Study shows near-tripling of global ADHD drug use
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The use of drugs to treat  attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more  than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on  Tuesday.
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Parents of kids on prescription drugs   for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are 10 times more   likely to be on such a medication themselves, according to an   analysis of U.S. prescription use released on Thursday.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity  disorder costs Americans suffering from the condition about $77  billion in lost income a year, more than the total costs of  drug abuse or depression, a Harvard researcher said on  Thursday.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 1 (IPS) - A growing number of people are getting addicted to   tranquillisers and other prescription drugs, and this abuse is  set to  exceed illicit drug abuse, the International Narcotics  Control Board  (INCB) warns in a report published Thursday.
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A new study conducted in rats by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School suggests that the misdiagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) combined with prescription drug use in children may lead
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Americans, long considered one of the most medicated peoples in the world, are swallowing more pills than ever, according to a report released on Thursday by the U.S. government.
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Prescription drug use among Americans has hit an all-time record high, according to the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ annual check-up on Americansâ health.
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A survey of US households released Thursday finds almost half of Americans take at least one prescription medication and one in six take three or more.
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Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is taking a toll on the household income of adults with the disorder. Income lost is now pegged at $77 billion in the US, according to a study by Harvard researcher, Dr.
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NEW YORK  - Children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) use significantly more health services 2 years before and 2 years after they are diagnosed compared with children without ADHD, research shows.
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MEXICO CITY - Technological advances that help drug companies churn out highly profitable prescription medications must also be applied to improving public health care around the globe, a World Health Organization report released Wednesday says.
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Western countries saw a huge increase in the use of powerful antidepressants and other mood-altering drugs for children in the first years of the century, according to a study.
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Over the last decade, the use of prescription drugs has exploded in Canada. Spending on such drugs has doubled and more Canadians are popping pills than ever before in an effort to treat everything from serious
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A U.N. report released Tuesday showed that the "runaway train of drug addiction" has slowed, with estimated levels of global use holding steady for the third year in a row. Afghanistan's opium production, however, increased dramatically.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.
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Few American adults have bought  prescription drugs via the Internet, despite rising drug costs  and increased pressure to import cheaper drugs from abroad,  according to a new study released on Sunday.