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FDA Reviews Research Linking Food Colorings and Hyperactivity
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsArtificial food dyes that enhance the color of processed, kid-friendly foods like Cheetos and Pop-Tarts have been used for decades, and the Food and Drug Administration has said they're safe. But with some studies tying the colorings to hyperactivity in children, an FDA panel begins two days of hearings today to review the research and decide whether more study is needed or whether foods with the dyes should carry warning labels. Before the hearing, FDA scientists said in a report that there was no definitive proof that food dye causes hyperactivity in most children, though kids with ...
Florida Boy, 8, Arrested at School for 5th Time
By Lisa Holewa - AOL NewsAn 8-year-old boy who's been arrested five times since November for assaulting teachers at his Florida school has been released from juvenile detention because the judge said he's too young and small to be held. But the adjudicator chastised the pupil's mother for not getting him help. "He is your responsibility. We really do not want to be involved in his life," Orange County Judge Alicia Latimore told the boy's mother during a court appearance Friday. The boy, arrested for the fifth time last week, appeared in court surrounded by three Orange County Sheriff's deputies, WFTV in Orlando ...
Number of Therapeutic Use Exemptions in MLB Virtually Unchanged
By FanHouse Newswire - AOL NewsNEW YORK (AP) -- Major League Baseball granted 105 exemptions for otherwise-banned stimulants in the last year because of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, virtually unchanged from the previous year's total. MLB and the players' union released the report Wednesday, covering a period that ended with the World Series. The ADHD figure has stayed about the same for four years. There were 108 therapeutic use exemptions in 2009, up from 106 TUEs in 2008 and 103 in 2007. Baseball management says the level of ADHD among young males is higher than for the general population. "My reaction is ...
Ten Percent of American Kids Have ADHD, Survey Finds
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 11) -- It's a problem that appears to be getting worse. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD for short, is on the rise in the United States, with one in 10 children in the country being diagnosed with the neurological condition at some point, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control. The National Survey of Children's Health found that the number of kids age 4 to 17 who reported being diagnosed with ADHD rose from 7.8 percent to 9.5 percent from 2003 to 2007. The disorder is characterized by an inability to concentrate at school, at home or in ...
Grand Theft Autodidact: How Playing Video Games Makes You a Better Person
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 13) -- A growing body of evidence makes clear that, when it comes to bettering yourself, you'd be crazy not to start playing video games. Scientists across the globe have been trying to tackle the question of whether video games are a boon or a scourge to modern society, and have embarked on a dizzying number of studies over the past decade to try to figure out an answer. Surge Desk rounds up all the good news for gamers. 1. Playing video games makes you a better decision-maker. A new study by researchers at the University of Rochester finds that people who played games like "Grand ...
ADHD Linked to 'Western Diet' of Takeout, Fried Food and Candy
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(July 30) -- Yet another reason to rethink a diet heavy in fried, packaged and processed foods: It could be the culprit to blame for the childhood development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A study out of the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, Australia, evaluated the diets of 1,800 teens, 115 of whom had been diagnosed with ADHD before the age of 14. Dietary habits were divided into two categories. A "Western diet" consisted of takeout, packaged products -- in other words, plenty of saturated fat, sodium and sugar -- and few fresh fruits or ...
Rice Krispies May Not Be So Healthy After All
By David Knowles - Politics DailySnap, crackle, pop, and poof! The Kellogg company has agreed to drop its advertising claim that Rice Krispies cereal can strengthen a child's immune system. Here is a video of a commercial for the cereal that features the contentious health assertion: In Feb. of 2009, Kellogg had also stopped telling consumers that Frosted Mini Wheats helped improve a child's attentiveness by 20%, Reuters reported. The U.S. Trade Commission had gone after the company, calling both claims "problematic." While agreeing to stop promoting what the trade commission sees as bogus health claims, Kellogg did ...
Judith Warner Q and A: Kids, Medications, Pesticides and ADHD
By Mary Winter - Politics DailyA nationwide study linking Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children and exposure to pesticides from fruits and vegetables has fired up moms in the blogosphere. "I need to buy more organically. Especially the fruits my kids eat," wrote Tylersmommy at www.momslikeme. "I DO, however, soak ALL produce in water with baking soda, then I rinse it. Started doing this after suggested by MamaP & am so glad that I do." In the study, researchers who measured the level of pesticide byproducts in the urine of 1,139 children found that those with above-average levels "had roughly twice the ...
Marijuana Prescribed to Kids with ADHD
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 24) -- In California, the state with the nation's most permissive medical marijuana law, several doctors say that some children with attention deficit hyperacitivty disorder, or ADHD, are being treated with marijuana -- a fact that has sparked a heated debate. Reliable figures on the use of marijuana to treat ADHD are hard to come by, as reported by The New York Times. Though California says it has issued more than 36,000 medical marijuana cards since 2004, the state does not compile statistics on prescriptions for specific conditions, such as ADHD. And many doctors and patients are ...
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