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hyperactivityCondition of excessive activity in young children, combined with restlessness, inability to concentrate, and difficulty in learning. There are various causes, ranging from temperamental predisposition to brain disease. In some cases food additives have come under suspicion; in such instances modification of the diet may help. Mostly there is improvement at puberty, but symptoms may persist in the small proportion diagnosed as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). |
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takes on the medical profession in general, and psychiatry in particular, to debunk commonly promoted beliefs about the diagnosis and treatment of children deemed to be hyperactive. A good place to start would be for the hyperactive mayor to put his energy to work telling the bureaucrats they work for him -- not the petty council members. Hyperactive responses (>25[degrees]/sec) from the left ear were elicited by both warm and cool bithermal stimuli. |
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