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Revolutionary new studies have shown that learning delays caused by four common conditions can be totally reversed - but at this point, only in mice. Still, if you know someone suffering from tubeous sclerosis complex (TSC), neurofibromatosis, fragile X or Down Syndrome, then the news looks very promising...

Percentage of American boys circumcised in 1963-65: 76 In 1999: 65.3 In 2003: 55.9 Percentage of American pediatricians who recommend circumcision to all parents: 24 Percentage of American pediatricians who discourage circumcision: 9.4 Percentage of American pediatricians who make no recommendation:...

Norwegian scientist Karl Ludvig Reichelt posited a theory in the mid-90s that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) might be linked to an inability to break down a certain kind of protein in milk . A number of families in Oslo removed milk from their children's diets and saw a marked improvement...

I think my mind has just been blown. According to this MSNBC story on bullies , a kid with ADHD is more likely to be a bully. That part I can follow, even if I'm not sure I believe in the assertion. However -- and this is the part that makes my brain twist -- kids with ADHD are more likely to have...

Parents of kids with food allergies know a type of terror that most haven't experienced. Watching your bundle o' joy turn beet red, stop breathing and, probably, convulse is a sight it's hard to get past. And you start to organize your life so that you never have to see it again. Lafayette...

If you didn’t catch the Front Line documentary, The Medicated Child last night on PBS you can also watch it online , and I highly recommend that every parent make a date with this frighteningly informative documentary. Gwynne Watkins interviewed filmmaker Marcela Gaviria in Babble’s 5-Minute Time Out...

A new study of the effects of long-term use of ADHD drugs like Ritalin and Concerta indicates that the drugs when used over a several-year period may be no more effective than therapy without drugs. Even worse, the study found that long-term use of these drugs may inhibit kids' growth. Yikes: short...

When I worked as a researcher for a documentary on neurogenetics, I interviewed several leading scientists working on ADHD. Each one had a different theory as to the genes responsible for ADHD, or in some cases, even what ADHD was, but off the record every single one of them said the same thing to me...

Move over Ritalin. There’s a new ADHD treatment in town. A therapist has come up with a simple way to help treat kids with behavioral, emotional and learning problems. Soccer therapy with Dad . As a graduate student, Gregory Fabiano noticed a pattern at summer camps for kids with ADHD and their parents...

As far as I'm concerned, practically every kid under the age of six exhibits some traits commonly associated with ADD and ADHD. You know what I'm talking about: the inattention, the constant activity, the selective hearing. But when is a kid being a kid, albeit an annoying one, and when is there...