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Brought to you by ADDCoach.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-1848068061794895887</id><published>2012-01-27T01:49:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T01:49:28.704-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My email has been hacked.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir='ltr'&gt; Sorry for this, but my email has been hacked. &amp;nbsp;I have changed the password, but please DO NOT OPEN anything I may have sent you recently.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sorry,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ginger Mitchell&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt; 		 	   		  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-1848068061794895887?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/1848068061794895887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=1848068061794895887&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/1848068061794895887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/1848068061794895887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-email-has-been-hacked.html' title='My email has been hacked.'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-4814738798911925670</id><published>2012-01-26T08:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T08:27:53.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir='ltr'&gt;Gentlemen:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.h-ec.ae/jjuqn.php?keputop=85'&gt;http://www.h-ec.ae/jjuqn.php?keputop=85&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:27:53&lt;br&gt;_____________________&lt;br&gt;"After an hours wait I was asked to take my place at a certain table and receive a special report for the Boston _Herald_, the conspirators having arranged to have one of the fastest operators in New York send the despatch and salt the new man.Without suspecting what was up I sat down, and the New York man started in very slowly." (c) Cameo whippings&lt;br&gt; 		 	   		  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-4814738798911925670?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/4814738798911925670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=4814738798911925670&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/4814738798911925670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/4814738798911925670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html' title='.'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-31957205709216342</id><published>2011-10-04T04:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T04:04:01.434-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, I finally found this opportunity</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir='ltr'&gt;Hey there!&lt;br&gt;i'll never be going back to living off the basics ever again&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://procontact.mu/PaulTurner50.html'&gt;http://procontact.mu/PaulTurner50.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;see you soon&lt;br&gt; 		 	   		  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-31957205709216342?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/31957205709216342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=31957205709216342&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/31957205709216342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/31957205709216342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2011/10/hey-i-finally-found-this-opportunity.html' title='Hey, I finally found this opportunity'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-120708352562664968</id><published>2007-12-09T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-09T14:05:43.993-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AD/HD and Marriage</title><content type='html'>Dr. Ned Hallowell and Melissa Orlov blog about marriage when one or both spouses has ADHD.  They are writing a book on the topic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-120708352562664968?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.adhdmarriage.com/' title='AD/HD and Marriage'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/120708352562664968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=120708352562664968&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/120708352562664968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/120708352562664968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2007/12/adhd-and-marriage.html' title='AD/HD and Marriage'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-2571651298331286344</id><published>2007-11-18T03:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-18T03:13:23.180-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do ADHD Kids Really Grow Out of It?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/ritalin-wars/"&gt;http://warner.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/ritalin-wars/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought this was an important article and just wanted to share.  Draw your own conclusions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-2571651298331286344?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/2571651298331286344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=2571651298331286344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/2571651298331286344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/2571651298331286344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2007/11/do-adhd-kids-really-grow-out-of-it.html' title='Do ADHD Kids Really Grow Out of It?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-6208315056070746711</id><published>2007-08-15T00:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-08-15T00:39:32.184-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ADHD Appears to Be Associated With Depressed Dopamine Activity in the Brain</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt; &lt;/span&gt;     CHICAGO, IL -- August 6, 2007 -- Adults with    attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a blunted response to the    drug methylphenidate (Ritalin), which increases brain dopamine levels,    according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry,    one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This suggests that dopamine dysfunction may    be involved with ADHD symptoms and may contribute to substance abuse that    often occurs simultaneously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADHD    is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder among children, according to    background information in the article. "Despite decades of research, the    specific neurobiological mechanisms underlying this disorder still remain    unclear," the authors write. "Genetic, clinical and imaging studies point to a    disruption of the brain dopamine system, which is corroborated by the clinical    effectiveness of stimulant drugs (methylphenidate hydrochloride and    amphetamine), which increase extracellular dopamine in the    brain."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nora D. Volkow, MD, of the    National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues studied 19    adults with ADHD (average age 32) who had never received medication and 24    healthy controls (average age 30).