News tagged with stimulant drugs
Narcolepsy Drug Being Used to Improve Cognitive Performance Affects Brain Dopamine Activity
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Preliminary research in healthy men suggests that the narcolepsy drug modafinil, increasingly being used to enhance cognitive abilities, affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way that may create ...
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ADHD stimulant treatment may decrease risk of substance abuse in adolescent girls
Oct 06, 2008 |
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that treatment with stimulant drugs does not increase and appears to significantly decrease the risk that girls with ADHD will begin smoking cigarettes or using ...
FDA urges caution in weighing risks of ADHD drugs
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Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk ...
Researchers Study Academic Effects of ADHD Drugs
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often assumed to improve memory and make a person smarter, but experts have found that is not the case. Researchers ...
Children with ADHD should get heart tests before treatment with stimulant drugs
Apr 21, 2008 |
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Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should get careful cardiac evaluation and monitoring – including an electrocardiogram (ECG) – before treatment with stimulant drugs, a new American Heart Association ...
Studies examine genetic determinants of ADHD
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A special issue of American Journal of Medical Genetics (AJMG): Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics presents a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in genetic research of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) ...
Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...
Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention
Jun 24, 2008 |
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Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed for decades to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and their popularity as "cognition enhancers" has recently surged among the healthy, as well
Methamphetamine abuse linked to underage sex, smoking and drinking
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Children and adolescents who abuse alcohol or are sexually active are more likely to take methamphetamines (MA), also known as 'meth' or 'speed'. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the ri ...
Pediatric Ritalin may affect young brains
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Jul 18, 2007 |
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U.S. medical researchers have discovered use of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drug Ritalin by young children might affect their brains.
Caffeine experts call for warning labels for energy drinks
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists who have spent decades researching the effects of caffeine report that a slew of caffeinated energy drinks now on the market should carry prominent labels that note caffeine doses and warn of potential ...
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