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GLP podcast/video: What causes autism? Treating PTSD with psychedelics; Alcoholism could be in our genes

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Speculation persists about the causes of autism thanks to an explosion in the number of cases that have been diagnosed ...
GLP Facts and Fallacies Podcast and Video: 'Industrial' farming unsustainable? Junk science and academic freedom; Oxalate, the new dietary bogeyman

GLP Facts and Fallacies Podcast and Video: ‘Industrial’ farming unsustainable? Junk science and academic freedom; Oxalate, the new dietary bogeyman

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Are our current farming practices unsustainable? If so, how do we make them sustainable? Academic freedom enables researchers to pursue ...
Podcast and video: GE chestnut tree coming soon? Tylenol doesn't cause autism; Damar Hamlin-COVID vaccine controversy

Podcast and video: GE chestnut tree coming soon? Tylenol doesn’t cause autism; Damar Hamlin-COVID vaccine controversy

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
After years of delay, a genetically engineered chestnut tree may finally receive USDA approval. Is it headed for a new ...
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Viewpoint: Should autism be treated as an illness that should be cured?

Kristen Hovet | 
“Many of the greatest artists, actors, musicians, scientists, and entrepreneurs of all time were and are autistic. We all serve ...
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Viewpoint: Blacks raise questions about racial stereotyping of autism diagnoses and therapies

Catina Burkett | 
Part of the reason people are quick to stereotype me is that there is no research on middle-aged black women ...
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Certain autism behaviors and seizures might have a common origins

Peter Hess | 
Early behavioral signs predict seizures in autistic children, according to a new study. Previous work has shown that 5 to ...
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Autism linked to eating disorders—but which comes first?

Laura Dattaro | 
At least 20 percent of adults and 3 percent of children with eating disorders also have autism. But much of ...
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Environmental factors can’t be blamed for rising autism rates, study says

Peter Hess | 
The relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to autism and traits of the condition have held steady over multiple ...
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Early test for autism could be possible by measuring levels of the hormone vasopressin

Peter Hess | 
Low levels of the hormone vasopressin in early infancy may presage an autism diagnosis in childhood, according to a new ...
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Autistic children struggle with emotional control. It’s even harder for girls, study says

Peter Hess | 
Emotion control eludes more girls than boys with autism, according to a new study of young people hospitalized for psychiatric ...
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‘Profound consequences’: Autistic people unable to tune out distractions, study suggests

Laura Dattaro | 
Autistic people have atypical activity in a part of the brain that regulates attention, according to a new study. The ...
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Biological marker for autism in babies could lead to earlier therapy and better development

A small study by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a biological marker in the cerebrospinal fluid ...
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Infants with ‘insecure attachments’ to parents may be at higher risk of autism

Chloe Williams | 
Younger siblings of children with autism who have insecure attachments to their caregivers are more likely to be diagnosed with ...
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Early sleep problems for autistic children may predict repetitive behaviors later

Peter Hess | 
Early sleep problems predict repetitive behaviors later in childhood. And toddlers who overreact or underreact to sensory stimuli have more ...
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Questioning the reliability of common autism screening tool

Emily Anthes | 
A short, widely used screening survey for autism called the Autism Spectrum Quotient – 10 items (AQ-10) may not be ...
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How America is neglecting its growing elderly autistic population

Rachel Nuwer | 
[E]merging research suggests that autistic adults are at high risk of a broad array of physical and mental health conditions, ...
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‘Socially clueless robots’? Debunking the myth that autistic people aren’t good at friendship

Scott Kaufman | 
A number of myths about autistic people abound. For one, it's a great myth that autistic people lack empathy. This ...
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Autistic children often have trouble sleeping. Melatonin may help, study says

Laura Dattaro | 
Melatonin is safe for long-term use in autistic children who have difficulty sleeping, according to a new study. The study ...
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Once promising autism drug Abilify linked to heart problems, substantial weight gains

Hannah Furfaro | 
It has been 11 years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aripiprazole for children with autism. The ...
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‘One piece of the puzzle’: Exploring differences in medical care for black and white children with autism

Peter Hess | 
Black children with autism who are hospitalized for psychiatric problems are more impaired than their white peers, according to a ...
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People with autism show significant increases in IQ as they mature, but development issues remain

Peter Hess | 
People with autism show significant improvements in cognitive ability from age 12 to 23 years, but their autism traits remain ...
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How repetitive movements help autistic people cope with anxiety

Sarah Deweerdt | 
Typical infants and toddlers may kick their legs repeatedly, rock back and forth while playing or flap their hands in ...
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People with autism more likely to experience headaches and epilepsy

Laura Dattaro | 
People with autism have more brain-related health problems, such as headaches and epilepsy, than typical people do, according to a ...
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Autism may not ‘hardwired by genetics’, with severity shaped by early life experiences, claims researchers in yet unpublished study

Jessica Wright | 
A child’s environment exerts a strong influence on the severity of her autism, according to a study of 78 pairs ...
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Sperm test could predict odds of fathering child with autism

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
Some men who have an autistic child carry mutations linked to the condition only in their sperm, according to a ...
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Why we’re seeing more cases of autoimmune disorder PANDAS—if it even exists

Brendan Borrell | 
In 1998, Susan Swedo, then a pediatrician at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), first proposed PANDAS to explain ...
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Autism may share genetic links to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and other psychiatric disorders

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
Some of the inherited variants implicated in autism also increase the odds of other conditions, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression ...
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