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brain scans were performed using positron emission    tomography (PET) and a drug known as raclopride labeled with carbon 11    ([11C]raclopride), which binds with dopamine receptors. Scans were performed    twice, after injections of placebo and of methylphenidate; the participants    did not know which drug they had received. Participants also were asked to    report the severity of their ADHD symptoms, whether they could detect the    drug, if they liked or disliked it, and if it made them feel "high," tired,    alert, anxious or restless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In    individuals with ADHD, methylphenidate caused less of a decrease in the amount    of [11C]raclopride that bound to dopamine receptors in areas of the brain    associated with attention than it did in those without ADHD. Since levels of    methylphenidate in the blood were the same in both groups, this suggests that    those with ADHD released less dopamine in response to the drug than controls.    This blunted response was associated with symptoms of    inattention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exploratory analyses    also found evidence of reduced [11C]raclopride binding in the hippocampus and    amygdala in those with ADHD. These areas of the brain are part of the limbic    system, involved in emotional responses as well as consolidating and    retrieving memories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The findings    of reduced dopamine release in subjects with ADHD are consistent with the    notion that the ability of stimulant medications to enhance extracellular    dopamine underlies their therapeutic effects in ADHD," the authors    write.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Individuals with ADHD also    reported liking methylphenidate more than individuals without ADHD, the    authors note. "The reinforcing responses to methylphenidate were negatively    correlated with the dopamine increases, suggesting that decreased dopaminergic    activity may also be involved in modulating the magnitude of the reinforcing    effects of methylphenidate," they continue. "This suggests that dopamine    dysfunction is involved with symptoms of inattention but may also contribute    to substance abuse comorbidity in ADHD."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This research was supported in part by the Intramural    Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, a contract from the    Department of Energy, and by a grant from the National Institute of Mental    Health. Please see the article for additional information, including other    authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding    and support, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arch Gen    Psychiatry. 2007;64(8):932-940.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOURCE: American Medical  Association&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-6208315056070746711?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/852571020057CCF68525732F0049D025?Open&amp;id=48DDE4A73E09A969852568880078C249&amp;count=10' title='ADHD Appears to Be Associated With Depressed Dopamine Activity in the Brain'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/6208315056070746711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=6208315056070746711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/6208315056070746711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/6208315056070746711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2007/08/adhd-appears-to-be-associated-with.html' title='ADHD Appears to Be Associated With Depressed Dopamine Activity in the Brain'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-4117772366631983745</id><published>2007-02-19T22:15:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T22:15:58.445-05:00</updated><title type='text'>$4 RX at Wal-Mart</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=5431"&gt;http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=5431&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now you can get certain medications for $4 at Wal-Mart, whether you have insurance or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the link doesn't work, just go to walmart.com and click on Pharmacy on the left. Look for Generic Drug Program on the Pharmacy page. The program isn't perfect but it's bound to help a lot of people afford their meds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-4117772366631983745?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/4117772366631983745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=4117772366631983745&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/4117772366631983745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/4117772366631983745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2007/02/4-rx-at-wal-mart.html' title='$4 RX at Wal-Mart'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-116500245958341852</id><published>2006-12-01T14:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-01T14:47:39.630-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids' Heads</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[gte IE 5]&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="v" /&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="o" /&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;DIV&gt;  &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=mainarttitle&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;A   title=http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/11/28/hscout536261.html   href="http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/11/28/hscout536261.html"&gt;http://www.forbes.&lt;WBR&gt;com/forbeslife/&lt;WBR&gt;health/feeds/&lt;WBR&gt;hscout/2006/&lt;WBR&gt;11/28/hscout5362&lt;WBR&gt;61.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;  &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=mainarttitle&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;  &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;SPAN class=mainarttitle&gt;&lt;B&gt;Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids'   Heads&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN class=mainartdate&gt;11.28.06, 12:00 AM ET&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;  &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;TUESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay   News) -- A study of adolescents finds that violent video games stir up the   brain's emotional-response center while reducing activity in regions linked to   self-control. &lt;/DIV&gt;  &lt;P&gt;"This is the first time that it has been demonstrated that violent video   games can affect brain physiology and the way the brain functions," said lead   researcher Dr. Vincent Mathews, professor of radiology at Indiana University   School of Medicine.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;"After playing a violent video game, these adolescents had an increased   activity in the amygdala, which is involved in emotional arousal," Mathews said   "At the same time, they had decreases in activity in parts of the brain which   are involved in self-control,&lt;WBR&gt;" he added.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;The findings were to be presented Tuesday in Chicago at the annual meeting of   the Radiological Society of North America.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;Video games accounted for $10 billion in sales in the United States last   year, but there is growing concern about the effects the games may have on those   who play them.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;In the study, Mathews's team randomly assigned 44 adolescents to play either   a violent video game or a nonviolent video game for 30 minutes. They then had   the adolescents undergo functional MRI (fMRI) brain scans while performing tasks   that measured concentration and inhibition. fMRI measures real-time changes that   occur when the brain is active.