With the taste of warm weather we had this week I’m back to one of my favorite topics and that is the benefits of spending time in nature. This is a topic I have covered before but this particular study in Frontiers in Psychology journal had a unique take. They were evaluating how spending just…
Drinking soda can have a number of adverse health effects. The high doses of sugar in liquid form are known to contribute to obesity. Other studies have shown that adolescents who drink more soda have higher tendencies towards aggression, suicidal thoughts, self harm, and withdrawal behavior. However no study has looked at how soda effects…
So last week I reviewed an article about the benefits of spending time in nature and specifically how it could help children and adults with ADHD. As you were reading that article I know you were thinking “This is amazing information. I really appreciate Dr. Scott taking the time to write these articles, but he’s…
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) affects over 2 million children in the United States. It is characterized by a child’s inability to focus and pay attention for appropriate lengths of time. It is usually most apparent when doing something that requires this focus like school work or chores. The two most common current treatments are medications…
ADHD is currently the most common mental health disorder affecting children today. With the levels of diagnosis reaching epidemic proportions research on the cause and treatments for ADHD are at the highest levels they have ever been. Most of those studies focus on medications for treatment with the most common medication being stimulants like Ritalin. These…
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while becoming more prevalent still evades a clear cause. Studies have already compared PET scans, SPECT scans, MRI, CAT scans and blood or urine tests of kids diagnosed with ADHD to those without and found no differences. Even without a clear diagnosis or cause, addictive drugs altering brain chemistry are the…