Autism News

• Multiple Mental Health Woes? Blame It on Genetics A genetic analysis of 11 major psychiatric disorders offers new insight into why comorbid mental illnesses are the norm, not the exception.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Mental Health of Most Kids With Autism Declined in Pandemic Researchers identified parents' mental health difficulties, loss of academic and health services, and material deprivation as risk factors for impaired mental health among children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Mask Wearing May Cause Mental Distress in People With Autism Public health policies, such as mask wearing, affects restricted interest and repetitive behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder.
  First Look, May 09, 2022
• Maternal Autoimmune Diseases Up Risk of Mental Illness in Children The risk of mental disorders was 16% higher in offspring whose mothers had autoimmune diseases such as diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, a new study found.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
• Parents' Autoimmune Diseases May Affect Children's Development Type 1 diabetes and psoriasis in parents are associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, data indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Schizophrenia Raises Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease In support of gut-brain interactions, a large study finds a greater than threefold increased risk of new-onset IBD in patients with schizophrenia.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• Anti-Vaccine Ideology Gains Ground, Lawmakers Seek to End Rules Legislators are pushing bills to expand exemptions for vaccines, allowing religious exemptions for all vaccine requirements in the state's schools without having to provide any proof of their beliefs.
  Kaiser Health News, April 21, 2022
• Oxytocin and Social interaction Improve Symptoms in Autism When combined with social engagement, modest doses of the "love hormone" improved objective and subjective symptomatic measures.
  First Look, April 13, 2022
• Neuropathophysiological Indicators in ASD May Dissipate With Age This research study used fixel-based analysis of corpus callosum white matter micro- and macrostructure to evaluate neuropathophysiological indicators in young people with autism spectrum disorder.
  First Look, April 11, 2022
• Can MRI Provide Reliable Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder? Imaging-based algorithms to predict autism spectrum disorder diagnosis look promising.
  First Look, April 07, 2022
• AAN 2022 Novel Drug Offers New Hope for Rett Syndrome New study findings offer hope for girls with this rare and devastating condition.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• Abnormal Growth of the Amygdala in Infants Tied to Autism Infants at increased risk for developing autism show significantly faster amygdala growth between 6 and 24 months, well before classic symptoms appear.
  Medscape Medical News, April 06, 2022
• Antibiotic Use in Midlife Ups Risk of Cognitive Decline Prolonged consumption of antibiotic may have negative effects on cognition comparable to those caused by 3 to 4 years of aging.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2022
• Neonatal Hypoglycemia Doesn't Affect Childhood Academics Previous studies have shown an increased risk of poor executive and visual-motor function in children with neonatal hypoglycemia.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2022
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders Prevalent in Extremely Preterm Birth The findings emphasize the need for further study of this population, especially as survival rates continue to increase.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2022
• Defendants With Autism Not Getting Adequate Support in the UK Defendants with autism in the UK are being failed by the criminal justice system, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, March 22, 2022
• Surveillance Program Highly Predictive for Early Autism Findings indicate the benefit of using early autism developmental surveillance from infancy to the preschool period rather than one-time screening.
  Medscape Medical News, March 16, 2022
• Doctors Have Failed Them, Say Those With Transgender Regret Young people who have detransitioned say the medical establishment has failed them on numerous occasions.
  Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2022
• For Kids With COVID-19, Everyday Life Can Be a Struggle Among the puzzling outcomes of the coronavirus are the symptoms suffered by children.
  Associated Press, March 14, 2022
• Markers in Saliva Tied to Gut Disorders in Children With Autism New research opens the door to targeting constipation and other gastrointestinal disorders in children with autism spectrum disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, March 04, 2022