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

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 ...

Stimulants Mimic A Night Of Sound Sleep Rather Than Directly Boost Attention In A Nutshell Not attention networks: ADHD ...

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

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

The researchers found that both methylphenidate medications like Ritalin and amphetamines like Adderall cause sleep problems, without identifying differences between the two. Although they were unable ...

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital is stepping up to reduce the number of sleep-related deaths in infants. The hospital recently ...

Children need adequate sleep for optimal learning and for their mental and physical health. But a new study finds that few kids are getting the recommended amount of shut-eye, even though their ...

WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital is partnering with a national organization making sure every baby sleeps comfortably — and safely. The hospital has joined with Cribs for Kids National Safe Sleep ...

Using drugs or medication to quiet or punish a child is child abuse, some say. Jul. 22, 2010— -- Giving a cranky child cough medicine to put him or her to sleep may not seem like child abuse, but ...

WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...