DAVIS COUNTY — (MediaQuire.com) If you have ever wanted to explore a new cure for ADHD, the newly released book, “Brain Exercises to Cure ADHD” is the ideal starting point. Dr. Amnon Gimpel has developed a comprehensive proven approach to treat ADHD. In the ADHD brain, there are areas that are lagging in development. Some of the symptoms of this are impulsivity, inattention and immaturity. Breakthrough research confirms that targeted mental and physical exercises actually stimulate weaker areas of the brain to grow.

Gimpel is a U.S. board certified psychiatrist and neurologist with medical licenses in both America and Israel. He has developed a comprehensive proven approach to treat ADHD. During the 1980s, he established the first out-patient hospital for chemical dependency in the U.S. that was approved by the Hospital Association of America. This revolutionary approach allowed many chemically-dependent adolescents and adults with ADHD to receive more effective treatment and to overcome the addictions that impaired their lives.

As director of the Marriage and Sex Counseling Clinic at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., Gimpel designed techniques to help couples where one or both were suffering from ADHD symptoms. Adult ADHD affects not only job performance but impacts personal and intimate relationships.

The goal of Gimpel’s book is to coach parents on the strategies and methods that will help their child develop a quicker and more flexible brain while elevating their confidence and self esteem.

This program can be modified to fit each child's talents, abilities and interests.

There is no need for expensive equipment.

Parents can be trained to do everything a professional would do.

Ordinary events and conversations can be used to develop more sophisticated thinking skills and problem solving approaches to re-enforce the targeted mental and physical exercises that will be a part of a daily routine.

There has never been a time to be more optimistic about curing ADHD. “This book is about empowering parents to do just that. Adolescents and adults can also master techniques to help them academically, socially and professionally by building a better brain,” said Gimpel.



Researchers warn against sharing

DAVIS COUNTY — Scientists have found that people who are killed from a drug overdose don’t typically overdose on their own drugs.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked into rates of death from overdosing on well-known painkillers, recently. They warn against sharing drugs with friends. The scientists wanted to gain understanding that could indicate where people in other states might get their drugs, too.

“In our study, we found that a majority of people who overdosed on prescription drugs did not have prescriptions for the drugs that killed them,” said research Aron Hall.

Others had gone to multiple doctors to line up lots of drugs, some of which could be diverted – given or sold to others. The study says health care providers have to counsel patients about the dangers of sharing drugs.

The study was in the Journal of the American Medical Association.