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

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

The stimulants Ritalin and Adderall have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for decades, but research shows they don’t act on the brain’s attention circuitry as had ...

A new study proved ADHD stimulants do not improve attention but stimulate other parts of the brain. If children don't obtain enough sleep, they may exhibit symptoms similar to ADHD.

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

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

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

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Researchers find that altered Homer1 gene signaling quiets brain activity and improves attention in mice, raising new ...

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD often share symptoms, including challenges with social situations, staying ...

ADHD medications work like sleep, not attention boosters, massive brain study reveals. For some kids, focus problems may be ...