medical study news, adhd-related
it turns out that acetaminophen (tylenol) use by pregnant mothers has been linked to higher rates of adhd in their children, oops... that's probably part of why i'm so weird haha
publication: https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/child-adhd-risk-linked-to-mothers-use-of-acetaminophen
abstract: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-025-00387-6
(doi number/link is https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00387-6 for those who have access, sci-hub doesn't (yet?) have this one)
re: medical study news, adhd-related
@kit yeah that’s what i mean. i just wanna know why that would even happen!
re: medical study news, adhd-related
@aescling @kit Tylenol is just weird stuff, and we have only a relatively vague idea of why it works. It is also known to ease emotional pain (see for example https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/04/567762087/tylenol-may-help-ease-the-pain-of-hurt-feelings ), but may also blunt empathy. ("It does these things but we're not sure why" is true of a surprising amount of medicine, really.)
re: medical study news, adhd-related
@aescling@glitch.cat.family i don't know if medical science knows the specific mechanisms behind why this happens yet, which is what i guessed your question was about...