More Help Needed For Families With ASD

Autism has become a major health challenge; it is an autism spectrum disorder(ASD).

There are more children and families that need help says the Center For Disease Control Director.

The number of children beign diagnosed is up; it is estimated that 1:88 children in the US has been identified with the disorder.

The study looked at data from 14 communities and found a 23 % increase since 2009; 11.3% per 1000 eight-year olds have been diagnosed.

According to the report some of the increase is due to the way children are being identified, diagnosed and served within the community.

The results show how important it is that the needs of people with ASD be addressed.

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Special Education For All Children with Dyslexia

According to recent research findings the model used for classifying a child as learning disabled is no longer valid.

The traditional model has been used to determine which children will benefit from specialized reading instructions. Based on a new research report all children with dyslexia should be elegible for special education.

For the study, researchers measured 131 average and poor readers age 7-16 years to determine the differences in brain activation, when they are involved in phonololgic awareness tasks.

Both the dyslexic children with poor reading ability and high IQ scores and the ones with poor reading ability and low IQ scores showed similar patterns of reduced brain activity.

This is good news for children with dyslexia and their parents.
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Estrogen Use Linked To Urinary Incontinence

According to a recent study women who use estrogen for 5 or more years have increased risk of developing urinary incontinence.

The study involved post-menopausal women who had not reported urinary incontinence. The women were from an ethnically diverse community in Baltimore, USA and were followed for 10 years.

46 reported using hormone therapy containing estrogen and 14 reported using hormone therapy containing estrogen for more than 5 years.

In 2004 28.1% of the women reported new incidences of urinary incontinence and 18.6% reported incontinence with functional loss.

Researchers say that those who reported use of estrogen for more than 5 years were linked to incontinence with condition-specific functional loss.

Risk of Autism in Siblings Higher Than Thought - US News and World Report

Risk of Autism in Siblings Higher Than Thought - US News and World Report

Anti- Depressants Not Effective In Treating Autism

Although anti-depressants are used to treat autism, according to a clinical trials report, there is no evidence to support their usefulness.

Researchers reviewed the findings of a study done on celexa with six other clinical trials.

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Health Buzz: Study Identifies More Genes Tied to Autism - US News and World Report

Health Buzz: Study Identifies More Genes Tied to Autism - US News and World Report

Researchers studied 1000 children with autism.