An independent review announced by Wes Streeting will look at both whether there is evidence of overdiagnosis of mental ...

More children and adults are being diagnosed with ADHD in some countries. Science is helping to understand why — and how best to provide support.

The number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder ( ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD) has risen sharply in recent decades, and research continues to look at ...

For ADHD, there was a similar trend. While the study didn't examine how extremely high doses and long durations of pain medication impacted developing brains, the findings provide little evidence that ...

A new, small study suggests children with autism, ADHD, and anorexia share similarly disrupted gut microbiomes, which, by some measures, have more in common with each other than with their healthy, ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms often overlap, blurring traditional diagnostic boundaries. Now ...

(BPT) – Bedwetting, also known as nighttime wetting/incontinence or nocturnal enuresis, can affect any child. For some children, bedwetting may be an unavoidable part of growing up. In general, ...

A woman with ADHD and autism said she "cried with relief" when she was finally diagnosed at the age of 52 as her "life ...

A new study by Ruthsatz and Urbach is doing the rounds nowadays. That study has nothing to do with Autism or ADHD per se. The study focuses on child prodigies and finds that they have high levels of ...

America’s health care system is a mess. Its incentives are costing the U.S. a fortune, both in cold hard cash and in real damage to human health. Nowhere is this more pernicious than in children’s ...

Maternal paracetamol use during pregnancy shows weak links to autism and ADHD, with family factors playing a more significant ...