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;The Indiana group found that, compared to children who weren't playing a   violent video game, kids who played these games had more activation in the   amygdala, a brain area closely linked to emotional arousal.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;At the same time, their brains showed a reduced activation in prefrontal   brain areas involved in inhibition, concentration and self-control.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;"These findings raise concern that these types of video games are having some   sort of effect on the brain and likely an effect on behavior as well," Mathews   said.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;"This is early evidence for a biological change supporting other research on   violent video games," added David S. Bickham, a research scientist at the Center   on Media and Child Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston.   "This is a first step in this kind of research, but it isn't conclusive," he   said.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;The research is opening up new areas in understanding the process of how   violent media results in negative and aggressive social behaviors, Bickham   said&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;Bickham said parents need to be vigilant regarding the media they are letting   into their homes, since children learn from all media they encounter. "This is   more evidence that violent media can lead to aggressive and negative behaviors,"   he said.&lt;/P&gt;  &lt;P&gt;Ginger Mitchell A.C.T. 12&lt;BR&gt;ADD Coach&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A   title=http://www.considercoaching.com/   href="http://www.ConsiderCoaching.com"&gt;www.ConsiderCoaching.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Co-Creator   of ADD website:&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A title=http://www.staywithmehere.com/   href="http://www.StayWithMeHere.com"&gt;www.StayWithMeHere.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Also:&lt;BR&gt;Implementation   Coordinator &lt;BR&gt;at OFI and &lt;A title=http://www.addcoach.com/   href="http://www.ADDCoach.com"&gt;www.ADDCoach.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-116500245958341852?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/116500245958341852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=116500245958341852&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/116500245958341852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/116500245958341852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/12/video-game-violence-goes-straight-to.html' title='Video Game Violence Goes Straight to Kids&apos; Heads'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-115973365910084497</id><published>2006-10-01T15:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-01T15:18:30.336-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Question the wisdom of a medication break...</title><content type='html'>Highlights from article:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060911-103117-4082r"&gt;United Press International - Consumer Health - ADHD raises teens' accident risk&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"ADHD raises teens' accident risk"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;By AMBER CORRIN&lt;br /&gt;UPI Correspondent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Teenage drivers afflicted with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder face an even greater risk of car accidents, already the leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, according to a new study at the University of Virginia Health System...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Historically there's been this thinking that it's good to take a break (from the medications) on weekends or in the summer, kind of a 'drug holiday.' But those 'drug holidays' are the times when people end up in the emergency room," Cox said. "If you ask when teenagers are least likely to be medicated, and then you ask when they're most likely to be in accidents, it's the same answer." ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maintaining a regular dosing schedule can save a life, confirms Alison O'Brien, a 20-year-old Reston, Va., student. O'Brien was 16 when she was lucky to survive a head-on collision one Sunday morning when she forgot to take her daily ADHD treatment..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060911-103117-4082r&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-115973365910084497?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.upi.com/ConsumerHealthDaily/view.php?StoryID=20060911-103117-4082r' title='Question the wisdom of a medication break...'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/115973365910084497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=115973365910084497&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115973365910084497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115973365910084497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/10/question-wisdom-of-medication-break.html' title='Question the wisdom of a medication break...'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-115766973577118774</id><published>2006-09-07T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-13T02:17:45.476-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Type 3 Diabetes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="javascript:ol("&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4315609.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scientists say they may have discovered a previously unknown form of diabetes, after finding the brain produces insulin as well as the pancreas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-115766973577118774?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/115766973577118774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=115766973577118774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115766973577118774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115766973577118774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/09/type-3-diabetes.html' title='Type 3 Diabetes'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-115388786770668664</id><published>2006-07-25T23:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-25T23:24:27.716-05:00</updated><title type='text'>SHIRE ANNOUNCES FILING OF SPD465 FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT ADHD</title><content type='html'>Shire is seeking FDA approval for SPD465, which contains the same active ingredient as Adderall XR.  SPD465 will control AD/HD symptoms for up to 16 hours.  Click on the link above for more details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-115388786770668664?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.shire.com/shire/NewsAndMedia/PressReleases/showShirePress.jsp?ref=575&amp;tn=3&amp;m1=8&amp;m2=13' title='SHIRE ANNOUNCES FILING OF SPD465 FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT ADHD'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/115388786770668664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=115388786770668664&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115388786770668664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/115388786770668664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/07/shire-announces-filing-of-spd465-for.html' title='SHIRE ANNOUNCES FILING OF SPD465 FOR THE TREATMENT OF ADULT ADHD'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-114365533689929383</id><published>2006-03-29T13:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T13:02:16.