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Really Special Education: State Investigation Confirms "Lap Dance Therapy" Allegations

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Supreme Court, Taxes, Expensive Lap Dances, Education, Add, Disabilities, Teens, Addiction, Treatment, Mount Bachelor Academy, Drugs, Troubled Teens, Living News
Maia Szalavitz

A series of investigations could spell the beginning of the end for the billion dollar, taxpayer funded troubled teen industry.

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Why Current Thinking About Autism Is Completely Wrong

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Add, Health, Mark Hyman MD, Adhd, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Ultrawellness, Living News
Mark Hyman, MD

The real reason we are seeing increasing rates of autism is simply this: Autism is a systemic body disorder that affects the brain. A toxic environment triggers certain genes in people susceptible to this condition. And research supports this position

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Study Shows Massive Rise In ADHD Drug Abuse Among Teens

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Add, Health, Adhd Prescriptions, Adhd, Adhd Medicine, Medicine, Living News

CHICAGO — Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence abou...

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Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Children, Woody Allen, Clinical Depression, Mother's Little Helper, Human Condition, Medicine Cabinets, Prozac, Ambien, Medications, Overdose, Faulty Diagnoses, Larry King, Campbell Soup, Bi-Polar, Nike, Coke, Psychotropic Drugs, Law and Order, Newsweek, Monet, Lincoln, Lipitor, Depression, Billie Holiday, Adhd, George Orwell, The New York Times, World War 2, Diagnoses, Pharmacies, Erection, Rodney Dangerfield, Pharmaceutical Industry, Victor Hugo, Priapism, Add, Lunesta, Beethoven, Botox, The Marx Brothers, Viagra, Vioxx, Insomnia, Painkillers, Valium, Zanax, Politics News
Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

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CIA-Approved Psychiatrist Treats Cloak and Dagger Set's Woes

Jeff Stein | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Therapy, crime_noir, Cia, Psychoanalyze, Spytalk, Ptsd, A.D.D., cqpolitics.com, David_L._Charney, case_officer, film_noir, Moles, Psychiatrist, Mole, Spies, Espionage, Fbi, old_town_alexandria, intelligence_directorate, adult_attention_deficit_disorder, national_clandestine_service, robert_hanssen, Obsessive-compulsive_disorder, aldrich_ames, post_traumatic_stress_disorder, directorate_of_operations, Larry Summers, Politics News
Jeff Stein

For almost 20 years, Dr. David L. Charney, 66, has seen a parade of CIA personnel come to his Alexandria, Va., office, looking for help with their emotional problems.

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Religious Groups Assume The Victims' Role

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion, Adult ADHD, Adhd, Add, New York State, Bernard Madoff, Aclu, Sexual Abuse, Republican Party, Republicans, Sephardic, Hasidic, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

A bill is pending in the New York State Legislature to temporarily lift the statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.

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Slow Down -- Speed is So Yesterday

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Distraction, Gordon Brown, Add, Recession, Economy, Exhaustion, Cnbc, Bbc, Blackberry, Fast Company, Exxon Valdez, Business News
Margaret Heffernan

If the current downturn means that we all slow down a little, that may turn out to be the smartest strategy of all. Because the economy surely can't recover until we do.

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Children in Pain

Robert Rose | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: School Discipline, Class Management, Education Reform, Children in Pain, Education Policy, Education, Add, Children, Teaching, Living News
Robert Rose

No teacher would be insensitive to a child who was in obvious physical pain. Unfortunately, the same student in emotional pain does not get the same sympathetic or empathetic response.

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Count Quickly and Win the Game!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Count, Digit, Games, Add, Number, Puzzle, Iq, Brain Training, Sum, Comedy News

Numbers are falling from the sky, and you have to destroy them before they hit the floor. You can remove numbers by selecting them with your mouse so that the sum of the selected numbers equals 10. There are also special helps such as bombs and clocks to slow down time. So count quickly and win the game now!

