What Doctors Don't Tell YouAn expert panel from the National Institutes of Health in America has called for a urgent review of the use of Ritalin (methylphenidate hydrochloride) in treating attention deficit hyperactivity d ...
Two lawsuits have been filed, in California and New Jersey, asserting that Novartis, the makers of Ritalin, and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) conspired to create a market for the comp ...
Two landmark US lawsuits have been filed alleging that attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were invented largely to promote the sale of the drug Ri ...
Work by scientists such as Dr Neil Ward, of the Chemistry Department, University of Surrey and advisor to HACSG, has emphasised the importance of zinc status, ingestion of additives and heavy meta ...
OUR KIDS COULD BE NEXT: A push for Ritalin is coming our way
Around five million children in the USA are taking some prescribed stimulant to treat their hyperactivity. The manufacturers are now turning to Europe in general, and the UK in particular,
I have a question for you. Cigarettes, alcohol, petrol, sugar and high-emission cars - which is the odd one out? All have a highly negative impact on our health.
The growing ‘grey’ population may be raking in the cash for drug companies, but look at the other end of the age spectrum and you’ll also see burgeoning trade. The number of children diagnosed with mental disorders, including attention...
Everyone recognizes ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactive disorder) as a problem in childhood and adolescence when the full weight of medicine is on hand to suppress the more worrying symptoms.
FDA sits and waits amid Adderall deaths. Many are aware of the dangerous side-effects of amphetamines, especially when they are used to treat children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet, it has taken 20 sudden deaths and 12...
