Autism

Women who have diabetes, high blood pressure, or are obese before pregnancy are more likely to have a child with autism, according to new research.

Combining a standard noninvasive test that measures electrical activity in the brain with high-tech computer analysis may help determine the risk of autism spectrum disorder in infants, according to a new study.

New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Boston are some of the top cities in the country for families raising children with autism, a new survey shows.

For children diagnosed with autism, hope comes in many forms -- stimulants, hormone therapy, vitamins, powerful antipsychotic medications, intensive behavioral therapies, and strict diets.

A simple checklist completed by parents can help doctors screen for signs of autism as early as the first birthday, according to new research.

Children with autism tend to have larger brains than children without autism, a study suggests.

A "startling" 1 in 38 children have autism, Korean and U.S. researcher find. The estimate is far higher than CDC's 1 in 110 estimate as the study found many school kids have mild, undiagnosed autism.

Having a child with autism adversely affects family employment and income, new research suggests.

Efforts to increase awareness about the early signs of autism appear to be working, a new study shows.

Molecular analysis reveals the brains of people with autism to be "strikingly" different from normal brains. The same defective brain pattern occurs across the different types of autism.

Brain scans known as functional MRIs may someday help in diagnosing autism, according to new research.

Taking prenatal vitamins may reduce the risk of having a child with autism, new research shows.

Genetic mutations not inherited from parents appear to explain some cases of autism, new research suggests. And the mutations may number in the hundreds.

A brain that is out of sync may be an early clue of autism, researchers suggest.

One of the largest studies of twins shows environment may play a larger role in the development of autism than previously recognized.

A wide variety of problems that crop up during labor and shortly after birth appears to increase a child’s risk for developing of autism, a new study shows.

The risk of autism in a child whose older sibling is already diagnosed with the disorder is higher than previously believed, according to new research.

Stanford University researchers say they have identified key differences in the brain gray matter of children with and without autism, which could potentially prove useful in the diagnosis and treatment of the developmental disorder.

Up to half of children with autism are placed on special diets by their parents to improve symptoms, despite conflicting evidence that they work.

Low-birth-weight babies may be five times more likely to be later diagnosed with autism than children born at a normal weight, according to a new study.

Children born with a unique shape in their airways -- the tubes that take air to the lungs -- all have autism or autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study.

New research highlights some potentially important differences in the brains of children with autism.

The antidepressant Prozac appears to be useful for treating a defining symptom of autism spectrum disorder -- repetitive, compulsive behavior.

When and why children blink may provide researchers with some important clues about how children with autism process and take in information.

Andrew Wakefield, MD, the disgraced doctor who claimed there was a link between the MMR vaccine and autism and bowel disease, planned to make a vast amount of money as a result of the health scare, according to a new report in the journal BMJ.