Giimmiie a miin to iintrouce my self ; my name iis M.I.C nd iim from Daygo (San Diego) ; iim new to thiis blog game but iimma start doiinq iit now cuz @ieatthepussy and @Skate4hxxkers kiinda made me wanna make some blogs cuz der blogs are funny AF nd yea soo dats wut iimma do . Now tha only thiinq different iis that iimma ask YOU guys for some funny random ass questions!! ; iim most liikely gon get alot but iima chose tha funniest ones nd answer dem for yew 
; iimma do a blog everyday so yew guys could have a good laugh nd shiiiiiittttt!!!! Aiight send me your Random/Funny Questions to my myspace at myspace.com/mic1904 or on twitter at Twitter.com/MICTransFormers or Twitter.com/DemTransFormers follow us:) or jus leave a comment on here ; ok let’s get iit poppiin
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Giimmiie Some Of Dat
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Imeem Fined to the Tune of $1.77M -- More Than Its Sale Price
A U.S. district court judge has fined Imeem, the music site, $1.77 million after it failed to appear in court to respond to a copyright infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Oct. 21 by The Orchard Enterprises, an independent music distributor, had been the final straw for the troubled company before it sold “certain assets” to MySpace for less than $1 million and was promptly shut down.
The Orchard had demanded Imeem hand over its profits from its labels’ music or pay $150,000 per instance of copyright infringement, saying a previous arrangement with the Imeem-purchased Snocap only allowed the site to distribute samples, not full streamed tracks.
Judge Denny Chin, in a default judgment issued Dec. 17, ordered that Imeem pay $1.77 million to the Orchard; discontinue streaming, copying and reproducing the Orchard’s music; and hand over any materials associated with the music.
A MySpace spokesperson today said that the company was not involved in the suit — so it may be that MySpace was able to structure the Imeem deal to acquire whatever assets of the startup were not being sued.
MySpace today promises would-be Imeem visitors on a landing page, “We are working hard to migrate all of your playlists over to MySpace Music. We’ll email you about that as soon as we have more details.” We’re not sure what Imeem assets were retained after the MySpace deal; the acquisition had only kept on four Imeem executives, and just in consulting roles.
Imeem had raised somewhere around $35 million from investors including Morgenthaler Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Warner Music, which had previously sued it as well.
Imeem complaint
Imeem default judgment
Sunday, December 27, 2009
LAWLZ
I’m at my girls house and you know we’re being girls drinking some fat tires gossiping, shit talking, hating, masturbating hahaha ok but really we came across this chicks myspace and i had to post this ish with the quickness.. like really like omg no way like i’m so mature and not stupid you guys! WOW
About me:Hi my name is RAELENE LABRAY. I LOVE ATTENTION AND BEING IN THE SPOTLIGHT..I am a model! I started out as a carshow model and worked my way up and still am working more and more up. I have been modeling for a little longer than half a yr. I am on the cover of impala magazine! I was featured in high speed magazine. And i am about to do more things! To tell you about myself. For everyone wondering my race…I am half mexican a quarter native american and a quarter caucasion. If you cant already tell by looking at me and my page i am a barbiegirl to the fullest extent. I am such a city girl. I STAND OUT AND I AM ORIGINAL. I DONT CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK I AM ME. I dont have just one style i am different everyday. I like to pull off diff looks. I love being sexy and turning heads! I LOVE having tan skin and dark hair. I live in my platform heels [gotta be 6 inches and at least have a 2 inch platform]. I love being creative in my style and makeup. I get down with the brushes. I taught myself how to do makeup it just comes natural [Right now i do freelance work im focused on modeling] I do all my own makeup in all my shoots! MAKEUP and MODELING are my PASSIONS in life. I cant explain how i feel wen i am doing either of them. I have a lot of goals i want to and will accomplish in life. My main goal is to make it in playboy. I am a very caring giving happy outgoing giggly sensitive nice trustworthy person. I hate when people try to bring me down I just keep in mind haters are motivators. I never value the opinion of those i dont respect. I dont like when people think that just becuase i am young i am dumb. I am actually very smart and mature. I graduated high school when i was 16! I have been through crazy things.
