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Effforts to Combat Diss Information
False information is pervasive and difficult to eradicate, but scientists are developing new strategies such as “de-biasing,” a method that focuses on facts, to help spread the truth. ByCarrie Arnold...
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Early therapy can change brains of kids with autism
As the number of children with autism has risen dramatically over the past couple of decades, experts have learned that the earlier a child gets diagnosed, the earlier specialized therapy can...
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Diuretic Drug Offers Latest Hope for Autism Treatment
A drug used for decades to treat high blood pressure and other conditions has shown promise in a small clinical trial for autism. The drug, bumetanide, reduced the overall severity of behavioral...
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Largest psychiatric genetic study in history shows a common genetic basis...
Structure of the CACNA1C gene product, a calcium channel named Cav1.2, which is one of 4 genes that has now been found to be genetically held in common amongst schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism,...
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New Study Ties Autism Risk to Creases in Placenta
After most pregnancies, the placenta is thrown out, having done its job of nourishing and supporting the developing baby. But a new study raises the possibility that analyzing the placenta after birth...
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New theory on why some people may be better than others at getting inside...
Humans have an impressive ability to take on other viewpoints – it’s crucial for a social species like ours. So why are some of us better at it than others? Picture two friends, Sally and Anne, having...
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7.5% of American schoolchildren take prescription psychiatric medications
The National Center for Health Statistics has found that 7.5 percent of American schoolchildren between the ages of six and 17 had been prescribed and taking pills for emotional or behavioral...
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Century-old drug reverses signs of autism in mice
By Elizabeth Norton A single dose of a century-old drug has eliminated autism symptoms in adult mice with an experimental form of the disorder. Originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness,...
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Can a smell test be used to diagnose early autism?
An image depicting the measurement of nasal airflow while a child is presented with pleasant and unpleasant odors. Throughout the 10-minute study the children were seated comfortably in front of a...
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New research finds that evidence of autism shows up in the brain’s blood vessels
by BEC CREW Evidence of autism can be identified in the composition of blood vessels in the brain, and certain defects or malfunctions in these vessels could serve as a new basis for detection,...
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