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'>More on Provigil as an AD/HD Drug</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://health.yahoo.com/news/145884;_ylt=AhAR2myOhYm09mwzmIqXASX3tMUF"&gt;http://health.yahoo.com/news/145884;_ylt=AhAR2myOhYm09mwzmIqXASX3tMUF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-114365533689929383?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/114365533689929383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=114365533689929383&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/114365533689929383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/114365533689929383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-on-provigil-as-adhd-drug.html' title='More on Provigil as an AD/HD Drug'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-114365519179002555</id><published>2006-03-29T12:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T12:59:51.826-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gov't Advisers Reject Strong ADHD Warnings</title><content type='html'>Gov't Advisers Reject Strong ADHD Warnings&lt;br /&gt;March 23, 2006 10:17:14 PM PST&lt;br /&gt;Federal health advisers said Wednesday that &lt;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/ap/ap_on_he_me/adhd_drugs/18499415;_ylt=AlYeJ7Czg2RP7KhFUoWA.8UqLcsF/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&amp;p=%22Ritalin%22&amp;amp;c=&amp;n=20&amp;amp;yn=c&amp;c=news&amp;amp;cs=nw"&gt;Ritalin&lt;/a&gt; and other drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should not carry strong "black-box" warnings about potential cardiovascular and psychiatric risks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the rest of the story &lt;a href="http://health.yahoo.com/news/145892;_ylt=AiXOgYFyW.9A9ZyLQXAL1.b3tMUF"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-114365519179002555?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/114365519179002555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=114365519179002555&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/114365519179002555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/114365519179002555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2006/03/govt-advisers-reject-strong-adhd.html' title='Gov&apos;t Advisers Reject Strong ADHD Warnings'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-114327329981381197</id><published>2006-03-25T02:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-25T02:54:59.823-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gift of ADHD</title><content type='html'>Newsweek has a new article called "The Gift of ADHD?", featuring two new books, "Delivered From Distraction" by Dr. Edward Hallowell and Dr. John Ratey and "The Gift of ADHD" by Lara Honos-Webb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can read the article here: &lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7102727/site/newsweek/"&gt;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7102727/site/newsweek/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is ADHD a gift?  What do you think?  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This is another instance of drug companies repackaging a drug for a different market, which is fine if you don't mind being confused once in awhile. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SPARLON should be available in early 2006, subject to final FDA approval.  Click this link for more info: &lt;a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=81709&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;amp;ID=771069&amp;amp;highlight="&gt;Cephalon, Inc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113409159806908756?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113409159806908756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113409159806908756&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113409159806908756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113409159806908756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-drug-for-treatment-of-adhd.html' title='New Drug for Treatment of ADHD'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113346187249503181</id><published>2005-12-01T13:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T13:33:51.033-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Visit From St. What's-his-Name</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[gte IE 5]&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="v" /&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="o" /&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment --&gt;&lt;!-- InstanceEndEditable --&gt;&lt;!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="body" --&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By Janine Baker, OFI Associate&lt;br /&gt;for&lt;br /&gt;The Optimal  Functioning Institute&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a title="http://addcoach.com/articles/ADDXmas.html" href="http://addcoach.com/articles/ADDXmas.html"&gt;http://addcoach.com/articles/ADDXmas.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113346187249503181?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://addcoach.com/articles/ADDXmas.html' title='A Visit From St. What&apos;s-his-Name'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113346187249503181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113346187249503181&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113346187249503181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113346187249503181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/12/visit-from-st-whats-his-name.html' title='A Visit From St. What&apos;s-his-Name'/><author><name>The ADDCoach.com Blog Staff</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13273670454107592259</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113346138636117572</id><published>2005-12-01T13:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T13:23:06.416-05:00</updated><title type='text'>HOLIDAY HELP FOR HOLIDAY HORRORS</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[gte IE 5]&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="v" /&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="o" /&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt; 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&lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment --&gt;This broken link has been fixed!  : )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;The Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article link was submitted by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LouAnne Babcook&lt;br /&gt;A.C.T. 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="mailto:lbabcook@sympatico.ca" href="mailto:lbabcook@sympatico.ca"&gt;lbabcook@sympatico.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;Dear all,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi all -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News of a new delivery system for methylphenidate - a transdermal patch - from the recent joint meeting of the American and Canadian Academies of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry here in Toronto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ritalin Patch Awaiting Approval&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/25/health/webmd/main980224shtml" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/25/health/webmd/main980224.shtml"&gt;http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/25/health/webmd/main980224.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CBS  News Online&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your friend,&lt;br /&gt;LouAnne Babcook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="mailto:lbabcook@sympatico.ca" href="mailto:lbabcook@sympatico.ca"&gt;lbabcook@sympatico.