"Love" hormone may help autism symptoms: study

Maggie Fox

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hormone thought to encourage bonding between mothers and their babies may foster social behavior in some adults with autism, French res...

Feb 16, 2010 10:23PM

Extremely premature babies show higher autism risk

Researchers found that of 219 children born before the 26th week of pregnancy, 8 percent met the criteria for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at age 11. That ...

Feb 12, 2010 4:20AM

Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study

Cynthia Osterman

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when...

Feb 09, 2010 11:08PM

One percent of U.S. children have autism: study

Joanne Allen

Autism, a brain disorder that interferes with communication and social skills, affected an estimated one in 110 American 8-year-olds in 2006, according to a fed...

Dec 22, 2009 12:05AM

More kids have autism than thought: U.S. study

Megan Brooks

You may have heard the oft-quoted statistic that autism affects 1 in 150 US children. Turns out it's more like 1 in 91 -- and about 1 in 58 boys, according to n...

Oct 07, 2009 3:19AM