Who I’d like to meet: HUGH HEFNER and the playmates and mario lopez my future husband I’m sure you and mario lopez will make a great couple. HATE HATE HATE Chappelle’s Show The Playa Hater’s Ball www.comedycentral.com Buy Chappelle’s Show DVDs Black Comedy True Hollywood StorySaturday, December 26, 2009
Oliver Grimball
Hiphop ei varsinaisesti ole minun genreni, mutta tykästyin kovasti Oliver Grimballiin, jonka MySpace-sivun ystäväni esitteli minulle. Tämä espanjalainen tekee hidastempoista hiphopia varsin jännillä soundeilla. Kannattaa käydä kuuntelemassa! Grimballista voi lukea lisää hänestä kirjoitetussa artikkelissa ja haastattelussa täällä.
Missile girl, missile girl…
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Hiphop is really not my genre, but I was thrilled when my friend introduced me to Oliver Grimball’s MySpace. This Spanish guy makes downtempo hiphop with cool sounds. I strongly recommend! You can read more about Grimball on an article and interview here.
Missile girl, missile girl…
http://www.myspace.com/olivergrimballmagic
Thursday, December 24, 2009
MUDVAYNE: New Video For 'SCREAM WITH ME' Posted
MUDVAYNE
Source: Yahoo Music, Myspace.com/Mudvayne, VEVO
Watch the new video below and listen to a full stream of the new self-titled album HERE.
New video: ‘SCREAM WITH ME’
From the new album: “Mudvayne” (out now)
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
New Ford Sync Turns your Vehicle into a Hot Spot on Wheels
If you have driven a vehicle equipped with the Ford Sync Technology you know that it effortlessly syncs your phones, mp3 players and other gadgets via blutooth or usb input. Now how about this for a little bonus: Internet.
That’s right, internet wherever you may go… just as long as you have a 3g compatible wifi card with any monthly fees that might go with it. The Sync, version 2.0, will have internet compatibility integrated into it’s USB ports. So on top of all of the cool things the Sync already does, like transmitting your phone calls though vehicles speakers, you can surf the waves of the digital age.
What’s the coolest thing about all this? Ford isn’t charging anything to use the added feature, it’s a genuinely helpful and beneficial feature that Ford would prefer you have on top of what the SYNC can already offer you. But before you take your portable cafe for a marathon of Pandora and Facebook, just remember that you must have the 3g service equipped on your laptop or mobile device to connect to the Sync’s router.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
ALERT! Zenaida Myspace page logged into today
Justice4All alerted me to some unusual activity. The “zenaida” Myspace page has been breeched. It was logged into today. That means a real live Zenaida exists and lives in Miami, law enforcement is scoping it out, or Casey gave her password to someone. I logged into my account and noticed “she” was online. I sent an IM (instant message) and the person immediately logged out.
Zenaida Myspace pageThe friends she now has are undoubtedly people who submitted their names prior to today, like J4A. She can explain her angle. I will add new info as it comes in.
The signup date remains the same: 6/16/2008
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Cellhut Is Now On Twitter And FaceBook
Cellhut is going forward with Twitter.Com, you can now find us on Twitter also. We are now updating our self on Twitter as well so that our customers can get updates about our latest deals and offerings. Whenever we will update our website with latest products and deals you will get the knowledge about it from twitter also, not only twitter you can get the information about us on facebook and other social networking sites also.
So find the social networking sites’ button on our site’ homepage and join us to get the latest information about Cellhut deals on your twitter account. If you have any idea to give us then just find us on twitter @cellhut and give your idea to us.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
British Airways cabin crew strike illegal, court rules.
Welcome decision.But what if they go on strike?What can the court do,?utmost it will advise the Government to take action.The Government ,depending on vote bank politics, may decide to overlook the recommendation.Ultimately the passengers will suffer.Why this sham of a court injunction?
These court jokes are order of the day in India.
A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal in a High Court ruling.
The court agreed with BA that the cabin crew’s union, Unite, had not correctly balloted its members on the strike action.
The injunction means that the 12-day strike cannot now go ahead.
Unite called it “a disgraceful day for democracy” and vowed to hold a fresh ballot of cabin crew if the dispute with BA was not resolved.
British Airways said the decision would be welcomed by “hundreds of thousands of families in the UK and around the world”.
“There was never any need for a strike and we hope that Unite will take this opportunity to reflect before deciding its next steps,” a statement from the company said.
“In recent days, we believe Unite has formed a better understanding of our position and of the ways in which we could move forward.
“It has also become very clear that our customers do not believe that old-style trade union militancy is relevant to our efforts to move British Airways back toward profitability.”
