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Antidepressant No Help for Autism Behaviors
June 1, 2009 --The antidepressant Celexa, often prescribed for children with autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to reduce repetitive behaviors, works no better than a placebo, according to a new study. Even worse, the medication was more likely than the placebo to produce adverse side effect
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Researchers See Recovery From Autism
May 11, 2009 -- One in 10 children diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum disorders may recover, says a researcher who presented data at the recent International Society for Autism Research meeting in Chicago. "We don't know for certain what percent of children are capable of moving off the spectr
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Gene Variants Hold New Clues to Autism
April 28, 2009 -- Rare genetic mutations are known to increase the risk of autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Now, researchers have identified new and common gene mutations -- also called gene variants -- that also boost the risk of the developmental disorders that affect an estimated one i
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Asperger's Syndrome: Stress Hormone a Clue
April 2, 2009 -- Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, may be linked to an unusual pattern in salivary levels of the stress hormone cortisol. A new study shows a sharp rise in salivary levels of cortisol soon after waking in typically developing 18-year-old men, but not in young men of t
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Maternal Bereavement Not Linked to Autism
March 30, 2009 -- Despite a possible connection between prenatal stress and autism, researchers in Denmark say the pain of losing a loved one during or just before pregnancy does not increase the baby's risk of autism later in life. Medical evidence has suggested that emotional trauma during or in t
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Autism: New Clue to Earlier Detection
March 29, 2009 -- A surprise discovery is leading autism researchers at Yale University toward earlier detection and new therapies for children with autism -- possibly beginning in infancy. That discovery is all about key differences in what captures the attention of children with autism compared to
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Actor Gary Cole Spotlights Autism
When my daughter Mary was diagnosed with autism in 1995,” says actor Gary Cole, “all I had to go on was Rain Man.” Today, an estimated one in 150 American children under age 8 are diagnosed with autism or related conditions such as Asperger’s syndrome -- all with symptoms such as an inability to re
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Vaccine Court Rejects Autism Claims
Feb. 12, 2009 -- The federal "vaccine court" has rejected claims that either the measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine or thimerosal in vaccines caused children's autism. The ruling is a major setback for the more than 5,000 cases in which families claim that the mercury-based thimerosal -- a preserva
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Raising a Child with Asperger’s Syndrome: Mary Walsh’s Story
I began noticing something was different about my son, Matthew, when he was about two years old. He didn’t make good eye contact. Noise bothered him. He had trouble with some of his motor skills, such as using a spoon. He was also having a tough time at day care. He’d cry when I dropped him off. He
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Autism Cases on the Rise
Jan. 8, 2009 -- Environmental factors may be partly behind California's eightfold rise in new cases, a new study implies. Many researchers have believed that the continuous increase in autism cases over the last decade -- particularly the huge increase seen in California -- isn't real, but can be ex
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