Growing concern has surrounded doctors and parents who are increasingly medicating adolescents for Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD. A recent study published in Pediatric News states that an association between sleep-disordered breathing (as in the disorder Obstructive Sleep Apnea) and prevalence of ADD has been found in adolescents. Using a population of 1,014 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 16, the study found that there was a 2.5-fold increase in the prevalence of ADD among those diagnosed with some form of sleep-disordered breathing. Parents are encouraged have ADD- or ADHD-diagnosed children evaluated for sleep apnea or another sleep disorder, especially if loud snoring is also present.