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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Contracting the flu while pregnant could lead to a higher risk of that child having autism, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. The study included children born in Denmark between 1997 and 2002, and included those with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The researchers found that children born to mothers who had the flu during pregnancy or fevers lasting more than a week have a slightly higher risk for...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Poor eye contact. Loss of language skills. These are just a few behavior attributes of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the National Institute of Health. Scientists at the Rush University Medical Center and the University of California, Davis MIND Institute recently discovered that an investigational compound focusing on the main symptoms of fragile X syndrome is able to help treat social withdrawal. The...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers from deCODE Genetics, an Icelandic firm, recently discovered that a father’s age is connected to an increased risk of autism and schizophrenia. The study states that random mutations can become more prevalent with increased paternal age. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, it is the first report by scientists that quantifies the effect of the disorders. The findings were published recently in the online edition of the...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Having a pet around may just help improve an autistic child's social skills, according to a new study published in PLoS ONE journal. Autistic children who had a pet after they turned five were more likely to offer comfort and share things, researchers from the Hospital Research Center of Brest in France found. However, the children who had pets in the family since birth did not show to have had the same effect as the others. The...
ST. LOUIS, August 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich(® )Corporation (Nasdaq: SIAL) today announced that Sigma Advanced Genetic Engineering (SAGE) Labs, an initiative of Sigma(®) Life Science and Autism Speaks(®), the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, expanded a collaboration to develop the first rat models with modified autism associated genes, intended to accelerate discovery and translational autism research. Expansion of the collaboration follows...
MIAMI, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: National Fragile X Foundation, fragilex.org WHAT: Press Conference on Major Announcements Related to Premutation and Autism WHEN: Thursday, July 26, 3:20 p.m. WHERE: Intercontinental Hotel, Concourse II Room, 100 Chopin Plaza, Miami, FL 33131 SPEAKERS: Masha Mailick Seltzer, PhD, Director, University of Wisconsin Waisman Center...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) recently unveiled findings from a new study which showed that certain changes in an overactive immune system of mice could cause behaviors similar to those found with autism. In some cases, activation can be related to what is experienced by a developing fetus in a womb. About a decade ago, the scientists of Caltech helped lead the research on the connection between...
Spectrum of disorders leave families struggling with health care needs While the causes of autism continue to be debated and bandied about, real families who have children with autism spectrum disorders are left to struggle with expensive health care needs. These costs can be devastating - but they can also be markedly different if the family lives in Massachusetts or Maine. Advocates in many states have lobbied for legislation to force private insurers to offer autism services at the...
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified five rare mutations in a single gene that appear to increase the chances that a boy will develop an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Mutations in the AFF2 gene, and other genes like it on the X chromosome, may explain why autism spectrum disorders affect four times as many boys as girls. The mutations in AFF2 appeared in 2.5 percent (5 out of 202) boys with an ASD. Mutations in X chromosome genes only affect boys, who...
DULUTH, Ga., July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI), an IACET approved, nationally accredited, online training institution dedicated exclusively to the child care and education workforce, is proud to announce the addition of SPN103: Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to the online child care training course catalog. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111019/MM90221LOGO) Despite the growing diagnoses of Autism Spectrum Disorder...
