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Is the videogame addiction story science or politics

Is the videogame addiction story science or politicsVideogame addiction is not about ADHDIt is about them not having anything else in their lives that is fun, not being let out of their homes to explore because their parents are overprotective idiots, etc.Personally, if someone sits and plays a game for...

Tags: Games, ADHD, videogame addiction story science, addiction story science

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Legal shoe drops on vaccine-autism link

Legal shoe drops on vaccine-autism linkIt will never endtoo many parents see their autistic kids as "broken" and want something or someone to blame.Having said that, there are varying levels of autism, and I can't help but wonder if some of the higher orders of autism the primarily manifest as...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, autism, vaccine, ADHD, Autism, Wakefield

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

The self medication debate returns

The self medication debate returnsWhen society acceptsdrugs as the only answer then society is asking to fail. Drugs mask the real problems in many cases. Sorry but ADHD is treatable without drugs. Diet, exercise both physical and mental and maybe some counseling. Those are the base items for curing a...

Tags: self medication, ADHD, medication, contention

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

The self medication debate returns

Our dogmatic attitude of "just say no" has been both counter-productive and ignorant. But that doesn't mean our best-and-brightest need to risk poisoning themselves for what may be just a placebo effect. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Medication, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-12-08

The worst word in the medical lexicon

The worst word in the medical lexiconHumilityDoes being a parent give the right to judge entire fields of knowledge simply because they do not agree with what we wish to hear?The trend todayto celebrate disability is something I find quite sickening. Disability is an obstacle to overcome, not something to...

Tags: medical lexicon, lexicon, ADHD, disability, diagnosis

Discussion threads 2008-11-26

The worst word in the medical lexicon

If ADHD, with its gifts, is a "disorder," what about every other mental or physical condition marking the "gifted?" My experience with life indicates our society sees nearly all who are gifted as disordered. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Health Care, ADHD, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-11-26

End the spectre of science for sale

End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study. There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...

Tags: NIH, democracy

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

End the spectre of science for sale

If the law and regulations are not being violated, if only ethics are involved, then science for sale becomes standard practice. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Dr., Emory University, ADHD, Mortgages, Regulations, Branding, Finance, Capital Structures, Government, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-03

The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance

The full cost of ADHD includes ignoranceare you a real doctor or like a Doctor Pepper?From your column "In females it displays differently, often as passivity, which means it often goes undiagnosed."Passivity? FYI, "passivity" is one of the symptoms of ADHD. Concentrate and try to answer the question, do you...

Tags: Games, ADHD

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance

The bottom line is that until we stop treating ADHD as a disability, seeing it as the mixed blessing it in fact is, and stop stigmatizing those with ADHD, instead celebrating our accomplishments, it will continue to cost all of us. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Robin Williams, Ignorance, Disability, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Herb does not ease ADHD

Herb does not ease ADHD[b] I'm sorry, is thie WebMD?[/b]Not to be mean, but What does this have to do with technology?Perhaps you ment to write this somewhere else? A personal blog?Do you guys get paid a flat fee or by the word?...Been saying this all along and have seen...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, St. John, ADHD, health care

Discussion threads 2008-06-11

Herb does not ease ADHD

Taking St. John's Wort for ADHD is no better than a placebo. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Pill, Kid, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-11

ADHD heart warning should be no big deal

ADHD heart warning should be no big dealUseful reminderWe associate ADD and ADHD with childhood, but they don't appear to be things that go away when children grow up. Hopefully, we learn how to deal with them, but that's not guaranteed either.

Tags: ADHD

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

ADHD heart warning should be no big deal

"You're not going to put my kid on drugs." That was my mom, in 1964, when I was first diagnosed as having ADHD. A doctor had suggested Ritalin would help, but she was adamant. She never told me about it. There...

Tags: ADHD, Productivity, Healthcare, Blogging, Security, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-23

See the mind in action for good or ill

ADHD is a very complex thing. It can be active or passive, and be identified through either mood swings or dyslexia. Diagnosis is tough, and a vital first step in dealing with the symptoms. There remain people who don't believe it exists. There are also people who...

Tags: Diagnosis, Scientist, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-13

Today's Debate: What model will close the health literacy gap?

Today's Debate: What model will close the health literacy gap?What might this number create?Lots of funding for those promoting snake-oil cures for the fact that the couch-potato lifestyle is attractive.The bottom line is that Real Medicine tells people the same thing that medical books I have from the 18th century...

Tags: Vertical industries, ADHD, health care

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

Is mild ADHD a FAVORABLE evolutionary adaptation to our tech-centric world?

Is mild ADHD a FAVORABLE evolutionary adaptation to our tech-centric world?ADHD it isn'tHaving reared two very bright ADHD kids, I can tell you that it's [b]not[/b] beneficial in a technical world, nor in a fast-paced one.The hallmark of ADHD is [i]distractability[/i] -- which is utterly poison to learning much of...

Tags: ADHD

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Is mild ADHD a FAVORABLE evolutionary adaptation to our tech-centric world?

So far as I know, Phil Edholm, CTO & VP Network Architecture, Enterprise at Nortel is not professionally trained in the behavioral sciences.Still, something he said during an Executive Session at VoiceCon last week has been haunting me for its innovativeness and plausibility.Without furnishing attribution, he meme-d the notion that...

Tags: Branding, Adaptation, Video Game, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-27

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Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses

Nice articleIts nice to see a balanced article like this. I consider myself an OS agnostic user as I used Windows for years and tried a Linux Desktop OS like Ubuntu a few times and only recently (last 2 years) has Ubuntu taken over as my primary OS.One of the...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, default theme, task bar, Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Windows, software, hardware, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Those darned kids and their multitasking

Apparently, multitasking is a bad idea. Or so a media frenzy told us a month ago. Young people especially flip between tasks in what appears to be a completely natural way and seem able to take in multiple streams of information with aplomb. "Of course!" you say....

Tags: Job, Coffee, Media, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-01