Jan. 24, 2012 Every year between 3 and 10 percent of school-age
children in this country are diagnosed with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Increasingly, families are using
natural or complementary therapies to improve their child's
attention or behavior, and often seek advice from an integrative
pediatrician, according to a new study by researchers at Wake
Forest Baptist Medical Center. "Many parents are reluctant to
put their children on medication for ADHD, and instead want to
first try healthy lifestyle options to help promote optimal
focus and attention," said Kathi Kemper, M.D., professor of
public health sciences and pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist,
and lead author of the study. Published in the January issue of
the journal Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies,
the research is the first to study what parents who seek natural
remedies for their child's ADHD are actually using or interested
in learning about from an integrative pediatrician. The growing
field of integrative