Unite’s joint general secretaries, Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley said the dispute was “far from settled”.
“While we have never wanted this dispute, it is a disgraceful day for democracy when a court can overrule such an overwhelming decision by employees taken in a secret ballot,” they said.
“The fact remains that this dispute is not settled.
“BA must accept that there can be no resolution except through negotiation, failing which there will inevitably be a further ballot for industrial action.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8418805.stm
Why Gravity, a New Startup Can't Defy Gravity
Earlier this evening I watched a video and read an article about Gravity, a Los Angeles-based start-up co-founded by three former MySpace executives including MySpace’s onetime chief operating officer, Amit Kapur. The other two co-founders are Steve Pearman (chief product officer) and Jim Benedetto (chief technology officer).
The company, which launched a beta version of this service, is essentially trying to re-invent the concept of conversations (aka message boards and eGroups) using a brand new approach and then data mine these conversations for interest analytics and essentially sell advertising or market against these interest pockets. Gravity describes itself as a “conversation engine.”
And while I have not played around with the service, and looking at it from a very surface level, one can see that the service has its work cut out. There are some questions about the potential and viability of this start-up.
To be clear, I have no comments on their technology — they seem to have some kind of a secret sauce which they haven’t really talked about. No point commenting about their user experience — they are still hoarding their beta invite. My questions are simply confined to obvious challenges they face.
Now, no one disagrees with the logic behind the company: message boards and eGroups simply suck and it is hard to monetize conversations trapped inside them. If one could solve this quandary, they could somehow make money. Gravity claims to have done this and has topped it off with some spiffy looking graphical analytical tools. And that’s the end of the good news.
Typically I get very excited about companies (and start-ups) that are doing interesting things with large data sets, but in this case I am skeptical. When I read the post, what I saw was a lot of spin garnished with a lot of fancy words. And there are many of them, for example, Interest Graph. “Hate when a company coins a new term (Interest Graph) 2 describe existing concept – ah marketing” is how someone noted on Twitter. Gravity’s spiel is sentiment analysis and perhaps that is why it was able to get a rumored $10 million, reportedly from the likes of Redpoint Ventures, an erstwhile investor in MySpace.
Now if you buy into their spin, you still have to keep in mind that mining unstructured data for near real-time sentiment analysis — essentially what they are claiming to do — is not an easy task. Let’s just assume that they do get the technology part right — why not Benedetto is totally legit and well known in the big data circles — the question is how are they going to get this service deployed and get massive traction.
Gravity executives tell Mike Arrington that the company is going to “allow people to create conversation around topics” and “the service will be available on the Gravity website as well as via widgets and an API.” In other words they are going to try and build a brand new consumer brand around conversations.
At the same, the company has to scale up its operations to a level where it has large amount of data sets to mine and reveal enough “interest” spots for them to become useful data that can be used for diverse purposes such as advertising. It is a arduous task. Ask Facebook, which is still struggling to build an “engagement” and “sentiment” based advertising engine despite having massive data sets including personal information. Mining data is a complex computing problem that needs big computing resources, but that is a topic for another day.
From the way I see it, building a rocket ship in one’s basement is perhaps easier. The conversations have moved away from message boards & groups to more realtime mediums such as Twitter and Facebook. It would be difficult for them to get to change people’s behavior.
Sooner or later the company will send me a beta invite, but up until then I am relegating them to a pile labeled “hype” for you will hear a lot about them. But as philosopher (and humorist) Dave Barry once said, “Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.”
Photo by SolidState via Flickr
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Drug Addled Rocker Mom Courtney Love Losses Custody Of Kurt Cobain's Daughter
Francis Bean and Courtney Love...Splitsville
TMZ.com and numerous media outlets are reporting that Courtney Love no longer has legal control of her daughter Francis Bean Cobain, whose father is the late grunge rock legend Kurt Cobain.
The judge has appointed a temporary legal guardian to watch out for the 17-year-old Francis Bean. The guardians appointed are Kurt Cobain’s mom and his sister, so even though Kurt Cobain is no longer with us, he is reaching out to help his daughter , from beyond the grave.
Legal guardianship is appointed in cases traditionally, when it is discovered that the parent or parents are no longer capable of competently raising and supervising the minor child for various reasons that may cause mental instability.
The guardianship is for Francis Bean, and her financial affairs.
