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Will.I.Am, the Black Eyed Peas singer and composer/main man, has been battling ADHD and anchors on music to keep focus!

Check out this article fresh from the StarPulse.com press!…

After being featured on a number of publications, Ben's Friends is again the subject of a live podcast with co-founder Scott Orn on Thoughtbot. Here are a few excerpts:

"A lot of people (members) don't know what Ben's Friends is. They just know... their community... and it's really awesome!...…

Coping with a rare condition stretches our resiliency and, with a little help from friends, triumph through adversity.

The story of Ben's Friends founder Ben Munoz proves just that. Recovering from a stroke brought about by a cerebral arterioveous malfomation in 2006, Ben started a rare disease community to connect with others and before you know it, that network has grown to 34…

Check this out: Eli Lilly, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, featured Ben's Friends in their Clinical Open Innovations Portal. The Indiana-based company highlighted BF's work in…

Cellphones constantly interrupting, pressure to multitask workloads, large billboards shouting out for our attention.

We live in a chronically distracted society. 

How do we know it's not just tech-induced anxiety or stress overload?

Here's a video from News10.net featuring how ADHD is diagnosed in adults. …

I just learned that, as a member of this community, I can give a maximum $1 donation to Ben's Friends and make a big difference for others! http://www.indiegogo.com/BensFriends2013

In just five years, Bensfriends.org  has built one of the largest patient support organizations in the world. We run 33 discreet support communities that help 25,000+ people…

Sanford Research’s Coordinator for Rare Diseases (CoRDS) featured Ben’s Friends Patient Communities (BensFriends) in its latest Twitter chat, a regular event which brings together rare disease patient groups and other key stakeholders to discuss topics around #raredisease.

Follow this link to view the press release and to download the full transcript on PDF format.…

Have you seen the news on ADHD drugs relating its use with lower crime rates lately?

• CBS-New York - ADHD Drugs Keep People on the Straight Narrow
• CNN - Study: ADHD Medication May Help Curb Crime…

About one in every ten children in the United States has been diagnosed with ADHD. Now scientists at Laval University in Quebec say some environmental pollutants increase the incidence of attention problems. Dr. Gina Muckle tells host Steve Curwood about her study demonstrating an association between ADHD in children and exposure to lead and mercury.

Find out more in…

ADHD has often been connected with other conditions, mostly psychiatric, but aside from the usual anxiety, depression and bi-polar disorders young ADHD patients tend to suffer from respiratory illnesses as well such as colds, asthma and respiratory infections.

While the connection is mostly confirmed statistically…

Former Olympian, decorated figure skating champ, and brain aneurysm survivor Scott Hamilton is attributed with the quote: "The only disability in life is a bad attitude."…

A handful of articles came out about ADHD/ADD on the days prior to the passing of SC ruling on Healthcare. I feel the bigger picture crowded out those articles.

Here are a few points I would like to share.

1. On Yahoo! News' Does Your Child Really Have ADHD, the article speaks of the effect lack of sleep has on…

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Check out this video on YouTube: Ben's Friends Twitter-FB Milestones

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