Events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism about health care and health in Kentucky
Researchers have found that medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, which is more common in Kentucky than any other state, may offer some additional long-term benefits by discouraging children from risky behaviors....
Children do better in school when they aren’t forced to sit still all day, especially those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Gretchen Reynolds reports in The New York Times. Recent...
Kentucky leads the nation in the percentage of children who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder, according to the latest available data, which “showed that ADHD levels have...
Amanda Rocafort and her son, Quintn, who takes Adderall for his ADHD. (NYT photo by Bryan Meltz) In light of last week’s news that the number of poor children on...