When we think about autism spectrum disorder, we often think of children. But ASD isn’t new. It was formally recognized in ...

Does prenatal medication cause autism? A new study links sterol-inhibiting drugs (SBIMs) to higher ASD rates, identifying a 1 ...

A prior study out of Sweden looked at siblings, finding no causal link between autism and Tylenol exposure during pregnancy.

An international research team has found that common genetic variants associated with autism are linked to lower microscopic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism has long been treated almost exclusively as a childhood condition, with little attention paid to how it evolves with age.

Individuals who carry common genetic variants associated with autism tend to have lower density in the brain’s microscopic ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

The use of Tylenol by women during pregnancy was not associated with autism in their children, according to results of a ...

Central autism-related features like affect dysregulation and resistance to routine were associated with higher co-occurring symptom severity.

By Robin Respaut April 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Joseph Buxbaum was initially unconvinced. When early hints of a connection between autism and Alzheimer’s began to appear in the medical literature a few years ago, they struck him as implausible - ...