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Summary: A long-term study tracking 475 children found that autistic children are far more likely to experience persistent gastrointestinal issues than their peers. These symptoms often co-occur, persist across childhood, and strongly relate to challenges with sleep, communication, behavior, and sensory processing. The findings underscore the need for clinicians and families to proactively address gut health as part of comprehensive …

A little-known hormone that’s key for socialization could have links to autism, a study suggests. Social difficulties like making friends and interpreting conversational cues are some of the most tell-tale signs of autism.  To explore this link, researchers in Spain genetically modified mice to have a mutation in their Shank3 gene, which helps organize and maintain the structure of cell connections called …

In a massive study of more than nine million pregnancies, a new link has been found between gestational diabetes and neurodiversity – translating to a 36% increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and a 56% higher risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In one of the largest reviews of its kind, a new analysis of global data presented at the annual …

A meta-analysis of nearly 50 scientific studies suggests that gestational diabetes—a form of diabetes that develops during pregnancy—may have long-term consequences not only for mothers’ health but also for their children’s brain development. The research, being presented next week at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Vienna, combined results from more than …

Publix and autism therapy firm at war over $15 million in medical bills  Tampa Bay Times Source link

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to …

The CEO of the company that makes Tylenol has directly pleaded with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to link the drug to autism. Kirk Perry, chief executive of Kenvue, and the company’s chief scientific officer, Caroline Tillett, met with Kennedy amid a mounting belief that his department of Health and Human Services will claim pregnant women put their babies at …

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday its intent to fund among the first Trump administration-solicited research on a debunked link between vaccines and autism. The contract — which supports research to “investigate the association between vaccination and autism prevalence” — will be awarded to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, should the contract be finalized. The contract …

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal health officials intend to award a contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate whether there is a link between vaccinations and autism, according to a government procurement notice. The Troy, New York, engineering school is getting the no-bid contract because of its “unique ability” to link data on children and mothers, according to the notice …

RFK Jr.’s CDC and RPI to study already disproven link between autism and vaccines  Axios HHS to have Rensselaer investigate question of autism-vaccine link  statnews.com US CDC to award research contract on vaccines and autism  Reuters US CDC Intends to Fund Investigation Into Vaccines and Autism  Bloomberg.com CDC to offer contract to study link between vaccines and autism  Seeking Alpha Source link