Accident Prone Premature Death Found in ADHD

Danish researchers found that people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more than twice as likely to die prematurely as those without the common disorder. Dalsgaard and colleagues collected data on nearly 2 million people and found that accidents were the most common cause of premature death among people with ADHD. People diagnosed at age 18 or older were more than four times as likely to die early, and children diagnosed before ...