New study confirms link between advanced maternal age and autism
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Columbia study has determined there are certain geographical areas in California where newborns are more likely to develop autism. The findings suggest that autism is a condition determined by one`s local environment, challenging the argument that causal factors exist evenly across the country. The study, which pinpoints a small area near West Hollywood as the center of California autism cases, was published recently in the Journal of Health and Place.
New study confirms link between advanced maternal age and autism
Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during ...
Mon 8 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
Researchers Identify Regional Clusters of Autism Cases in California
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Columbia study has determined there are certain geographical areas in California where newborns are more likely to develop autism. The findings suggest that autism is a condition ...
Wed 3 Feb 10 from PhysOrg
Age of mother affects child's autism risk: study
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 ...
Mon 8 Feb 10 from Reuters
Autism Rates Much Higher in Children with Older Moms
A 40-year-old woman's risk of having a child later diagnosed with autism much higher than women under 30.
Mon 8 Feb 10 from Livescience
Autism Risks Detailed in Children of Older Mothers
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
Mon 8 Feb 10 from FOXNews
Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers, Mon 8 Feb 10 from AP
Study: Moms over 40 nearly twice as likely to have autistic children
The study of California births finds that in most cases, the father's age plays little role in the likelihood of the disorder. Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to ...
Mon 8 Feb 10 from L.A. Times
Opinion: Time to regroup on autism
You might not know it to read the news of the discredited research that had long linked vaccines to autism, but there really is good progress on the autism research front.
Wed 3 Feb 10 from CNN
Autism Linked to Mother's Age
Advanced maternal age has an elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to a study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health ...
Tue 9 Feb 10 from Laboratory Equipment
Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic Child
Older moms are more likely to have a child with autism than women who give birth at a younger age, new research shows.
Mon 8 Feb 10 from Health News
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