Are labels like autism and ADHD more constraining than liberating? A clinician argues diagnosis has gone too far
A staggering rise in the prevalence of many medical conditions and the cultural attention we pay them is the subject of a new ...
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Emotionally Gifted and Navigating the World
Without high emotional intelligence, individuals like St. Teresa of Calcutta would not have impacted our world so profoundly. We need these individuals to open our eyes so we may be more empathetic ...
Is “Good American Family” a True Story? Revisiting the Real-Life Natalia Grace Case That Inspired the Ellen Pompeo-Led Series
The bizarre story of Natalia Grace is the inspiration for Hulu’s limited series Good American Family. Grace's case first made ...
She stopped taking her psych meds. Now she helps others do the same.
Delano at first resisted taking the drugs, hiding them in her jewelry box, self-medicating with alcohol and masking her ...
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Simple test that can tell you if you have ADHD in two minutes - as Oxford University's controversial assessment finds almost EVERY student has the disorder
Could you have ADHD? A simple two minute test used by the NHS could help spot signs of the behavioural disorder. Developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and experts from Harvard ...
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What happens when police and hospitals confiscate drugs?
Between 2020 and 2023, San Francisco police seized opioids from people more than 2,600 times. In that same time, there were ...
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Busting the Sugar-Hyperactivity Myth
However, the majority of studies so far haven't found a connection, and most in the medical industry maintain there is no known link between sugar and hyperactivity. Still, many concerned parents ...
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Science behind 'Polly want a cracker' could guide future treatment design for speech disorders
A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. A new study explains how a parakeet's brain helps it to mimic human words. By recording for the first time the brain ...
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Groundbreaking AI tool generates 3D map of the brain
As the next step, with Sara Burke, Ph.D., director of UF's Center for Cognitive Aging and Memory Clinical Translational Research, they mapped the anatomy to correlate with the molecules and used ...
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Christine McGuinness wins Media Champion of the Year for her autism and ADHD advocacy as she joins Tasha Ghouri and Faye Tozer at the British Diversity Awards
The model, 36, was praised for her advocacy for Autism and ADHD and highlighting her experience as a mother with autism and autistic children in her BBC documentary Christine McGuinness ...