Study: Autistic children struggle to protect selves from toxic ...
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A new study sheds light on the mystery of autism and may point the way to a promising treatment. Some autistic children have a weakened ability to protect themselves
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Scientists link stress in pregnancy to a raised risk of schizophrenia in children.
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A Johns Hopkins University study has found a strong link between brain inflammation and autism. The study was published in &#39;The Annals of Neurology&#39; today.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The latest chapter in the debate over whether childhood vaccines can cause autism was written Wednesday with release of a study that showed the controversial mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is rapidly excreted from babies' bodies and can't reach toxic levels.
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NEW YORK  - School programs intended to improve autistic children's social skills are not delivering results in many cases, a new study suggests.
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CHICAGO -- The country's leading pediatricians group is making its strongest push yet to have all children screened for autism twice by age 2, warning of symptoms such as babies who don't babble at 9 months and 1-year-olds who don't point to toys.
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(HealthDay News) -- Autism is a disorder that affects the social behaviors of a child, including the way he speaks, communicates, thinks and acts around others.
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TUESDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDayNews) -- Family problems, poor neighborhoods and other key environmental factors can undermine the coping skills of adolescents -- even among kids with good grades or high self-esteem, according to a study by the Society for Research in Child Development.
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NEW YORK  - Among abused and neglected  children who are genetically prone to develop depression, the  risk of doing so may be reduced if they have someone to talk  to, share good news with and get advice from, new study  findings show.
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If some children seem like they  were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true.
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Adolescents who are victims of  bullying are likely to take more medications than their peers,  a Danish study shows.
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Children born to fathers of advancing age are at significantly higher risk of developing autism compared with children born to younger fathers, according a comprehensive study published yesterday that offers surprising new insight into one of the most feared disorders of the brain.
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For children with autism, theater can rank among the worst of experiences.
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Children fathered by men at age 40 and   older have a higher risk of developing autism, possibly because   of mutations or other genetic changes, researchers reported on   Monday.
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Children with autism have  inflammation in their brains, although it is not yet clear  whether the inflammation actually causes the condition,     researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists have produced compelling evidence that autism may in some cases be linked to inflammation of the brain.
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Federal researchers have found children involved in a northern Nevada leukemia cluster are more prone to have a variation in a gene that helps combat unsafe chemicals, and more research is needed to learn the reasons why.