ADHD May be Racial
We’ve learned that your immune system is racial, and we also know that sometimes one gene for a disease can be protective, while two genes are bad. Black students seem to be more at risk for attention-deficit disorder, which causes problems in school?could this be linked to their ancestors?
Science Daily reports that a tendency to exhibit for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might be beneficial to a group of Kenyan nomads, who may have passed on their genes to black children who are now living in the US. An ADHD-associated version of the certain gene that controls dopamine (one of the “feel good” hormones) causes better health in nomadic tribesmen. This same gene may cause more settled Africans to become malnourished.
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