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Toddlers with ASD face emotional vulnerabilities
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 7(ANI): Turns out, at the time when autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be first reliably diagnosed, toddlers affected by ASD already display emotional vulnerabilities potentially foreshadowing the emergence of co-morbid affective and behavioral conditions highly pr
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Understanding impact of childhood stress
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 5 (ANI): A recent study was conducted to understand the targets of childhood stress to suggest new strategies for intervention.
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Men's nicotine exposure can also harm their unborn child
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 20 (ANI): Several studies have talked about the dangers of women smoking during pregnancy. However, according to a recent research, men's exposure to nicotine can also cause problems in future generations of their children.
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Autistic children more likely to become obese: Study
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 18 (ANI): A recent study has found that children with autism and developmental delays are up to 50 percent more likely to be overweight or obese.
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Treatment at young age could reverse autistic behaviour in tuberous sclero
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 10 (ANI): A new study has found that drug treatment at a young age can reverse social impairments related to tuberous sclerosis, a condition related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, the same intervention was not found to be effective at an older age.
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Predicting autism risk in pregnant mothers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 23(ANI): Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- led by Juergen Hahn, professor and head of biomedical engineering- are continuing to make remarkable progress with their research focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
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An insight into autism and other brain disorders
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 23(ANI): Turns out, a protein that lingers too long on the membrane may compromise the connections, or synapses, between cells in the brain.
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Research hints at detecting autism risk in pregnant mothers
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 22 (ANI): A recent study indicates that if a woman has previously had a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the risk of having a second child with ASD is more than in the general.
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Using drum therapy to help autistic children
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 14 (ANI): Parents, take note! According to a study, drumming helps schoolchildren diagnosed with autism.
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Genetics play vital role in neurodevelopment disorders
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Sep 9 (ANI): When an individual develops a neurodevelopment disorder like autism, the severity of that disorder depends on genetic changes beyond a single supposedly disease-causing mutation.
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Family genetics vital to understand autism progression
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 08 (ANI): Turns out, the severity of a neurodevelopmental disorder like autism or ADHD in an individual depends on genetic changes beyond a single, supposedly disease-causing mutation.
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Depression risk in young adults associated with autism
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 02 (ANI): Turns out, Autism spectrum disorders (ASD), especially without an accompanying intellectual disability, were associated with greater risk for depression in young adults, compared to the general population and siblings without Autism spectrum disorders.
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