Party-mom Courtney Love loses custody of her daughter...time to party
It has long been rumored that Courtney Love may have had a hand in the death of Kurt Cobain, in order to hijack his wealth, but these are unsubstantiated rumors.
Many fans still blame his death on Courtney…who knows.
Courtney Love has had a long and public battle with narcotics, and she has had stints in rehabilitation,and has been arrested on drug charges. Calling Courtney Love a loser at this point would be not that helpful in this case, but her actions have definitely been reprehensible as a parent.
I hope she can receive the medical and mental assistance she so desperately needs.
I wish Francis Bean a healthy and fruitful future, now that she is in safe hands.
Take the lesson’s of the life of your mom and dad, as a cautionary tale of what can happen to two pretty cool people, when they become addicted to heroin, and other dangerous narcotics.
Your life probably has not been all that cool so far,hopefully it will get brighter for you now.
Good luck in the future…
Sources…
http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/14/courtney-love-daughter-Frances-Bean-Cobain-guardianship-competency/
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1628249/20091214/love_courtney.jhtml
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ie4OhTAzVQSOlaMdahTpJ-vZ40hAD9CJBLL
Sunday, December 13, 2009
lupe fiasco...setting "the record" straight
via: Lu’space
Hi guys…Lupe here…
There seems to be a lot…A LOT…of misconception and misguided info floating around the net…
so for the sake of clarity and so that everyone (HOPEFULLY) will be on the same page let me reaffirm and debunk some things and just turn down the general noise that is surrounding Lupe Fiasco…thats me…
My Third Album is Titled “LASERS” not “WE ARE LASERS” or “LUPE.N.D.”…
MY NEXT ALBUM IS NOT TITLED “LUPE.N.D.”…
“LASERS” is NOT my last and final album…
“LASERS” does NOT drop in 2009…
“LASERS” does NOT HAVE A RELEASE DATE YET…
“SOLAR MIDNITE” is NOT a single off of “LASERS”…Nor was it intended to be apart of “LASERS” project…
“SOLAR MIDNITE” was exclusively done at the request of the Twilight: New Moon Team to be apart of their film, motion picture soundtrack and as a vehicle to promote the film… NOT TO PROMOTE “LASERS”…
I produced “SOLAR MIDNITE”
I’m not SELLING OUT by doing a song for NEW MOON…
People thought I “SOLD OUT” when I did “Kick, Push”…
I LOVE “SOLAR MIDNITE”…
“SOLAR MIDNITE” is NOT a HIP-HOP RECORD…
I’ve done ROCK or ROCK-like records on all of my previous albums…i.e. ” The Instrumental” “Hello/Goodbye”…
I HAVE A PUNK BAND CALLED JAPANESE CARTOON WHICH I SING IN AND PRODUCE FOR…
I DO NOT GO BY “LUPE FIASCO” WHEN I DO SONGS WITH JAPANESE CARTOON…NOR PERCIVAL FATS!!!…I USE MY REAL NAME…
Enemy Of The State was NOT, NOT, NOT meant to be an album…so stop (to the ungrateful among you) TREATING it like one…
Enemy Of The State was short for a reason…I DONT LIKE TO WASTE SONGS…AND IT SHOULDN’T TAKE YOU THAT LONG TO PROVE YOUR NICE IF YOUR “REALLY” NICE…
ENEMY OF THE STATE WAS WATERED DOWN ON PURPOSE…BECAUSE ITS NOT AN ALBUM…
MOST OF ENEMY OF THE STATE WAS DONE IN ONE DAY…
IF YOU DONT HEAR IT FROM ME OR DJ BUSY IT MAY NOT BE THE COMPLETE TRUTH!!!
Its more noise out there and stupid rumor but I really don’t have the stamina…
FNF UP…
peace, and just to set the record straight, love.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
10 Things I Should Be Doing Right Now
Is it just me or is it far easier to procrastinate during the holiday season? Here are 10 things I should be doing right now instead of surfing:
1. Updating my MySpace page. (I blame this on having little idea what I should change or update._
2. Deciding what’s for dinner.
3. Cooking (burning) dinner.
4. Laundry.
5. Editing another Play Fling chapter. (Only four left!)
6. Mailing the last 10 Christmas cards.
7. Shopping for powdered sugar. (Elves are not going to leave it and those cookies do require it!)
8. Blogging about something else, something terribly interesting and insightful.
9. Packing suitcases.
10. Updating Goodreads with the awesome Julia Quinn novel I just read.
:}Amber Scott
Thursday, December 10, 2009
When I had braces...
