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Here's how social awareness can help autistic adults

The results included increased activation in the brain's socio-cognition hub.

28 March 2018 8:49 PM IST

Metabolically healthy obesity is not a stable or reliable indicator of future risk for cardiovascular disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

A healthy digestive system could do wonders!

Microbes in the digestive system have a big influence on human health and may play a role in the onset of disease...

3 May 2018 5:27 PM IST

The dog is believed to have guarded the child, who officials have confirmed is on the autistic spectrum, as she risked being exposed to all sorts of menaces. (Representational Photo/ Pixabay)

Pit bull protects two-year-old autistic toddler who got lost in woods...

Two-year-old Charlee Campbell disappeared around 10am on Thursday morning from her grandmum's house in Lebanon Junction,...

11 Jun 2018 9:47 PM IST

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Children with autism spectrum disorder more prone to food allergy

Children with ASD are more than twice as likely to suffer from a food allergy than children who do not have it.

10 Jun 2018 8:22 AM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

Children with autism spectrum disorder more prone to food allergy

The study found that 11.25 percent of children reportedly diagnosed with ASD have a food allergy.

9 Jun 2018 6:38 PM IST

Experts urge parents to talk with their pediatrician if they have concerns about vaccine safety. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Online information on vaccines, autism not reliable'

The idea that vaccines can cause autism is still around, and parents continue to be exposed to this misinformation.

18 Jun 2018 1:16 PM IST

PAC says tracking of pregnant women should be made mandatory.

Diabetic mums are more likely to have children with autism, says study

Research, in recent years, has pointed toward a link between the condition, the immune system and the developing foetal...

26 Jun 2018 10:37 AM IST

Researchers also found that genetic variants associated with lower empathy are also associated with higher risk for autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

Smartphone app can detect autism symptoms in kids

Autism screening in young children is presently done in clinical settings, rather than the child's natural environment.

3 Jun 2018 4:10 PM IST

On this Mothers Day, let us take a look at apps that Moms must have on their Smartphones.

Smartphone app can detect autism symptoms in kids

The study points the way to broader, easier access to screening for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

3 Jun 2018 2:47 PM IST

All parents can be supportive, whether or not their children have facial anomalies. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how emotions in facial expressions are understood

Special brain mechanisms may be more concerned with emotion detection than recognition per se.

2 Jun 2018 5:30 PM IST

The team, who had attended to the man from Newham University Hospital, published the unusual tale in BMJ Case Reports. (Photo: Pixabay)

Man's bowel bursts from being filled with too much faeces

Doctors were shocked to discover his 'megarectum' dilated to seven inched (18cm) and the last part of his colon filled...

23 Aug 2018 2:09 PM IST

Obese pregnant women can do a lot to minimize the odds of having an unusually large baby and the birth complications that can follow. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mothers' pesticide levels may lead to autism in children

The findings appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

18 Aug 2018 8:03 PM IST