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Ten Percent of American Kids Have ADHD, Survey Finds

(Nov. 11) -- It's a problem that appears to be getting worse. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD for short, is on the rise in the United States, with one in 10 children in the country being diagnosed with the neurological condition at some point, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease...

Judge to Lohan: Go Directly (Back) to Jail

(Sept. 24) -- This morning, a Los Angeles judge ordered actress Lindsay Lohan to return to jail over a failed drug test that put her in violation of the terms of her probation. Judge Elden Fox denied Lohan bail and has ordered her to jail pending an Oct. 22 hearing. The latest turn in Lohan's legal saga came when the...

Dilaudid: Lindsay Lohan's Alleged Preferred Painkiller Explained

Lindsay Lohan's 90-day jail sentence might not be her only problem, let alone her most serious one. TMZ alleges that "LiLo" -- banned from imbibing alcohol by court order -- has filled prescriptions for Ambien, Adderall and Dilaudid. "A doctor wrote the prescription after Lindsay's recent dental surgery," TMZ adds. The...

Jason Kendall's Estranged Wife Alleges He Abuses Adderall

Kansas City Royals catcher Jason Kendall is currently in the process of divorcing his wife, Chantel Kendall, and as is often the case in these matters, things are getting ugly. That's particularly so when the divorcing couple is fighting over the custody of their children, as the two sides will pull no punches to prove...

More MLB Players Diagnosed With ADD Than Ever Before

Now that greenies -- those helpful little methamphetamines that make a 162-game season just fly by! -- are actually being taken seriously by Major League Baseball, players are going alternate routes to get their slight competitive advantage. What? You didn't think they would play the season without some sort of stimulant,...

Background on Adderall

Adderall is a brand name of amphetamine salts-based medication used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, legal only in the United States and Canada It is a brand-name psychostimulant medication composed of racemic amphetamine aspartate monohydrate, racemic amphetamine sulfate, dextroamphetamine saccharide, and dextroamphetamine sulfate, which are all amphetamine salts.

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