All posts tagged 'autism'

Researchers Find Autism Indicator In Infants’ Brains

Posted on April 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers believe they have found one of the earliest so-called biomarkers for autism in babies just six months old, according to a story in The Seattle Times Saturday. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017984298_autism15m.html The research was conducted by the University of Washington and several other sites, and the study was prompted by the fact..
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Largest study of US children to begin in January

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 10/3/2008 2:23 PM WASHINGTON (AP) _ The largest study of U.S. children ever performed — aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 — will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in January. The ambitious National Children’s Study aims to learn how the environment and..
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US researchers call off controversial autism study

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Date: 9/17/2008 8:32 PM By CARLA K. JOHNSONAssociated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ A government agency has dropped plans for a study of a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children. The National Institute of Mental Health said in a statement Wednesday that the..
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