The study lead told Newsweek that genetic risk scores may help identify people at higher risk of diseases before symptoms ...

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN ®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of ...

In its second meeting, federal autism committee advances plan that may stymie promising re ...

There is a widespread belief that people with autism are less empathetic. In other words, that they are less able to put ...

By building the largest-ever molecular interaction map of autism, the team revealed how hundreds of genes and dozens of mutations converge within a surprisingly small number of shared protein networks ...

For more than two decades, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder ...

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN. "This evidence demonstrating enhanced pain sensitivity warrants changing the ...

There is a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism ...

Recently, 60 Minutes did a moving segment called, "Apps for Autism." In it, they demonstrated the impact that the iPad has had for many people with autism who are unable speak. The segment ...

President Trump and federal health officials said this week that women should limit acetaminophen use during pregnancy because of a possible link to an increased risk of autism. But acetaminophen, ...