Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Teach Autistic Children How To SWIM

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Swimming lessons may help to save the lives of thousands of autistic children, scientists claim. Young sufferers are 160 times more likely to drown than their peers, a new study suggests. Many tend to wander around unsupervised, becoming drawn in by the apparent serenity of a pool, experts believe. Lead author Dr Guohua Li, of … Read more

Genital Herpes In Pregnancy Doubles Autism Risk

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Women who are infected with genital herpes early in their pregnancy may face twice the risk of bearing a child with autism, a team of US and Norwegian researchers said Wednesday. The report in mSphere, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology journal, is the first to show that a woman’s immune response could … Read more