Treatment with methylphenidate (Ritalin), a stimulant approved for attention deficit-hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and narcolepsy, led to a small to medium reduction in apathy in people with ...

Employee apathy is often overlooked since those who exhibit this characteristic tend to fly under the radar, which is exactly their goal: to get paid, not bother with anyone unless necessary and not ...

Many politicians these days find electoral success in channeling voters’ real or imagined fear. And this time around, the stakes feel like they couldn’t be higher. But after years of growing financial ...

Apathy -- a lack of interest or motivation -- could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a 'window of opportunity' to treat the disease at an early ...

Apathy is an early marker of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and predicts future cognitive decline, a new study has shown. Results showed that apathy occurs early in the disease course of genetic FTD ...

Older adults who show signs of apathy tend to have a smaller brain volume than their peers with more vim and vigor, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of more than 4,300 older adults, those ...

Apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia, with a bigger impact on function than memory loss -- yet it is under-researched and often forgotten in care. Apathy is the most common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voter apathy is a lack of interest in elections, and some believe stringing them out – instead of clumping them together with ...

This is apathy. It is aptly stated that apathy is a disease that numbs the soul and dulls the mind. Apathy, often characterised by an absence of interest, enthusiasm, or concern, has the power to ...

Employees who demonstrate apathy at work may do so because daily tasks aren't fulfilling, the environment lends itself to disinterest, management doesn't set goals or because employee performance ...