>> if you look at the hyperactive, then it's mostly boys versus girls. but if you look at the inattentive symptoms, then it's almost the same ratio of boys to girls. >> what other names did it go by? >> early on it was called minimal brain dysfunction. >> there was a category of flk. are you familiar with that? funny looking kids. >> who discovered it and when? >> symptoms of adhd have been around for over a century. >> fidgety phil was first described back in the 1800s. >> don't kids grow out of a.d.d.? >> the adult will be able to better control it, so when you look at it as an outsider, you say, "it's not there anymore," but it is still there, but the way it is presenting itself is different. >> why did it take so long to recognize it? >> when you get to be about 13 or 14 years old, you get self-conscious. you start looking at yourself, and you do something to try to cover up or hide the fact that you're different. why is there so much confusion? >> this is a disorder that's been going around for hundreds of years. we've just not be able to peg it easi

he told the doctor there was no need to return to paris because he could hander further reactions. >>> more and more children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. researchers from the centers of disease control and prevention found between 2007 and 2009 about 9% of children between ages of 5 and 17 were diagnosed with adhd. this compared with just under 7% about a decade ago. the rate for boys rose from 10% to 12% and girls went up from 4% to 6% over the past 10 years. >>> celiac disease is on the rise in the united states with more people getting sick from exposure to products containing gluten. according to one recent study nearly five times as many people have celiac disease than in the 1950s. another report found that the rate of celiac disease has doubled every 15 years since 1974. and is now believed to affect one in every 130 people in the united states. celiac disease is called by exposure to gluten, a protein in grains like wheat, rye and barley. it causes the immune system to attack the small intestine. >>> ahead at 6:00, mountaing concern of solar flares and the impact on our power grid. >>> why prince harry will soon be co

out of her school and taken to the police station then handcuffed to a pole for two hours after she doodled on her desk a twelve year old boy in louisiana with hyperactive disorder who was suspended for two days after telling kids in the lunch line i'm going to get you if they ate all the potatoes and he ended up being charged for making terroristic threats and then was jailed for two weeks while awaiting trial those are some of the most extreme examples but we see suspensions ticket citations being handed out for everything from truancy to senior pranks to non violent actions and i was talking about this before in the show this so-called school to prison pipeline but new studies show just how damaging the effects really are state of texas examined almost a million children and almost four thousand texas schools and they found that six in ten public school students were a suspect who were suspended or expelled at least once between seventh and twelfth great and those who had been suspended or expelled were nearly three times as likely to come in contact with the juvenile system the following year ahead of the start to begin with and what does that mean

the board as well. >> so attention deficit hyperactivity disorder i think is what it all stands for.ticed that there are more people being diagnosed and maybe it's because we are recognizing it more. and it's more common, i guess to be able to stand up' get diagnosed. do we know who is most likely to have it? >> i think to your last point. i think is there a decreased stigma about this as well which may be, in part, i think what you're eluding to and i think may explain part of this as well. people more likely to actually talk about adhd. it's interesting. it's always been more common in boys than girls and quite a bit so. for example you break down that 1 in 10 number, 12.3% of boys versus 56.5% of girls. so quite a difference there between boys and girls. also it's more common in the southern parts of the country and in the midwest versus the northeast and the west. again, that's not entirely clear as to why some people have pointed to environmental triggers that are more common but not sure about that. also as far as the increased numbers over the last ten years, it's increased mo