Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-04 15:37:38
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides further evidence that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of autism.</p><p>Concerns that the MMR shot could cause autism were first raised a decade ago by British physician Andrew Wakefield, who, based on a study of ...
AP Features | 2010-01-04 04:04:53
<div><p>An expert panel says there's no rigorous evidence that digestive problems are more common in children with autism compared to other children, or that special diets work, contrary to claims by celebrities and vaccine naysayers.</p><p>Painful digestive problems can trigger problem behavior in children with autism and ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2009-12-29 17:16:36
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hispanic kids are less likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to be diagnosed with autism, and socioeconomic factors don't seem to explain the difference, according to a new study in Texas schoolchildren.</p><p>"These findings raise questions: Is autism under diagnosed among Hispanics? Are ...
AP Features | 2009-12-18 21:28:51
<div><p>About 1 in 110 children have autism, according to the government's latest estimate released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</p><p>It's a small change from a 1 in 100 preliminary estimate that CDC officials made in October from the same study. CDC officials ...
