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Archive for December, 2008

20
Dec

The Cost of Autism

 

Anne Kelly

12/2/2008

Children with health problems require extra attention and can be very expensive to treat. And a new study, published in the journal Pediatrics this week, shows how demanding one condition in particular can be. The study surveyed almost 40,000 children with special needs. Children with autism were shown to create some of the highest [...]

15
Dec

Epilepsy Drug Taken When Pregnant May Increase Risk Of Autism In Children

ScienceDaily (Dec. 9, 2008) - A new study shows that women who take the epilepsy drug valproate while pregnant may significantly increase their child’s risk of developing autism. The preliminary research is published in the December 2, 2008, print issue of Neurology.The ongoing study involves 632 children, nearly half of whom were exposed to epilepsy [...]

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