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

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

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

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

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

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

Brain imaging methods like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to characterize structural differences in the brains of children with attention-deficit ...

More than 3 million children take medication to manage ADHD symptoms. Discover how new research suggests they may work a ...

Prescription stimulant drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall are commonly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including among ...

Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

While ADHD drugs work on wakefulness, they also mimic the effect of good sleep without fixing a problem. Sleep habits are ...