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can make significant differences for many individuals. In some cases, those changes may even sway the outcome in life and death decisions.
Researchers led by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm concede their study isn't designed to tease apart cause and effect, but with limitations in mind, they suggest that managing the"ADHD medication may reduce the risk of unnatural-cause mortality by alleviating the core symptoms of ADHD and its psychiatric comorbidities, leading to improved impulse control and decision-making, ultimately reducing the occurrence of fatal events, in particular among those due to accidental...
Breaking the numbers down further, additional analyses found ADHD medication taken by males of all ages was significantly linked with lower rates of mortality driven by unnatural causes but not natural causes. Among females, initiating some form of treatment was associated with lower rates of death from natural causes but not unnatural causes.
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