Autism spectrum disorders
Autism eye scan could lead to early detection
A new eye scan could help identify autism in children years earlier than currently possible.
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Prenatal phthalate exposure associated with autistic traits in young boys
Exposure in the womb to phthalates, a group of endocrine-disrupting chemicals present in cosmetics and other common household products, was associated with autistic traits in boys, ages 3 and 4, but not in girls, according ...
Feb 19, 2020
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism study finds later diagnoses for girls, high rates of co-occurring disorders
A new study analyzing the first 1,000 participants in the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) identifies key trends in the presentation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. The study ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diet pills, laxatives used for weight control linked with later eating disorder diagnosis
Among young women without an eating disorder diagnosis, those who use diet pills and laxatives for weight control had higher odds of receiving a subsequent first eating disorder diagnosis within one to three years than those ...
Nov 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Wrong advice risk for some memory clinic patients
Almost a quarter of people who attend memory clinics have a poorly understood brain condition that is at risk of being overlooked or even misdiagnosed, according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
Parents left in the cold when it comes to kids with autism
First-line health professionals must vastly improve their communication and engagement with parents if they are to help address the growing prevalence of autism among children, say researchers from the University of South ...
Oct 21, 2019
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Bipolar disorder may increase risk for developing Parkinson disease
(HealthDay)—Patients with bipolar disorder (BD) seem to have an increased risk for developing Parkinson disease (PD), according to a review published online Oct. 14 in JAMA Neurology.
Oct 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
Serum neurofilament is a discriminative biomarker between frontotemporal dementia and psychiatric disorders
Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Reporting their findings in Journal of Neurology, Finnish researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and ...
Oct 10, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
First large-scale study of universal screening for autism raises questions about accuracy
In the first large, real-world study of universal screening for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in toddlers, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that the most widely used and researched screening ...
Sep 27, 2019
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We need to stop perpetuating the myth that children grow out of autism
Around 1% of the population has an autism spectrum disorder, with estimates ranging from one in 150 to one in 70.
Sep 11, 2019
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