The doll, which is part of Barbie's Fashionistas line , includes intentional design choices like flexible elbow and hand joints for stimming, which refers to repetitive body movement behavior some ...

Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) among children and youth aged 1 to 17 years, is about 2% (1 in 50) and is equivalent to about 150,000 cases in Canada in 2025 [1, 2]. Smith-Magenis ...

But, under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—who has numerous ties to the wellness industry—that FDA ...

XTL will acquire 85% of NeuroNOS for consideration including 19.9% of XTL's issued share capital, $1 million in cash, and milestone-based contingent payments totaling up to $32.5 million. The ...

Autism advocacy groups are reacting after Mattel announced a new Barbie doll, the first with autism, on Sunday.

The new doll carries a pink fidget spinner that actually spins, wears pink noise-cancelling headphones to reduce sensory ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

Objectives To examine the barriers and facilitators of anorexia nervosa (AN) recovery in adults with autism. Design Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with autistic adults who ...

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(Reuters) -Out-of-whack thyroid hormones during pregnancy in mothers with pre-pregnancy thyroid dysfunction may increase the child's risk of autism, researchers found. While adequately treated chronic ...

Chronic maternal hypothyroidism plus gestational hypothyroidism may be associated with an increased risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in offspring. The link was dose-dependent, with ASD risk ...