The stimulants Ritalin and Adderall have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for decades, but ...

ADHD drugs don’t improve attention, new research finds – but they still work - More than seven million U.S. children and 15 million adults adults live with the lifelong brain disorder ...

It has long been assumed that psychostimulants help those with ADHD by acting on the brain’s attention circuitry. However, ...

A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work differently than believed.

(CNN) — Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, was long thought to be a disorder that only affected children. But now it’s well established that the symptoms can persist into adulthood — ...

A large new study finds adults diagnosed with ADHD live shorter lives than they should. The research, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, found that men diagnosed with ADHD were dying ...

(CNN) — Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is associated with a higher incidence of depression, anorexia or post-traumatic stress disorder as well as the risk of suicide attempts, a new study ...

Diabetes, multiple sclerosis, severe depression and other ailments have for years been known to increase the risk of dementia later in life. Now a Rutgers researcher and Israeli scientists believe ...