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113217827946403804?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/25/health/webmd/main980224.shtml' title='Ritalin Patch Awaiting Approval'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113217827946403804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113217827946403804&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113217827946403804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113217827946403804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/ritalin-patch-awaiting-approval.html' title='Ritalin Patch Awaiting Approval'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113216783226422524</id><published>2005-11-16T14:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T17:20:11.086-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ritalin and Driving Study (pdf)</title><content type='html'>Effects of two doses of methylphenidate on simulator driving performance in adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Barkley, R. A., Murphy, K. R., O’Connell, T., &amp;amp; Connor, D. F. (2005).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113216783226422524?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.russellbarkley.org/images/Ritalin%20and%20Driving%20Study.pdf' title='Ritalin and Driving Study (pdf)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113216783226422524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113216783226422524&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113216783226422524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113216783226422524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/ritalin-and-driving-study-pdf.html' title='Ritalin and Driving Study (pdf)'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113216691007986612</id><published>2005-11-16T13:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T14:21:55.516-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Study of healthy brain function</title><content type='html'>Interested in Learning More About Your Brain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Amen Clinic Newport Beach is conducting a study of brain function among healthy normal individuals aged 18 to 100.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113216691007986612?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113216691007986612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113216691007986612&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113216691007986612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113216691007986612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/study-of-healthy-brain-function.html' title='Study of healthy brain function'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113210686564068791</id><published>2005-11-15T21:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T21:31:26.460-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Has anyone seen my basal ganglia??</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/983222164.html"&gt;Locating the Timekeeping Centers of the Brain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Researchers &lt;a href="http://doctor.mcw.edu/provider.php?1627"&gt;Stephen M. Rao, PhD,&lt;/a&gt; of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Deborah Harrington, MD, of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque, and Andrew R. Mayer, also of the Medical College, have now identified the areas in the brain that are responsible for perceiving the passage of time in order to carry out critical everyday functions."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113210686564068791?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/983222164.html' title='Has anyone seen my basal ganglia??'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113210686564068791/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113210686564068791&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113210686564068791'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113210686564068791'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/has-anyone-seen-my-basal-ganglia.html' title='Has anyone seen my basal ganglia??'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113210555071706238</id><published>2005-11-15T20:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T20:48:24.553-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MSNBC - A remote control that controls humans</title><content type='html'>Article from MSNBC: "A remote control that controls humans Headset sends electricity through head, forcing wearer to move"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113210555071706238?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/9816703/' title='MSNBC - A remote control that controls humans'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113210555071706238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113210555071706238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113210555071706238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113210555071706238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/msnbc-remote-control-that-controls.html' title='MSNBC - A remote control that controls humans'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113125990719112594</id><published>2005-11-06T01:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-15T20:51:26.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ADHD Medication and children's emotional expression</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=""&gt;&lt;div class="RTE"&gt;New studies quantify effects of ADHD medication on children's&lt;br /&gt;emotional expression&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="RTE"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:ol('http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=33004');"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=33004&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Common reasons behind a reluctance to employ drug therapy for&lt;br /&gt;attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are that children will&lt;br /&gt;be subjected to a 'chemical cosh' and 'turned into zombies' on one&lt;br /&gt;hand, or made more excitable on the other. There are also concerns&lt;br /&gt;that therapy might depress mood and provoke suicidal ideation. Now a&lt;br /&gt;new 29-item assessment tool has been validated that allows parents and&lt;br /&gt;care staff to study and quantify scientifically any effect, positive&lt;br /&gt;or negative, that medication has on a child's emotional expression and&lt;br /&gt;to monitor change over time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Expression and Emotion Scale for Children (EESC) can be used to&lt;br /&gt;measure a  child's usual level of emotional expression before&lt;br /&gt;treatment. Any effects of medication on the child's emotional state&lt;br /&gt;such as flattening or blunting of affect, emotional lability or&lt;br /&gt;positive expression effects, can then be determined by comparison of&lt;br /&gt;pre and post-treatment scores. Similarly, the scale can be used in&lt;br /&gt;children stabilised on one medication to assess the effects of&lt;br /&gt;switching to a new drug or adding in a further medication. And the&lt;br /&gt;scale can be used to compare groups of children on different&lt;br /&gt;medications.