Adult ADHD Costs Billions in Lost Income
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While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children's disorder, many adults struggle with it, too. It costs adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in lost wages and in the inability to hold steady jobs, making it one of the nation's more costly health problems.
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Accidental overdoses and side effects from attention deficit drugs likely send thousands of children and adults to emergency rooms, according to the first national estimates of the problem.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study shows the misdiagnosis of attention hyperactivity disorder combined with prescription drug use in children may lead to depression in adulthood.
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Sinusitis and bronchitis take a significant toll on a personâs ability to participate in everyday life and have a sizable economic impact, accounting for more than 30 million missed workdays each year, according to survey results released by Berrylin J
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A blistering audit claims the state&#39;s Medicaid system is in such disarray that 1.4 million pills are missing, thousands of people who are dead or lack Social Security numbers are getting millions of dollars in benefits and abuse of mental patients may be
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Evelyn Green was in her mid-30s when doctors told her that her young son, Perry, had attention deficit disorder. The real surprise came, however, when she began to research the condition.
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Mental health problems cost British businesses Â£1,000 a year per employee on average, research shows.
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Leading psychiatrists say the National Health Service is failing thousands of people with ADHD.
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A new report says disabled children are not getting the care they need because too much money is spent on administration
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OTTAWA - Stress from high workloads is costing Canada&#39;s health-care system up to $14 billion a year in additional costs, according to a new federal study.
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NEW YORK  - Parents may find some help for  their children's ADHD symptoms by going back to nature, new  research suggests.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government is spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars more than necessary for its prescription-drug benefit programs, Auditor-General Sheila Fraser said Tuesday.
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While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children&#39;s disorder, many adults struggle with it, too.
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Charging workersâ out-of-pocket costs for medicines may be more than offset by reduced productivity, study finds.
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The number of American children with chronic health problems such as obesity, asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said yesterday.
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How your computer could be costing you thousands of dollars.
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WASHINGTON Twenty (b) billion dollars. That&#39;s the estimated cost in lost productivity due to this year&#39;s flu vaccine shortage.