Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy tied to autism risk
Children born to women who had low blood levels of vitamin D while pregnant double their risk of autism.
From parental age to infection during pregnancy, environmental elements can influence autism risk.
Children born to women who had low blood levels of vitamin D while pregnant double their risk of autism.
A woman who smokes while pregnant may increase autism risk in her daughter’s children.
A mother’s immune response to a severe infection during pregnancy disrupts the expression of autism genes in her child, a rat study suggests.
Most of the conversation about autism — whether about services or science — concerns children with the condition. But what happens when children with autism grow up?
Children born to parents who are unusually young or old stand an increased chance of having features of autism or other psychiatric conditions.
Understanding autism features in children who were deprived of social contact as infants could offer clues to the condition.
Increased autism risk among children exposed to antidepressants in utero may be related less to the medications than to the mothers’ depression.
A large study finds that certain health complications during pregnancy or delivery increase the chances of having a child with autism by 26 percent or more.
The absence of an autism-linked gene, combined with exposure to a mock infection, produces social deficits in mice — but only in males.
Rural living can be wonderful: community, friendly faces, a slower pace of life. But when there’s autism in the family, it can be tough.