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25/12/2010 - ADHD and Pesticides Link
The statistics and data keeps coming in. Research implicates the use of chemicals for risk and incidence of disease.
Dumping neurotoxins on plants to inhibit, kill or resist insects and fungus will accumulate in the bodies of those who eat the plants. No amount of washing will clean the residue inside those plants. Over generations of plants sprayed with these chemicals, we will find permanent changes that may be unhealthy and damaging to both the plant and the animals who eat these plants. Read article at HubPages.com
15/10/2010 - New Study Finds this Fat Useful to Improve ADHD
A clinical study in children with ADHD showed that they significant improved both their clinical scores and identified EEG patterns when their diets were supplemented with krill oil for a period of 13 weeks.
The EEG patterns of the study participants were compared to a database of more than 400 children with an established ADHD diagnosis, providing ample comparative data. Dr. Hogne Wik said, “This is an important observation identifying positive effects on the central nervous system (CNS) after supplementation of krill oil in humans. For the first time objective EEG-measurements -- before and after a 90 day intervention period with krill oil—have confirmed observed improvements in a clinical CNS condition.”
Read the article on Mercola.com
17/02/2010 - ADHD symptoms caused by lead exposure, new study claims
Now two studies -- one published in the January issue of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and the other published in the February issue of the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science -- provide the best evidence yet that lead could be one of the biggest culprits behind ADHD. Read the original article on NaturalNews.com
17/06/2009 - ADHD Drugs Linked To Sudden Death in Children
Medications commonly prescribed to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are associated with an increased risk of sudden death, according to new research. Children and teens taking ADHD stimulant medications were seven times more likely to die suddenly than their peers.
As many as 2.5 million children in the United States take ADHD stimulant medications, such as amphetamine, dextroamphetamine (Adderall), methamphetamine or methylphenidate (Ritalin). In the early 1990’s, several reports of sudden, unexplained death in children taking these medications began to raise concerns. Read the original article.
24/05/2009 - Gluten causes neurological disease
15/03/2009 - Guide To ADHD Homeopathic Medications
ADHD homeopathic medications are much less expensive and the best news of all is that they have no side effects and actually do work ! Homeopathic cures for ADHD have not had much of a press quite simply because they are not backed by the pharmaceutical giants and the success of homeopathy represents a real threat to their business.
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11/02/2009 - State May Ban Food Additives Linked to ADHD
Maryland shoppers may see warning labels on many foods soon, and a ban on suspect food additive chemicals by 2012. Check labels for these 8 suspect chemical food colorings.Read the original article on The Daily Green blog.
28/10/2008 - Autism, hyperactivity, deep blues in Children: Heavy metals intoxication
This is an English translation of the article published in French by WordPress : « Autisme, schizophrénie et hyperactivité- Phosphates dans l’alimentation : les enfants poussés au bord de la folie » Mondialisation.ca, 1 fevrier 2008 Word Press.Since twenty years ago, the hyperactivity, schizophrenia and autism cases are dramatically raising in developed countries. Scientists from the entire world are studying this problem. All of them agree in the link between the gluten and casein allergies and toxic metals.
In only ten years the number of autism in USA has been multiplied by three. There’s really an “epidemy” of autism that is expanding to the other side of the Atlantic. In Maryland, for example, the official stats show an increasing of 500% of new cases since 1998.
photo by Kriss Szkurlatowski
22/09/2008 - Alternatives to Ritalin for the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
ADHD children's parents usually know that Ritalin has secondary effects, but they believe that it is the only solution so the child keeps calm and can concentrate on a book. In this article I talk about some of the Ritalin’s side effects and I suggest some alternatives therapies to deal with hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder, as well as a mum’s testimonial that succeed in give her child a normal life thanks to the neurological reorganisation therapies.
