Prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin and Adderall, are widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including in children. In the U.S., about 3.5 million children aged 3 ...

WashU Medicine researchers find stimulant medications don’t affect attention-controlling regions of the brain, as previously ...

Kirstyn Hill has worked as a clinical pediatric and women’s health pharmacist since 2020. She was driven to work with a patient population that is not often able to easily speak up for themselves and ...

The findings challenge the conventional view that daytime sleepiness is always a result of insufficient sleep, poor sleep hygiene or classic sleep disorders. Instead, they suggest that internal ...

When it comes to sleep, traditional advice has focused on the number of hours a person sleeps. But for older adults, the quality of sleep may affect cognitive performance the following day regardless ...