When all of my friends in junior high got braces, I wanted them. I wanted to be that trendy girl with the metal across her teeth for accessories like EVERYONE else.
When I actually had to get braces at age 17, junior year of high school, I hated them. I didn’t fully get them off until my senior year – the prime time when everyone just looked good and had straight teeth and I was still the awkward high schooler with braces.
Now that their off, I can finally appreciate what they have done for me. I’m past that awkward mouth phase and the rubber bands snapping mid-speak.
When I Had Braces… is a new time waster site featuring the vintagey photos of our metal-in-the-mouth wearing days.
When I had braces I was blissfully unaware of my appearance.
Eden
When I had braces… I thought I was unique for taking my pictures in the rear view mirror for my MySpace default.
- Katie
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
MySpace.com Law Enforcement Investigators Guide, 23 Jun 2006
The PDF file presents the 16-paged “Law Enforcement Investigators Guide” to MySpace. The document was produced by MySpace and is given out to law enforcement representatives on request.
The guide details the information available to investigators on request, including IP address logs and private user communications, the conditions under which this information can be disclosed, as well as information about retention times.
DOWNLOAD/VIEW FULL FILE FROM fastest (Sweden), slow (US),Saturday, December 5, 2009
Prom Night in Black and White, the baby between Four Year Strong and Forever the Sickest Kids.
Prom Night in Black and White is a pop/punk band from the small city, Saskatoon, in that rectangular spot on your map, Saskatchewan. This weird little place is also my hometown, I love seeing good tunes come out of that area! Their bio describes them best, “Odds are we are the weird kids you go to high school with. Music is our lives, and we will never give up on our dreams no matter what this world throws at us.” The band consists of Joel on vocals and guitars, Evan on vocals and guitars, bassist Justin and Drummer Brady
Tonight I’m chatting with Joel Cosset the guitarist/vocalist from Prom Night in Black and White. (Done Via E-mail)
T: So how long has the band been together?
J: We have been a band for 2 years now
T: How did you guys form and decide on the style you play?
J: Well we never really decided on a style, we all met at a local show with all metal bands playing, and randomly started talking about how every band tries to sound the same. We were like “It would be nice to see a band that just plays what comes natural.” and then we decided to jam one day and everything clicked.
T: How would you describe the band?
J: We are just as catchy as the pop music you hear on the radio, except we put every inch of ourselves into each song. Think of a baby between four year strong and forever the sickest kids. We sit somewhere in the middle of them.
T: The name “Prom Night in Black and White”, it states that it means the transition from being a kid to being an adult. Do you feel that is portrayed in your music as well?
J: Well we never really purposely try to make our music reflect that, but we write our lyrics based on events happening in our lives, and we are all changing from being a kid to an adult. so I think it just naturally reflects that transition.
T: You guys have released a 4 song EP titled “This Sinking Ship”. Where was it recorded at?
J: We recorded at a local studio called Kickstart Recordings
T: Can you tell us a bit about the recording process and the writing process?
J: Well writing for us has always been easy, it flows naturally. Recording on the other hand can be very time consuming. Sometimes I’ll go into the studio and be like “This chorus has the best line I’ve ever written in it!” and then take after take of the same line, you kinda get sick of it. It’s all worth it once the song is done though.
T: Are there any plans to release any other albums in the near future?
J: We are actually working on recording our second EP at the moment, it doesn’t have a name yet but you can expect it before summer 2010.
T: I saw on your MySpace that you were planning a tour, what areas where you guys thinking of hitting up?
J: Well we are currently booking a tour for Cross-Canada this summer. That means our hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, all the way to British Columbia, and then all the way to Quebec. We are also looking at touring in upper New-York. But being minors at the moment, we have to look into all the details that come with crossing the border.
T: Have you guys ever been on tour? I know you’ve played out of town in Tisdale “The Land of Rape and Honey” [Laughs]
J: This summer we had an awesome tour around Saskatchewan and Alberta. We even played Vans’ Warped Tour in Calgary which was awesome! As for the rape and honey, we love playing in lil’ old Tisdale! I think its called the land of rape and honey because the kids there really know how to have a good time.
T: Anything else to throw out there, or shout outs?
