Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is not just a problem for kids nearly a third of those diagnosed as children with ADHD still have the condition in adulthood, according to a 20-year study, published yesterday in Pediatrics.

ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross appeared on The Vicki McKenna radio program yesterday evening. The discussion revolved around ACSH's newly-published "Top 10 Scares of 2012." Ms. McKenna and Dr. Ross had discussions of several of these scares, some part of which were informational and other parts were somewhat humorous.

A Mississippi baby born two and a half years ago has been functionally cured of HIV, according to doctors and scientists. The baby was aggressively treated with antiretroviral drugs starting around 30 hours after birth something that is not standard practice.
The unidentified child has been off medication for about a year with no signs of the HIV infection. This is already unprecedented. If the child remains healthy, it would mark only the second time in the world s history that a person has been cured of HIV the only other case involved a bone marrow transplant.

Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop didn t live long enough to see America turned into a smoke-free society but can we? That s the provocative idea behind an op-ed in today s New York Times by Richard Daynard, a Northeastern University law professor and president of its Public Health Advocacy Institute.

BPA is in the news yet again, and this time it is being linked to childhood asthma. According to the new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, children who are exposed to BPA are at an increased risk for asthma. But from reading the article, we found a paucity of data to support that assertion. In fact, maybe just the opposite.

ACSH has just finished conducting a rigorous analysis of the top 10 health scares of 2012 and we can hereby declare it was a pretty scary year. From phthalates in school supplies to the labeling of genetically modified food to BPA in cash register receipts, there were a number of scares out there. But we re here to tell you you don t have to live in fear get the facts about these phony scares here.

It s no secret that the US has been (and still is) facing a life-threatening shortage of common hospital drugs. Much has been written about this frightening problem, including a 2011 op-ed in the New York Post by ACSH s Dr. Josh Bloom entitled Running out of Common Drugs.

Coronary artery calcification, the buildup of calcium in the coronary arteries, was found to predict the occurrence of stroke, even in individuals with low-to-intermediate cardiovascular risk, according to a new study. The coronary artery calcification score, measured using an electron-beam CT scan, had been shown previously to predict myocardial infarction as well as cardiovascular risk in the general population.

Despite the tragedy and dismay that struck with Japan s 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami and nuclear plant meltdown, a World Health Organization report concluded that people living near Fukushima Japan s 2011 nuclear disaster site face only a slightly greater risk of cancer.

Vaping is catching on. The number of American smokers who have tried e-cigarettes doubled in just a year, from 10 percent in 2010 to about 21 percent in 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Among former smokers, the number grew from 2.5 percent to 7.4 percent, according to the report in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
E-cigarette use is growing rapidly, says CDC Director Thomas Frieden. There is still a lot we don t know about these products, including whether they will decrease or increase use of traditional cigarettes.