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results of two studies involving the EESC were presented this month in&lt;br /&gt;Toronto, Canada, during the annual meeting of the American Academy of&lt;br /&gt;Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). One compared how different&lt;br /&gt;medications (atomoxetine (Stattera) or stimulants ) affected emotional&lt;br /&gt;expression in children with a diagnosis of ADHD. The  other was a&lt;br /&gt;double-blind randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial comparing&lt;br /&gt;the effects of atomoxetine and placebo on emotional expression in&lt;br /&gt;children with ADHD aged between 6 and 12 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the first study involving 179 children with a diagnosis of ADHD&lt;br /&gt;(105 receiving stimulants and 74 receiving atomoxetine), parents&lt;br /&gt;completed the EESC for the child's current and most recent prior&lt;br /&gt;medications. In the second study parents of 208 children&lt;br /&gt;participating, completed the EESC at baseline and at the end of a&lt;br /&gt;six-week course of treatment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Results&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Study 1 there were no statistically significant differences in EESC&lt;br /&gt;scores between treatment groups regarding their current medication.&lt;br /&gt;For children who had switched from a stimulant medication to either a&lt;br /&gt;different stimulant or to atomoxetine, there was a statistically&lt;br /&gt;significant  improvement in emotional expression. Patients switched to&lt;br /&gt;atomoxetine showed a greater mean change in emotional expression than&lt;br /&gt;those switched to another stimulant (p=0.008) with treatment&lt;br /&gt;differences most apparent in assessment of 'blunting' or 'flattening'&lt;br /&gt;of affect (p=0.001). Children who switched medications because of&lt;br /&gt;adverse events had significantly higher EESC scores than those&lt;br /&gt;switching because of a lack of efficacy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the double-blind trial both placebo-treated and atomoxetine-treated&lt;br /&gt;patients showed statistically significant improvements in emotional&lt;br /&gt;expression. Treatment differences were not significant for either&lt;br /&gt;total scores or any subscale scores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The studies' authors suggest that where there are problems regarding&lt;br /&gt;emotional expression, this may be improved by selecting an alternative&lt;br /&gt;medication. They added: "Patients who  switched from stimulant&lt;br /&gt;treatments improved more by switching to atomoxetine than to another&lt;br /&gt;stimulant." The double-blind trial suggests that atomoxetine did not&lt;br /&gt;significantly influence emotional expression in either a positive or&lt;br /&gt;negative direction, they concluded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ref: AACAP 2005. Kratchovil CJ, Faries DE, Vaughan BS, et al.&lt;br /&gt;Emotional expression during ADHD treatment: initial assessment of&lt;br /&gt;treatment effects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113125990719112594?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113125990719112594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113125990719112594&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113125990719112594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113125990719112594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/adhd-medication-and-childrens.html' title='ADHD Medication and children&apos;s emotional expression'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113113789928392161</id><published>2005-11-04T15:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-28T09:35:31.453-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Cylert, Generics Withdrawn From the Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;A note from OFI Blog Staff:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will need to create a free account at the Medscape website in order to view this article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;OFI Blog Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article was submited by:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;LouAnne Babcook&lt;br /&gt;A.C.T. 12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;I thought this might be of interest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LouAnne Babcook&lt;br /&gt;ACT12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515422?src=mp"&gt;http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515422?src=mp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To  access the article, click on this Web address, or cut and paste it into a  browser window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article notification service provided by &lt;a href="http://www.medscape.com/"&gt;http://www.medscape.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Physician  optimized MEDLINE&lt;br /&gt;* Free Online CME&lt;br /&gt;* 25+ medical specialty sites&lt;br /&gt;*  100+ online medical journals&lt;br /&gt;* Conference Coverage&lt;br /&gt;* Daily Medical  News&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free email is available to Medscape members -- the perfect solution  for the mobile professional.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113113789928392161?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/515422?src=mp' title='Cylert, Generics Withdrawn From the Market'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113113789928392161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113113789928392161&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113113789928392161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113113789928392161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/cylert-generics-withdrawn-from-market.html' title='Cylert, Generics Withdrawn From the Market'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-113095807891180703</id><published>2005-11-02T14:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T16:05:58.660-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Smoking lowers IQ, thinking ability. 25/10/2005. ABC News Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1489695.htm"&gt;Smoking lowers IQ, thinking ability. 25/10/2005. ABC News Online&lt;/a&gt;: "Smoking lowers IQ, thinking ability"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-113095807891180703?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200510/s1489695.htm' title='Smoking lowers IQ, thinking ability. 25/10/2005. ABC News Online'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/113095807891180703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=113095807891180703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113095807891180703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/113095807891180703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/11/smoking-lowers-iq-thinking-ability.html' title='Smoking lowers IQ, thinking ability. 