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Greening Hollywood: Green Moms at TreeHouse For TotSpot

Paige Donner | Posted 12.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Celebrity Kids, Jenny McCarthy, TreeHouse Social Club, Celebrity Moms, Mother Warriors, Joely Fisher, Autism, Tori Spelling, Green Moms, Sarah Palin, Totspot, Generation Rescue, Green Parenting, Asperger's Syndrome, Add, Adhd, Celebrity Kids Autism, Entertainment News
Paige Donner

"Generation Rescue is a parent-run organization that helps many parents recover their children from autism and teaches them about diet, about detox and that's how [their kids] get better."

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8 Reasons Why You Can't Pay Attention

Forbes.com | Allison Van Dusen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

Read More: Distration, Concentration, Adhd, Attention, Add, Living News

We've all had days--perhaps weeks and even months--when we can't seem to focus on anything. One minute you're reading an article online, the next you'...

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Put the Statistics Down

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Casualties, Statistics, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Adhd, Add, News Media, Iraq, Alaska, Pit Bull, Lipstick, Baseball, Media News
Michael B. Laskoff

The media serves up and Americans consume ever greater amounts of data daily. All this information seems terribly precise, but it doesn't do anything to shed light on pressing issues.

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Ban the Democratic and Republican National Conventions

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.06.2008 | Business

Read More: The Wall Street Journal, Toll Brothers, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Adhd, Rnc, Add, Democratic National Convention, Dell, Economy, Ford, Mccain, Obama, Dnc, Republican National Convention, Business News
Michael B. Laskoff

The candidates repeat the same undeliverable promises and insult their opponents with ever decreasing flair.

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An Impulsive Truth about the McCain-Palin Republican Ticket

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, Acceptance Speech, Adult ADHD, Adult ADD, Adhd, Add, Palin, Sarah Palin, Me, Judd Apatow, Mccain, Obama, Denver, Republican, Lewiston, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

Adult ADD (ADHD) makes for obvious disadvantages, some less apparent but equally meaningful advantages, and traits that can be positive or negative, d...

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Adult ADHD (ADD): Ghosts in the Machine

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Ty Pennington, Charles Schwab, Adhd, Add, Paul Orfalea, Shire, Ghosts, Fedex, Glenn Beck, Stephen Josephson PhD, Jetblue, David Neeleman, Michael Phelps, Health, Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

To find business leaders who've owned up to having ADHD, it's easiest to look at people who have already arrived in the winner's circle.

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America's Foreign Policy Diagnosed with ADHD (ADD)

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gas, Russian Federation, Adhd, George W. Bush, NYU Child Studies Center, Russia Georgia War, Foreign Policy, Michael Phelps, US Spy Satellite, Kbr, Add, Bechtel, Georgia, Russia, Oil, Blackwater USA, Dsm-Iv-Tr, Vyvanse, Ritalin, Concerta, Politics News
Michael B. Laskoff

I know three things about ADHD (ADD) for certain. First, Michael Phelps has it; his mom has been good enough to use her media platform in places like ...

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U.S. Public Wins Olympic Gold Medal In Distractibility

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 09.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Nato, Team USA, Adhd, Add, Beijing Olympics, Gitmo, Georgia, Gold Medal, Medal Ceremony, Russia, Gymnastics, China, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Distractibility, Boredom, Socialists, Living News
Michael B. Laskoff

How can Team USA best the Chinese public in distraction at its own games? Their athletic squad will warm the patriotic cockles of a resurgent power. But Chinese individuals are far too pragmatic too be entirely distracted.

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CDC: Vaccine Study Used Flawed Methods

David Kirby | Posted 06.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Adhd, Add, Autism, Cdc, Gerberding, Vaccines, Autism Vaccines, Living News
David Kirby

My original post mischaracterized the CDC vaccine investigation, and I'm reposting this piece to reflect that information accurately, but also to point out many of the weaknesses identified in the CDC's data.

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