The Cherry Lane Boxing and Youth Fitness program in Laurel will last another round after organizers recently received a $2,000 grant to finish existing repairs.

Adecade-long study of women farm workers in Salinas, published earlier this year in the journal Pediatrics, shows a link between pesticide exposure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in their children.

A new local chapter of a national support group for parents, families, and friends of children on a gluten-free diet for treatment of celiac disease, gluten intolerance, autism spectrum disorders, ADD/ADHD and allergies has formed for Rockland and Bergen Counties.

Parenting a child with Special Needs can be an overwhelming experience, especially if it feels as though acronyms are flying at you left and right and no one has the time to explain them or the process.

Photo: mercola.com; Could this be the Key Factor in the Spiking rise of ADHD? In recognition of ADD / ADHD awareness week , organizations are collaborating to raise the public's awareness and to further educate people in general concerning the disorders.

Q: Are chemical pollutants causing ADHD? A: Whether it's 2 pm in an airless office tower or a particularly dry class on campus, you're bound to hear self-deprecating jokes about ADD, or if they get their terminology right, ADHD.

By Kristi Patton - Penticton Western News Published: September 07, 2010 6:00 PM Updated: September 08, 2010 12:41 PM No one would allow a mom to come to a party and let her baby swim in a pool of alcohol, but that is exactly what is happening when an expectant mother drinks alcohol.

On the occasion of ADHD Awareness Week, September 13-17, they've compiled evidence-based information and links to available resources and supports at www.adhdawareness2010.org. Four to 7 million children and 9 to 13 million adults in the U.S. have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder .

Non-stick cookware might be easier to use than the polished pots and pans the professionals use, but its Teflon coating has long given consumers pause.

Leigh-Davis is one of those shocked people. For those of you who do not remember, Barbara Walters returned to the television show 20/20 to guest host a special one-hour episode on "gender identity disorder." Simply, gender identity disorder is when a male identifies himself as a female and vice versa.

In Where's the Hope, Part 2 of a three-part series released for ADHD Awareness Week, Attention Talk Radio host Jeff Copper joins Catherine Corman and Joyce Kubik to discuss the evidence and see what data supports the real existence of ADHD.

Suven Life Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products, has received a product patent in Australia and in Mexico for one of their new chemical entity for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and these patents are valid until 2023 and 2025 respectively.

The elimination diet is a program used to find the food allergies and sensitivities of an individual.

Online drug marketing could be big for Pharma. Photo: Flickr.com/Sam Catchesides Many people who want health information turn to the Internet, but there's a new risk.

To the teacher whining about the homework: How many of those poor kids are underdiagnosed with autism, Asperger's syndrome or ADHD? Instead of getting them treatment, you whine and cry at their parents who don't know what to do because they are not the professional.