Children who are not able to sleep through the night are more likely to be hyperactive, with the risk especially high for boys with adverse family liv...
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
There are 26,000 food poisoning cases per 100,000 Americans, every year (an eye-popping 26% of the population). Compare that to only 3,400 cases in the UK, or 1,200 in France.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living
Today, health care spending represents 17% of our GDP, but perhaps it is time that we view our children as more than just a sales channel for Big Pharma's money making medicine.
Waylon Lewis | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Read these brief quotes and you just might find yourself slowing down, smelling the roses--becoming kinder to yourself and others, more efficient, less stressed all the time--and get busy living life fully.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living
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
AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
CHICAGO — Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence abou...
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 09.13.2009 | Living
Mental illnesses, including alcohol and drug abuse, are the conditions that arise and may affect your child as he takes on the developmental steps of leaving home to go off to school.
Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living
ADHD drugs are either the "amphetamine-like" or actual amphetamines. It should not be surprising that long-term use is associated with many hazards.
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living
I recently attended a gathering of supporters of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this event, I heard MARC founder (and Huffington Post blogger) Susan Smalley, Ph.D., speak. Dr. Smalley, a research scientist for 25 years, shared her fascinating journey of how she was inspired to create a center for mindfulness research.
Holly Robinson | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
Research tells us what most parents know: boys are apt to be "kinesthetic learners." That's educatorspeak for the fact that most boys learn best while they're in motion.
Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home
To effectively reform healthcare in the U.S., we must change not only the way we practice medicine, but also the type of medicine we practice.
Washington Post | Shankar Vedantam | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home
Children taking stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are several times as likely to suffer sudden, unexpl...
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living
If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.
Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
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, ...
newyorker.com | Jonah Lehrer | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living
According to Walter Mischel, this view of will power also helps explain why the marshmallow task is such a powerfully predictive test. "If you can dea...
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living
I got schooled by two college students about the widespread use of ADHD meds -- by kids without a diagnosis of the condition -- to study, stay attentive, and sometimes just to feel good.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living
As you crusade for the health of our children, please know that mothers around the country stand beside you. Our collective abilities can and will bring the change that our children deserve.
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
A bill is pending in the New York State Legislature to temporarily lift the statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living
Ten years ago, we didn't worry about sending a peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into school with our children, and we didn't medicate our eight year olds to get them through the school day.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living
Take a deep breath./Stop reacting from your frustration/and read what follows below.../Does it sound like someone you know?
Stanton Peele | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living
How many adult substance abusers abstain? By now, we are inured to the frequent visits to rehab by problem drinking and drug abusing entertainment figures.
Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.22.2008 | Living
Today it is estimated that 50 per cent of Hispanic and African-American children will develop diabetes, that 1 in 90 boys has autism, and that 1 in 4 children has asthma.
Paige Donner | Posted 12.10.2008 | Entertainment
"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."
Forbes.com | Allison Van Dusen | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living
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'...
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media
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.
Modern Medicine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living