May 5th, 2013

Several new studies presented at the International Society for Autism Research annual conference back up the notion that environmental factors before birth may play an important role ...
May 5th, 2013

A new study reports that babies whose growth in the womb is at either end of the extreme -- either very small ...
April 29th, 2013

A new University of Melbourne study suggests that up to 10 per cent of the population is affected by specific ...
April 28th, 2013

A relatively high number of abnormal folds and cell growths in the placenta could be a strong indicator of an infant's risk for developing autism, according to new research ...
April 25th, 2013

Moms and dads can take heart; new research suggest adolescence angst is merely a normal biological program of reorientation.
As parents know, adolescence is often a ...
April 22nd, 2013

Researchers discover children and teens with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more likely to develop problematic video game habits.
A University of Missouri researcher found ...
April 20th, 2013

Neuroscientists have developed a method of analyzing brain activity that may help detect autism in children.
In a small study, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in ...
April 20th, 2013

Up to 10 percent of the population is affected by specific learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, which translates to two or three students in every ...
April 17th, 2013

A new study by University of Missouri investigators discovers that propranolol (Inderal), a drug commonly used to treat ...
April 10th, 2013

Investigators from the University of Wisconsin–Madison find the age at which a child with autism is diagnosed ...