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Adderall Side Effects: Short- and Long-Term Risks Of Amphetamine Use And Abuse For people who have real, clinical difficulties with their concentration, Adderall can help them function well enough to get through a workday or classes in school. But this drug, commonly prescribed for people with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is  often abused . For example, some may take it because they need to cram for an exam though they don't really have trouble focusing. Although it may seem like a good idea to pop an Adderall to ace a test, it is a powerful drug with many potentially dangerous side effects. Read:  How Much Ibuprofen Can You Take In One Day? In addition to assisting overactive or distracted people with ADHD, Adderall is a stimulant that is also prescribed for narcolepsy, a condition in which people cannot control when they fall asleep. But the same benefits that make it a solid treatment for those disorders — increased attention and decreased...

Why Autism Diagnosis Varies By Race: Scientists Compare Black And White Parents Researchers may have gotten to the bottom of why black children are diagnosed with autism differently from kids of other races. A study in the journal  Autism  says black parents less likely to report autism symptoms than white parents, and that could affect how well or how early doctors are able to diagnose the developmental disorder, which is marked by issues with social interactions, emotional control, motor skills and communication. The scientists collected their data from surveys of dozens of parents whose toddlers were identified as being at risk for autism spectrum disorder but had not yet been diagnosed with the condition. They were looking at what sorts of issues parents reported concerns about, from autism-specific symptoms like poor social skills and repetitive behaviors to non-autism issues like “general developmental and disruptive behavior concerns.” The team found that black p...

Maggot Therapy, Used For Treating Type 2 Diabetes Complications And Infections, Is Seeing A Renaissance This  article  first appeared on  Mosaic  and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. By the time Michelle Marineau saw her patient, James (not his real name), there was little she could do to help him. His big toe had been removed, a complication from years of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, but the amputation site had stubbornly refused to heal. An infection had eaten away flesh and left tendon and bone exposed, streaks of off-white against the angry, red, weeping wound. Several of his other toes had developed gangrene, turning black and slowly dropping off. If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly impenetrable shield called a biofilm that protects them from antibiotics, so instead surgeons use s...

  Fathers' Smoking Prior To Conception Leaves Babies At Higher Risk For Asthma, Study Finds Men, and especially teenaged boys, who smoke prior to conceiving children are more likely to have babies with asthma, according to the first study to discover this link, announced Monday in Germany. The research looked at the smoking habits of 13,000 men and women who responded to survey questions, including whether they have smoked, when and for how long. They also indicated whether they stopped smoking before conceiving, according to a  news release . Fathers who smoked prior to conception raised the chances of their unborn children having asthma, a condition that causes the airways to swell, leading to labored breathing and tightness around the lungs. At least 25 million Americans have asthma, and 7 million of them are children, according to the  National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute . It isn't exactly clear how smoking before conception could cause asthma, but air p...

A new asthma pill outlined in a recent study might significantly reduce severe symptoms in patients.   Pixabay, public domain Researchers  out of the University of Leicester have developed a new asthma pill for the first time in 20 years, which they believe will significantly improve symptoms for those with severe asthma. The drug, known as Fevipiprant (QAW039), was shown to reduce asthma symptoms as well as inflammation, and it improved lung function and repaired airway linings. The pill may be a “game changer for  future  treatment of asthma,” said Professor Chris Brightling, a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leicester, in a  press release . In the study, the researchers  examined  61 participants who were divided into two groups: The first was given 225mg of the drug twice a day for 12 weeks, and the second group was given a placebo. By measuring the sputum eosinophil — the in...

  Fiber May Prevent Knee Osteoarthritis, Degenerative Joint Condition Half Of Adults Will Develop It keeps you full, regular and lowers heart disease risk, and  a new study adds  one more benefit to eating dietary fiber: protection against osteoarthritis. Published in the  Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases , researchers at Tufts University and the University of Manchester used data from two previous long-term studies to find yet another reason to include fiber-rich foods into your diet. The analysis of these studies found that people who ate more fiber were less likely to develop knee osteoarthritis (OA). Read :  Why Drastically Cutting Calories Won't Help You Lose Weight; Neurons May Block Dieting Efforts The  Osteoarthritis Initiative  (OAI), one of the studies reviewed by the team, looked at the health of nearly 5,000 Americans between the ages of  45 to 79. All participants either had or were at risk of developing osteoarthritis, ...