For the first time ever, researchers believe there may be a link between the effects of epilepsy on the brain and some traits of autism, reports the ...
[article-2317654-19925BA0000005DC-840_306x423.jpg] Babies born either very small or very large have a higher risk of developing autism, ...
Since 2008, when a group of physicians drew a hypothetical link between Lyme disease and autism, a growing number of patient activists have embrac...
Doctors may be able to diagnose a child's risk of autism at birth, which would allow treatment of the burgeoning disorder to begin in the child's ...
Women who take valproate (Depacon) during pregnancy may increase the risk of childhood autism and its spectrum disorders in their children, a popu...
A cautiously worded study based on data collected in Sweden has found that “in utero exposure to both selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (S.S...
Mutations associated with autism block the action of brain molecules that act on the same receptors that marijuana’s active chemical acts on, say ...
The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism has been around for some time. The idea took off in the 1990′s when Andrew Wakefield claimed ...
Children with autism have increased levels of genetic change in regions of the genome prone to DNA rearrangements, so called “hotspots,” accordi...
The odds that a child will develop autism could be linked to their grandfather's age at the time they were born, a new Swedish study suggests. ...
Women who reported physical, emotional, or sexual abuse when they were young were more likely to have a child with autism compared to women who we...
The results indicated that females were more severely impacted by ASD than males, especially first affected siblings. When first and second affected ...
Testing a new theory, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have used a newly discovered function of an old drug ...
New research suggests that autism affects the brain differently as individuals with the developmental disorder age, a finding that may allow for a...
A study led by Michigan State University found that newborns with low birth weight are seven times more likely to develop autism later in life if ult...
Heavy metals like mercury, lead, tungsten, tin and cadmium have long been known to be toxic, causing severe health problems and even death in high...
[agenesis-of-the-corpus-callosum.jpg] Autism and agenesis of the corpus callosum (AgCC) are distinct conditions – the first is behavioral while th...
[Screen Shot 2013-03-04 at 9.45.15 AM.png] The California Department of Developmental Services data, once called “the gold standard” for autism epi...
A recent study claims that women who take folic acid supplements before conception are at a lower risk of having an autistic child. In Association...
A new, preliminary study suggests that developing females are much better able than males to fight off genetic pressure to develop symptoms of aut...
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