Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?

Is It A Crime To Give A Child Marijuana To Control Violent Outbursts?Debbie Jeffries shows Correspondent Harold Dow the bag of marijuana she keeps in her freezer. (CBS) .hideit {display:none} (CBS) Debbie Jeffries of Rocklin, Calif., and her mother,...

Warning: Using a mobile phone while pregnant can seriously damage your baby

More disturbing reports about cell phones:"Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural problems, according to authoritative research. A...

Hyper girls 'struggle as adults'

Little girls are suger and spice.  Little Boys can be monsters at times and it may take years before parents eventually realise they might be hyperactive and seek help.  But what happens to a troublesome...

Food additives making kids crazy

HUNDREDS of popular Australian children's snack foods and sweets are laced with suspect additives which international researchers have linked to adverse behavioural reactions.   Food companies are using...

'Delay' in ADHD children's brains

"The brains of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) do not mature at the same rate as their peers, a US study says. Researchers looked at 450 children - half of whom had ADHD - and found...

Danger to children from food and drink additives

"Parents are to be warned of the dangers of giving their young children drinks, sweets and cakes containing specified artificial additives, as a result of new findings being made public for the first time today which confirm their link with hyperactivity and disruptive...

What is ADHD?

"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder sometimes known as ADHD is the descriptive label given to an ever-increasing number of children with a variety of behavioural and learning problems including hyperactivity, poor attention span, lack of concentration, disruptiveness,...

Sugar linked with mental problems in Norway study

"Sugar linked with mental problems"

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