25/10/2005. ABC News Online'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112871316098796500</id><published>2005-10-07T14:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-07T14:53:54.916-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Adult Female Volunteers Needed for Studies of Attention Deficit Disorder in Women</title><content type='html'>As seen on the &lt;a href="http://www.ncgiadd.org/research/index.html#study"&gt;National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD&lt;/a&gt; website:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Study #1:&lt;/span&gt; The National Center for Gender Issues and ADHD is recruiting women age 23 to 60 with, and without, ADHD to participate in the research study focusing on the Women's AD/HD Self-Assessment Symptom Inventory (SASI). The SASI is a self-assessment tool, which aids in the diagnostic process by obtaining information on both childhood and adult AD/HD patterns. The purpose, of the study, is to determine the reliability and validity of the instrument. Participation in the study requires the completion of the SASI instrument. All information provided by participants will be held in confidence and identities will remain anonymous. For participants' convenience, the SASI tool can be completed via the web. Click on the provided link to begin taking the survey. &lt;a href="http://data.ed.uidaho.edu/sasi/"&gt; http://data.ed.uidaho.edu/sasi/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have questions regarding the study, please contact Joy Jansen at &lt;a href="mailto:SASIstudy@uidaho.edu"&gt;SASIstudy@uidaho.edu.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Study #2:&lt;/span&gt; This study will investigate how a history of ADHD affects self-concepts of women. Study participants must be between 25 and 45 years of age, have a diagnosis of ADHD or think they have ADHD, and are not currently abusing drugs or alcohol. Volunteers must complete 5 pencil and paper questionnaires, and return them in a prepaid mailing envelope to the researcher. The questionnaires will ask participant about their feelings, about themselves, and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All information will be kept confidential. Each person who completes the study will receive three opportunities to win $50.00. Participation in the study requires approximately 60-90 minutes. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;" class="newsletter_highlight"&gt;Interested                persons should contact Marie Crawford, MA at (423) 989-0948.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112871316098796500?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.ncgiadd.org/research/index.html#study' title='Adult Female Volunteers Needed for Studies of Attention Deficit Disorder in Women'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112871316098796500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112871316098796500&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112871316098796500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112871316098796500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/10/adult-female-volunteers-needed-for.html' title='Adult Female Volunteers Needed for Studies of Attention Deficit Disorder in Women'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112844263200468238</id><published>2005-10-04T11:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T11:20:24.056-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Coaching Research Project</title><content type='html'>Carl Dowden, Ph.D., of Carleton University in Ottowa, Canada, is conducting this study. He says it is an “in-depth examination of the lives of coaches in terms of their personality, experiences and well-being. In particular, I am interested in learning about who you are, how you coach and your thoughts and ideas on the field of coaching." Click &lt;a href="http://dtj.homedns.org/cgi-bin/coaching/main.cgi"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to find out more.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112844263200468238?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://dtj.homedns.org/cgi-bin/coaching/main.cgi' title='Coaching Research Project'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112844263200468238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112844263200468238&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112844263200468238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112844263200468238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/10/coaching-research-project.html' title='Coaching Research Project'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112779901578623008</id><published>2005-09-27T00:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T00:43:36.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CHADD Applauds National Medical Association for Acknowledging AD/HD’s Impact on African Americans</title><content type='html'>Free CONCERTA refills available to Hurricane Katrina victims,  get more information from &lt;a href="http://www.chadd.org/"&gt;CHADD&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chadd.org/whatsnew/concerta.htm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112779901578623008?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112779901578623008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112779901578623008&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112779901578623008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112779901578623008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/09/chadd-applauds-national-medical.html' title='CHADD Applauds National Medical Association for Acknowledging AD/HD’s Impact on African Americans'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112734870095418782</id><published>2005-09-21T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-21T23:02:06.616-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fw: Yahoo! News Story - Study: Adult Use of ADHD Medicines Doubles - Yahoo! News</title><content type='html'>&lt;!--[gte IE 5]&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="v" /&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix="o" /&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt; &lt;div&gt;Here's a short article about the increased adult use of ADHD  meds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's interesting to see that the press is picking up on the fact  that ADHD&lt;br /&gt;continues until adulthood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Laura&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Study: Adult Use of  ADHD Medicines Doubles - Yahoo! News&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_on_he_me/adults_adhd_drugs" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_on_he_me/adults_adhd_drugs"&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050915/ap_on_he_me/adults_adhd_drugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div&gt;-----------&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;I'm posting this link in behalf of Laura Stiener an ACT Associate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Thanks Laura!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Originally she posted this link to GooseChat, it is sponsored by the  Optimal Functioning Institute for participants in the ADD Coach Training  Program (A.C.T.).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BTW Laura, If you would like your contact information posted along  with this link please let us know!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112734870095418782?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112734870095418782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112734870095418782&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112734870095418782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112734870095418782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/09/fw-yahoo-news-story-study-adult-use-of.html' title='Fw: Yahoo! News Story - Study: Adult Use of ADHD Medicines Doubles - Yahoo! News'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112734505264112264</id><published>2005-09-21T18:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T11:21:50.470-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Upside of ADHD</title><content type='html'>New article on msn.com, commenting on the trend of concentrating on the positive traits of ADDers.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112734505264112264?