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

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On December 15, President Trump issued an executive order declaring illicit fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. With that ...

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 ...

Studies of parricide, the killing of a parent, reveal that it's a rare crime with a range of motivations and precursors, ...

AI hallucination is often misread as creativity. This explains why it’s a symptom of optimization fatigue, and what that ...

OnPoint, the nation's first supervised drug consumption site, vows to continue its approach to harm reduction.

Psychiatrist Robert Custer spent his life convincing doctors that compulsive gambling was not an impulse control problem. Today, his research is foundational for diagnosis and treatment.

CCM devices are distinct from the implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, that physicians use in some people with heart failure. While ICDs prevent fatal arrhythmias, CCM devices are ...

Many medications can help lower high blood pressure (hypertension), but no single one works best for everyone. The good news is, with some patience and help from your healthcare provider, you’ll ...