Children who take the drug Ritalin to treat attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder are at no increased risk of heart
failure, says the American Heart Association (AHA). The
association has been investigating a handful of sudden deaths
among children taking the drug, which is prescribed to about 1.5
million children in the US alone. Some doctors have been giving
children on the drug routine electrocardiograms. But the AHA
says that only children from families with histories of sudden
death or specific heart problems should be monitored, and then
just as a precaution. To continue reading this article,
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