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Are these medications being used to treat genuine illnesses? It’s difficult to tell. Image from shutterstock.com

Athletes need performance-enhancing drugs to treat illness

By Bradley Partridge

Ever wondered how many athletes are legally allowed to take “performance-enhancing drugs”? You read correctly – many elite athletes are given official permission to use drugs that are otherwise banned…
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Whatever the specific cause of ADHD-like behaviours for a particular child, it’s the people and institutions around them that define it as problematic. Katy Stoddard

We need a different national conversation about ADHD

By Brenton Prosser, University of Canberra

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most diagnosed childhood disorder in Australia. Most of us now know someone, or someone’s child, who has been diagnosed with ADHD. Reports on television…
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Not asking critical diagnostic questions is one of the causes ofthe high prevalence rates for ADHD. Jeff Meyer

Moving the diagnostic goalposts: medicalising ADHD

By Rae Thomas

OVER-DIAGNOSIS EPIDEMIC – Today, Rae Thomas looks at the growing prevalence of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Does your five-year-old have difficulty sustaining attention? What about organising…
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It’s obvious: better referee performance is better for players and better for spectators. Right? AAP Image/Joe Castro

Sports referees should take performance-enhancing drugs

By Bob Stewart, Victoria University and Simon Outram, Victoria University

Late last week football (soccer) website football365.com reported that FIFA, the international governing body for the world game, is considering forcing referees to pass fitness tests prior to games…
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New guidelines for ADHD emphasise comprehensive assessments before a diagnosis is made. Flickr/Woodlywonderworks

New ADHD guidelines: a prescription for more than just Ritalin

By George Halasz, Monash University

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is seeking feedback on new clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children and…
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A DNA test can detect fragile X syndrome with 99% accuracy. AAP

ADHD, autism or something else entirely?

By Kim Cornish, Monash University

Most people are not aware of fragile X syndrome but they may well be affected by it or know someone who is. Commonly under-diagnosed or misdiagnosed the condition is often mistaken for Attention Deficit…

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Ritalin improves error awareness

The University of Melbourne

People who take Ritalin are far more aware of their mistakes, new research shows. Low performance error awareness has been…

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