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Excessive Cerebral Spinal Fluid and Enlarged Brain Size in Infancy Are Potential Biomarkers for Autism
July 10, 2013 — Children who were later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder had excessive cerebrospinal fluid and enlarged brains in infancy, a new study has found, raising the possibility that those brain ... > full story -
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Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders in Kids
July 9, 2013 — In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have found that children affected with sensory processing disorders have quantifiable differences in brain structure, showing a biological basis for the ... > full story -
Researchers Identify Specific Fetal Antigens Attacked by Maternal Antibodies
July 9, 2013 — Researchers have identified the specific antibodies that target fetal brain proteins in the blood of a subset of women whose children are diagnosed with autism. The finding is the first to pinpoint a ... > full story -
Exposure to Stress Even Before Conception Causes Genetic Changes to Offspring
July 8, 2013 — A female’s exposure to distress even before she conceives causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body — in the ovum and later in the brains of ... > full story -
Fewer Men Become Dads, Norwegian Study Shows
July 8, 2013 — How is it possible to be both a present parent and a successful employee? This question has been posed by Norwegian women since the 1970s. Today, men are asking the same ... > full story -
DNA Markers in Low-IQ Autism Suggest Heredity
July 3, 2013 — Researchers who compared the DNA of patients with autism and intellectual disability to that of their unaffected siblings found that the affected siblings had significantly more "runs of ... > full story -
Child Psychology
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Breast Cancer
Children's Health
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Moms Often Talk to Children About the Results of Cancer Genetic Testing
July 3, 2013 — Mothers commonly talk to their children about genetic test results even if they test positive for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, which sharply increases a woman's risk of developing breast and ... > full story -
Teens' Self-Consciousness Linked With Specific Brain, Physiological Responses
July 2, 2013 — Teenagers are famously self-conscious, acutely aware and concerned about what their peers think of them. A new study reveals that this self-consciousness is linked with specific physiological and ... > full story -
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Poor Planning Skills Found to Contribute to Income-Achievement Gap
July 2, 2013 — A new study shows that poor planning skills are one reason for the income-achievement gap. Researchers examined data on the planning skills of 1,500 ethnically and socioeconomically diverse children ... > full story -
Head Start Children and Parents Show Robust Gains in New Intervention
July 1, 2013 — An eight-week intervention involving 141 preschoolers in a Head Start program and their parents produced significant improvements in the children's behavior and brain functions supporting attention ... > full story
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