Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how the brain regulates ...

A new study suggests that common medications prescribed to help manage ADHD, such as Adderall and Ritalin, may work ...

Now, researchers say the stimulants don’t work as previously believed. Instead of affecting regions of the brain that control ...

Stimulant drugs that are widely used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a different ...

Attention disorders such as ADHD arise when the brain struggles to separate important signals from irrelevant noise. At any moment, the brain is flooded with information, and staying focused depends ...

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7, 2026 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors assumed ADHD medications like Ritalin and Adderall work by ...

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

Scientists are mapping the characteristics that adults with ADHD share—and revealing new coping strategies for people living ...

The brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.

Your brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.

These evidence-based approaches help adults with attention challenges thrive in daily life without pharmaceutical interventions. Living with adult attention-deficit ...

With everything there is to juggle in life, it’s easy to assume that everyone experiences that sinking-in-quicksand feeling as they navigate another busy day. But if you find this feeling is paired ...