Wednesday.
ADHD has been estimated to affect 3% to 5% of ...
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Chiropractic and children with ADHD
Chiropractic Monday Morning Message
By Sharon Gorman, D.C.
Independent Chiropractic Author
SEE IT AS YOU WANT IT TO BE
I tell patients that the most common reason that children are referred in my practice is ADHD and that I have several patients who are teachers and refer children in...
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Move Over Ritalin - Adderall is Twice as Potent
According to recent reports, the controversial drug Ritalin is beginning to be phased out of the marketplace in favor of a powerful blend of amphetamines known as Adderall.
Adderall is reported to be twice as potent as Ritalin (like crack is to cocaine?) and was originally marketed as an obesit...
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Ritalin as Last Resort?
Colorado Discourages ADHD Drugs - Educators Buck Treatment Trend
Jillian Lloyd, Christian Science Monitor - Colorado’s education board is now urging schools to rely more on effective classroom discipline and less on medication for unruly kids, and the move has catapulted the state to the for...
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When you get right on the inside
By Michael Dorausch, DC
"They’re not going to measure you based on what they think of you, they’re going to measure you based on what you think of you. Do you understand that? This is not about you worrying about what they think about you." - Ian Grassam, Chiropractor
This is the 6th insta...
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Adderall Drug Controversy Continues
by Michael Dorausch, DC
Controversy surrounding the prescription stimulant medication Adderall has been in the press frequently this past week.
Adderall, a prescription amphetamine, typically prescribed for children and adults with ADHD, is becoming more popular for its off label uses. Amo...
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No Prescription Required
By Darrel Crain, DC
It's official: over half the insured adult population in this country is on drugs, prescription drugs.
Drug company executives weren't the only ones ecstatic to hear this news, giddy economists threw a week-long champagne party out on the sidewalks of Wall Street to cel...
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Research Psychiatrists Fail to Report Earnings From Drug Companies
By Michael Dorausch, DC
Call it a psycho conflict of interest affecting the health and lives of thousands of children, an Iowa senator has discovered 3 Harvard researchers earned millions of dollars in consulting fees from drug companies, for performing research and evangelizing antipsychotic d...
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