An adult brain with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more vulnerable to damage linked to dementia. That’s what a recent study from researchers in Switzerland has uncovered. It ...

Older adults with ADHD are at higher risk of age-related dementias like Alzheimer's disease, and an international team of neuroscientists has found a lead on why this might be the case. Led by medical ...

For years, stimulant medications for ADHD have been described as chemical accelerators, framed as drugs that rev up a sluggish brain. New imaging work turns that story on its head. Brain scans now ...

An adult ADHD diagnosis can bring clarity and unexpected grief. Here’s how it can reshape parenting and self-understanding.

The brain, like a surly movie critic or a high school clique, specializes in rejection. The chief rejecter is the brain’s decision-making center in the prefrontal cortex, just behind your forehead.

ADHD doesn’t disappear at 18. Millions of adults are walking around with undiagnosed ADHD, explaining their struggles as character flaws, laziness, or just “being scattered.” They’ve spent decades ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that affects the way the brain grows and develops from childhood. About 6% of U.S. adults have been ...

These evidence-based approaches help adults with attention challenges thrive in daily life without pharmaceutical interventions. Living with adult attention-deficit ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was once thought to be a condition that only affects children, but awareness has grown that it often persists into ...