Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...

Researchers have identified specific coupled patterns of brain activity and gene expression that help explain impulsive behavior in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. By analyzing ...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD in short, is a long-term condition that includes a combination of different ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ...

WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first medical scan that can help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children by measuring brain waves. The agency said ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first brain scan that can help diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, The Associated Press reported. The agency cleared the NEBA ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a ...