How Therapy—Not Meds—Can Change Brains Of Kids With ADHD

75% of children between two and five with ADHD symptoms take medication, but do they need to?

Illustration: R. A. Di Ieso

Seventy-five percent of children between two and five years old who are diagnosed with ADHD receive medication to treat their symptoms. But that shouldn’t be the first line of treatment, according to a report put out last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Instead, parents themselves should try behavior therapy to help treat kids with ADHD between ages two and five. If it’s done right, CDC officials say, kids may never need medication at all.

One Mom’s 10-Year Online Hunt For Her Daughter’s Killer

Belinda Lane used MySpace and Facebook to track the men she believed to be behind her daughter's 2006 shooting

By Sara Morrison

REUTERS

Belinda Lane, a California woman in her late 50s, has spent a decade on social media hunting for the gang members who killed her daughter. Her efforts came to an end last week with the arrest of the final suspect in the case.

Study: Probiotic Supplements Are A Waste Of Money

For healthy people, probiotic supplements don't make a difference

By Alexandra Ossola

Photo Illustration: Diana Quach

You have thousands of “good” bacteria in your gut, helping you digest the food you eat, affecting your immune system and maybe even your mood. People who already have healthy digestive tracts have been told that taking probiotic supplements can keep these good bacteria “happy” and plentiful. If some are good, then supplementing your diet with more would be better, right? But according to a new study, you’re better off saving your money; a systematic review of studies showed that the supplements offered no discernible benefit to already healthy patients.

ISIS Militants Massacre Real Madrid Fans At Club Gathering

Dozens of Real Madrid fans had crammed into a coffee shop to watch videos of past matches when the shooting occurred

By Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

Real Madrid fans were ambushed by ISIS inside this Iraqi coffee shop — REUTERS

Islamic State gunmen ambushed a coffee shop filled with Real Madrid soccer fans in central Iraq on Friday, opening fire and killing at least 13 people.

See before and after pictures of the 10-year- old Dorcas Odunlami saved by the Living Project

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Apparently there are still some Nigerian music celebrities with good heart and great intentions, aside their much-cherished looks, lifestyles and career; some of them still work so hard on returning smiles to people’s faces. In the above picture is a 10-year-old Dorcas Odunlami who according to music tsar, Lamboginny was operated of a complicated Colostomy, a sickness she had suffered since she was 6 months old to the age of eight, and before shee ventually met with the duo of Lamboginny & Mr Clayy, the brains behind theLiving Project. 

Venezuela Declares State Of Emergency

President Nicolas Maduro blamed the United States for trying to topple his government

By Ethan Harfenist

REUTERS

Citing “threats from abroad” and the need to “neutralize and defeat foreign aggression,” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency on Friday as opposition figures continued to seek his ouster.

According to Agence France-Presse, Maduro said the measures, which expand an economic emergency decree in place since January, would likely last through next year but did not mention whether or not they would curb civil liberties.

Obama Directive On School Bathrooms Met With Mixed Reactions

Responses to progress on transgender rights vary, sometimes even within schools

By Tracy Moore

REUTERS

In a landmark push for LGBT equality, President Barack Obama’s administration called on every public school district in the country on Friday to let students use the bathroom that matches their gender identity or face loss of federal funds, and potentially lawsuits. This comes on the heels of the nationwide controversy surrounding North Carolina’s HB 2, which requires transgender people to use the bathroom that matches their sex at birth.