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Treatment-resistant epilepsy common in idiopathic autism
A new study found that treatment-resistant epilepsy (TRE) is common in idiopathic autism. Early age at the onset of seizures and delayed global development were associated with a higher frequency of resistance to antiepileptic ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Study: Socioeconomics playing reduced role in autism diagnoses
While there is an increasing equality in terms of the likelihood that children from communities and families across the socioeconomic spectrum will be diagnosed with autism, a new study finds that such factors still influence ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Relatively few young adults with autism spectrum disorders receive assistance after high school
Use of medical, mental health and case management services for young adults with an autism spectrum disorder appears to decline after high school, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Ad ...
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk
Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children.
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Children with disabilities not accurately portrayed in top children's books
Despite an increasingly positive portrayal of disabilities in Newbery Award-winning books, they are not representative of the nearly 7 million children with disabilities attending U.S. public schools, say ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Differences in brain development between males and females may hold clues to mental health disorders
Many mental health disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia, produce changes in social behavior or interactions. The frequency and/or severity of these disorders is substantially greater in boys than girls, but the biological ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 17, 2010 |
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Brain scans detect autism's signature
An autism study by Yale School of Medicine researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has identified a pattern of brain activity that may characterize the genetic vulnerability to developing autism spectrum ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Researchers create autistic neuron model
Using induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with Rett syndrome, scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have created functional neurons that provide the first human ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Rapid rise in Medicaid expenditures for autism spectrum disorder treatment
Autism was described as early as 1940, but a marked increase in the prevalence for the broader class of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) during the past decade highlights the demand for treatment of affected individuals. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment
One of the antibiotics most commonly prescribed to treat adolescent acne can increase attention spans and communication and decrease anxiety in patients with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental impairment, ...
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Sep 08, 2010 |
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