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Children showing signs of autism should be treated before diagnosis is confirmed, under new guidelines

Peter Hess | 
Pediatricians should start treating children who show signs of autism even before tests confirm a diagnosis, according to the newest ...
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Adults with autism are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety

Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky | 
Adults with autism are more than twice as likely as neurotypical people to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, a ...
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Children with autism are twice as likely to suffer from chronic pain

Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky | 
Children with autism are about twice as likely as their typical peers to experience chronic or repeated pain, according to ...
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Privacy concerns: Mental health apps may be selling your data to third parties, including Google, Facebook

Peter Hess | 
Apps spell big business in the healthcare industry: Dozens of apps are marketed to people with conditions including depression, anxiety ...
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Blood test for autism? Discovery of ‘distinctive pattern’ in white cells may make it possible

Lauren Schenkman | 
Researchers have identified a distinctive pattern of gene expression in the white blood cells of young autistic boys. The discovery ...
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Can CBD treat autism, epilepsy? Growing body of evidence suggests it may be possible

Bahar Gholipour | 
A single dose of cannabidiol, a component of marijuana, eases seizures and improves learning and sociability in mice with mutations ...
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Should we be more careful with our genetic data? ‘People don’t understand what can actually be done with this information’

Emily Anthes | 
People in the United States view certain personal information, such as their social security number and the content of their ...
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Baby brain wave patterns may offer early predictor of autism

Nicole Wetsman | 
Brain activity patterns in the first year of life may predict autism in infants at high risk for the condition, ...
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Are there subtypes of autism? Language regression study supports controversial hypothesis

Tara Santora | 
Autistic children who lose words reach key milestones earlier than autistic children without language regression, according to a new study ...
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Genetic registry SPARK scores first victory by pinpointing new autism-linked genes

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
An analysis of genetic sequences from nearly 500 people with autism and their relatives has linked 13 new genes to ...
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60% of children with autism missed by this widely used screening tool

Lauren Schenkman | 
The most widely used screening tool for autism misses a large proportion of toddlers who are later diagnosed with the ...
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Examining toddlers’ brain waves may offer early diagnosis of autism

Emily Anthes | 
Certain patterns of electrical activity in the brain may signal autism in children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), a related genetic condition ...
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‘Wearable sensors’ could provide early warning system for aggressive autism traits

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
In one corner of the classroom, rocking back and forth, sits Julio, 16. Julio was not always aggressive. He was ...
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Viewpoint: There’s a problem with autism studies. They rarely use the same set of tools to measure results.

Jyoti Madhusoodanan | 
Clinical trials of autism treatments rarely use a consistent set of tools to measure efficacy, a new study suggests. Instead, ...
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Early speech exposure could boost language skills for kids with autism

Alla Katsnelson | 
The more words autistic children hear as infants — and the more verbal interactions they have with their caregivers — ...
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‘Grave set of circumstances’: Investigating connection between autism and depression

Cheryl Weinstock | 
[People with autism] are four times more likely than neurotypicals to experience depression over the course of their lives, although ...
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Experimental ‘preemptive’ therapy fails to improve autism traits in study

Nicholette Zeliadt | 
An experimental behavioral therapy delivered by parents does not improve autism traits in babies who screen positive for the condition, ...
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Why are autistic people 50% more likely to die during a hospital stay?

Princess Ojiaku | 
Adults with autism are nearly 50 percent more likely to die in the hospital than their neurotypical peers, according to ...
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‘Genetic factors’ account for 81 percent of autism risk, suggests large multinational study

Hannah Furfaro | 
About 81 percent of autism risk comes from inherited genetic factors, according to an analysis of more than 2 million ...
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‘Life-threatening’ unregulated at-home treatments sparked by research linking autism to gut bacteria

Leah Shaffer | 
A growing number are experimenting with specialized diets, probiotics, stool transplants and parasites, trying to game the gut to address ...
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Autism-linked mutation may also play role in gastrointestinal problems

Anna Nowogrodzki | 
Mutations in the gene NLGN3, found in some people with autism, alter mice’s gut nervous system, two new studies suggest ...
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How the study of ‘affective touch’ could offer a better understanding of autism and its causes

George Musser | 
Strong reactions to touch are remarkably widespread among people who have autism, despite the condition’s famed heterogeneity. “The touch thing ...
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Why we have to look for early signs of psychosis in people with autism

Eva Velthorst, Jennifer Foss-Feig | 
Most young autistic people do not and will not have psychosis or schizophrenia. As a class, psychotic disorders are relatively rare ...
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Understanding autism’s broad spectrum can ‘save’ family relationships

Lydia Denworth | 
That half of the family is on the spectrum and half not makes the Wiesenthals interesting to Molly Losh, director of ...
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Why genetic testing for autism cannot offer definitive answers

Jessica Wright | 
Here’s a primer on how genetic tests work, their value for autism and what to expect from the results. Is ...
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Prenatal sequencing for autism genes could be here soon—along with some ethical questions

Jessica Wright | 
Sequencing can identify mutations linked to autism even before a child’s birth – especially in cases where doctors suspect problems, ...
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Low intelligence in autistic children predicts ‘poor life skills and challenging behavior’

Knvul Sheikh | 
Without timely intervention, intellectual disability in autistic children can worsen over time, contributing to poor life skills and challenging behavior, ...
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