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100109339?GT1=6997' title='The Upside of ADHD'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112734505264112264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112734505264112264&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112734505264112264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112734505264112264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/09/upside-of-adhd.html' title='The Upside of ADHD'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112596549119644167</id><published>2005-09-05T19:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T11:23:01.130-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who's Who in Coaching Survey</title><content type='html'>Who's Who in Coaching: Cast your vote&lt;br /&gt;To all ADD Coaches:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The call is going out to coaches everywhere for help in identifying and acknowledging the people who shaped and are shaping the coaching field internationally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADD Coaches are encouraged to take the survey - longtime coach Vikki Brock, MCC, a personal friend, is responsible for this survey. You can help her out AND get some ADD Coaches in this survey!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, pass it on to anyone in your network who qualifies (non-ADDers too!)&lt;br /&gt;NOTE requested response deadline:&lt;br /&gt;Please complete the survey by Friday September 30, 2005.&lt;br /&gt;THANKS&lt;br /&gt;xx,&lt;br /&gt;mgh&lt;br /&gt;======================&lt;br /&gt;Hi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's Vikki Brock here and I am doing my PhD dissertation on the evolution of professional coaching.&lt;br /&gt;My intent is to identify and acknowledge the people who shaped and are shaping the coaching field internationally. As such, the purpose of this survey is to:&lt;br /&gt;*     Recognize key people and organizations who have contributed most to professional coaching.&lt;br /&gt;*     Create an International Who's Who of key influencers on the coaching field.&lt;br /&gt;*     Identify individuals and organizations for follow-on interviews to gather further details on the evolution of coaching.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are eligible to complete this survey if you are a(n):&lt;br /&gt;*     Established coaching organization&lt;br /&gt;*     Coach training school or program&lt;br /&gt;*     Academic or education institution who offers or is considering offering coaching education&lt;br /&gt;*     Significant purchaser or provider of coaching&lt;br /&gt;*     Professional in a related profession such as psychology, organization development, human resources, etc&lt;br /&gt;*     Professional coach&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I appreciate your participation in this survey. The survey should take 15-20 minutes to complete - your input will make a difference in creating an accurate representation of the history of the coaching field.&lt;br /&gt;You have the opportunity to leave your name and contact information at the end of the survey if you would like to receive the aggregate results of this survey. All your answers are anonymous and confidential, used for research purposes only. Your contact information will not be associated with your questionnaire responses. Upon survey completion, you will also have an opportunity to nominate yourself for the "Who's Who in Coaching".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please complete the survey by Friday September 30, 2005. Surveys are welcome thru the end of 2005 and the first round of analysis will begin October 1, 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask you to enlist your members, colleagues, clients, graduates and/or students to complete this survey and contribute their legacy to the evolution of coaching.&lt;br /&gt;Click here to take the survey:  &lt;a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=503201288237"&gt;http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=503201288237&lt;/a&gt;.  Note: If you use AOL you will need to log in using a non-AOL browser such as Internet Explorer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thank you in advance for your participation in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Regards, Vikki&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vikki G. Brock, MBA&lt;br /&gt;Master Certified Coach, Certified Executive Coach&lt;br /&gt;Executive and Leadership Coaching and Consulting&lt;br /&gt;PH 206-297-9300   FX 206-297-9301  CL 206-910-4328&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="javascript:ol("&gt;www.call-me-coach.com&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;a href="http://by104fd.bay104.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?mailto=1&amp;msg=905A8F2C-A538-4435-9715-7FEF5DECC502&amp;amp;start=0&amp;len=6445&amp;amp;src=&amp;type=x&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;to=Vikki@call-me-coach.com&amp;cc=&amp;amp;bcc=&amp;subject=&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;body=&amp;curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&amp;amp;a=c9e9783893274dea147380dfc0cc3c37dd1323a6aa793f055243d32805710b64"&gt;Vikki@call-me-coach.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"A living legacy has no age"  Vikki G. Brock&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(posted on behalf of MGH)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112596549119644167?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=503201288237' title='Who&apos;s Who in Coaching Survey'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112596549119644167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112596549119644167&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112596549119644167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112596549119644167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/09/whos-who-in-coaching-survey.html' title='Who&apos;s Who in Coaching Survey'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03749437655345234766</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16173317.post-112562288352535505</id><published>2005-09-01T19:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T20:01:39.136-05:00</updated><title type='text'>National ADHD Awareness Day is September 14</title><content type='html'>I thought I would try to find some stuff that is happening around the country for National ADHD Awareness Day...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addresources.org/announcement_NAAD.php"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADDResources.org&lt;/a&gt; is hosting some free audio recordings at their website from the 14th-20th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will try to add more later..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16173317-112562288352535505?l=ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.addresources.org/announcement_NAAD.php' title='National ADHD Awareness Day is September 14'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/feeds/112562288352535505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=16173317&amp;postID=112562288352535505&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112562288352535505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/16173317/posts/default/112562288352535505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ofiandaddcoach.blogspot.com/2005/09/national-adhd-awareness-day-is.html' title='National ADHD Awareness Day is September 14'/><author><name>Ginger404</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