J: We just wanna say thanks to everyone who’s ever believed in our band. The amount of support we have received from people has been incredible. Even the people who take 5 minutes out of their day to listen to our music, it means the world to us.
With Yahoo and MySpace rolling over, Facebook wins the social network war
By Sebastian Anthony, Download squad
First up, Yahoo rescinds almost its entire social network presence in favor of Facebook Connect. And now, the rumors that MySpace would drop their social focus and aim towards a network based on content and entertainment seem to be playing out: MySpace are linking up with Facebook Connect. There’s a lot of juicy info to be had over on the Inside Facebook article, but it seems like MySpace and Facebook could become very tightly entwined, with Facebook managing your profile and MySpace becoming the content provider — the quizzes, the games, the music, the movie trailers.
It would appear that, except for Google and their Friend Connect, social networks are bowing out from their competition with Facebook. With their recently-announced usage figures and their ever-climbing membership that recently hit 350 million, that’s probably a smart move. This was a war that never really heated up, and ultimately had a very predictable outcome. Facebook rule supreme. Microsoft own a sizable share in Facebook, incidentally.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Tribute to a Pal
this was drawn back in the days i was C..Crazy!
well, i cannot say i am satisfied with this drawing, the format, tehnique, idea, content, all bleak! but i guess I am a person with a Weird character of regeting so damned much. like, anything done in the past, i look at it and its all dissappointing to myself, and I had a big mouth all the time of my life so i was strangely overconfident , which meant i bragged so damn much about one work that i do and them another, meh, juss thinkin’ ’bout the old dayz make me twitch at night with heavy hatred toward my old self.
trakback link to the site, but this wallpage could go down easily soon.
ill also try to color this, once i retrieve the original or the faxed version
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Do not drug the toddlers.
I have a grand son of just 70 days.My daughter, who reads a bit of medical books and browses internet expects miraculous disciplined behavior from him.She expects him to feed at fixed time play himself and sleep, wake up and start the process all over.She would like him to drink her milk to the full, not a little less.If he does not pass motion for more than six hours;if he cries; she immediately consults a paediatrician on phone or cosults friends of her age group and immediately starts giving him medicines not withstanding my protests.
Children unto the age of six act instinctively;they do not deliberate;if they are hungry they eat,feel sleepy, they sleep.They have, fortunately, not become slaves to time and habits as yet.
best is to leave child be.Let it grow naturally.Let Nature and the body run according to its rhythm.Now read on.here children are given drugs for behavioral disorder. What behavior?They do not know what it is.Do not give fancy names and drug the child.
Story:
CHILDREN diagnosed with ADHD could be weaned off medication as new Government guidelines warn doctors not to use drugs for first option treatment.
The Federal Government draft guidelines released yesterday will substantially change the way doctors treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, especially in preschool-aged children.
One of the biggest medical turn-abouts is the change from guidelines in 1997, which recommended medication was a suitable treatment for children diagnosed with the behavioural and learning problem.
Now it is advised: ”Medication should not be used as first-line treatment for ADHD in preschool-aged children.
”For children under six years of age, a stage when child development is rapid, it is essential to distinguish ADHD symptoms from normal developmental variation in impulsivity and attention.”
Doctors have been warned to weigh-up the benefits of drugs, which are recommended for some patients and risk factors, such as ”growth impacts”.
More than 350,000 children and adolescents have ADHD and in the past financial year taxpayers have forked out more than $21 million on drugs, including medication for the growing number of adults who have the illness.
Health Minister Nicola Roxon, who is trying to rein in an explosion of medical costs, has been frustrated at the lack of clear evidence on how to treat the condition.
”I am pleased that we can finally provide this more up-to-date information on ways to identify and care for those in our community who may be suffering from ADHD,” she said.
But in a twist that could change the guidelines again soon, a US researcher referenced in the updated Australian guidelines is at the centre of a US conflict of interest inquiry after it was alleged he had failed to declare his full relationship with a drug company.
The National Health and Medical Research Council with Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) updated the guidelines. The document is almost 300 pages.
RACP guidelines working group chairman David Forbes said there had been ‘’substantial” changes in advice in prescribing medication and expected some children may be taken off drugs.
”Not all kids should get medication,” Professor Forbes said.
There had not been enough research about whether children’s behaviour could be controlled through exercise and diet, he said.
Restricting some foods for some children may work if done in consultation with nutritionists, he added.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26422996-952,00.html