Share of Cost, Air Pollution Raises Autism Risk
Sunday, Feb. 23rd 2014 9:00 AM
Pregnant women exposed to high levels of air pollution are twice as likely to have a child with autism compared to women exposed to low levels, scientists from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) reported in Environmental Health Perspectives (June 18th edition).
Related posts:
- Researchers Develop Mouse Model To Help Find How A Gene Mutation Leads To Autism Researchers Develop Mouse Model To Help Find How A Gene Mutation Leads To Autism...
- Share of Cost, Simple, sensitive, and cost-effective assays for analyzing fragile X Share of Cost, Simple, sensitive, and cost-effective assays for analyzing fragile X...
- Johns Hopkins Researchers Create New Mouse Model Of Autism In an effort to unravel the tangled biology of autism, Johns Hopkins scientists have created a mouse model that mimics a human mutation of a gene known to be associated with autism spectrum disorders. Experiments with the engineered mouse reveal a molecular mechanism by which mutations of the gene named Shank3 affect the brain and […]...
- Link Between Childhood Trauma And Higher Rates Of Mental Health Problems New research has shown that children’s risk for learning and behavior problems and obesity rises in correlation to their level of trauma exposure, says the psychiatrist at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital who oversaw the study....
- Genetic Causation Of ASD Appears To Be Highly Diverse; Thoughts On Why Fewer Girls Have Autism A clinically extensive and mathematically powerful study of 1000 families with one autistic child and one unaffected sibling has validated a controversial theory of autism’s complex genetic causation. The study for the first time estimates the minimum number of locations in the human genome — 250 to 300 — where gene copy number variation (CNV) […]...
- Texas Share of Cost, Widely Used Chemicals Linked To ADHD In Children Texas Share of Cost, Widely Used Chemicals Linked To ADHD In Children: A new study led by a team of Boston University School of Public Health researchers suggests a link between polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs), industrial compounds which are widely used in many consumer products, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children....
- Potential Novel Genetic Pathway For Alcoholism A novel mutation found in a mouse gene might provide new insights into the genetic roots of alcoholism in humans, according to a study led by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco. The study is published August 12th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics....
- Pitt Study Examines Environmental Risk Factors For Childhood Autism The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has launched a multi-year study to help identify environmental and other factors that may put children at risk for developing conditions within the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)....
- Share of Cost, Possible Association Between Some Work Exposures And Autism Risk For Offspring Share of Cost, Possible Association Between Some Work Exposures And Autism Risk For Offspring...
- Share of Cost, Link Between Autism Risk, Older Fathers And Spontaneous Gene Glitches Share of Cost, Link Between Autism Risk, Older Fathers And Spontaneous Gene Glitches...
- Share of Cost, NO2 air pollution increases allergenicity in ragweed pollen Share of Cost, NO2 air pollution increases allergenicity in ragweed pollen...
- Exposure To Parental Stress Increases Pollution-Related Lung Damage In Children Psychosocial stress appears to enhance the lung-damaging effects of traffic-related pollution (TRP) in children, according to new research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. The results will appear online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical […]...
- Share of Cost, Addiction Research Reveals Risk For Alcoholism Linked To Risk For Obesity Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and obesity risk has become more pronounced in recent years....
- Share of Cost, Alcoholism Risk Linked To Obesity Risk Share of Cost, Alcoholism Risk Linked To Obesity Risk...
- 1 In 88 Children May Have A Form Of Autism 1 In 88 Children May Have A Form Of Autism...
Posted on Sunday, Feb. 23rd 2014 9:00 AM | by Share of Cost | in Share of Cost | No Comments »