It is FDA-approved to treat ADHD alone or in combination with a stimulant medication. It can be used in children and adolescents 6-17 years old. It is given as an orally administered ER tablet.

though your child may experience increased difficulty focusing and increased hyperactivity and impulsivity on these days. Participants can resume taking their stimulant medication as prescribed after ...

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, found that poison center calls involving guanfacine were more likely to result in a serious medical outcome compared to those involving amphetamines or ...

Child labor violations in the United States soared in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday, rising to their highest level in nearly two decades ...

Our founder Eglantyne Jebb saw children dying of starvation and wracked with disease after the end of the First World War. So, in 1919, she launched the Save the Children Fund to raise much-needed ...

Children worry, and they feel alone with their worries. Early on, they worry about shadows, ghosts, and monsters or imaginary creatures under the bed or in the closet. They worry about fires and ...

September 9, 2024 • A new study links the recent use of hair oils, lotions and other personal care products with higher levels of phthalates in children. The hormone-disrupting chemicals are a ...

Researchers have been looking at how children from single-parent and two-parent families fare in life. So what did they find? Family life is more richly varied than ever before. A growing ...

Children, even preschoolers, are not immune to depression. Evidence currently indicates that depression affects 1 to 3 percent of children before puberty. Early-onset depression is a treatable ...

Child sponsorship lets you help give children the chance to grow up healthy, educated and safe – changing their lives and futures. Your contributions will be combined with the gifts of other ...

If children are sneaking peeks at their phones, they can’t possibly be paying attention to what they’re supposed to be learning. A wide body of evidence tells us the human brain can’t ...

Fever is very common in young children and it can be difficult to distinguish between simple viral illnesses and life-threatening bacterial infections in this group. Our guideline on fever in under 5s ...