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 the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday. They found that a 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child later diagnosed with autism was 50 percent greater ...

A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. "Although fathers' age can contribute risk, the risk is overwhelmed by maternal age," said University of California at Davis researcher Janie Shelton, the ...

A new study examining possible links between exposure to chemicals used in everyday products and learning and developmental issues strikes a personal chord with leading advocates for the disabled. Could the autism, cerebral palsy, or other learning and developmental issues these individuals and their families face be associated with the toxic ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely than their peers to develop depression, anxiety, eating disorders or other psychiatric problems by the time they reach adulthood, a new study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Psychiatry, followed 187 6- to 18-year-old girls with and without ADHD for 11 years. Over that time ...