Think only the young and the reckless and the old and the infirm end up in health clinics? Think again. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data Tuesday that reveals the age of Americans who visit health care centers the most — and the results are surprising. New CDC data reveals demographics of […]
How an illness during pregnancy can lead to autism: new study
Getting a viral infection during pregnancy can lead to a diagnosis of autism in the child, a new study in mice finds. Irene Sanchez Martin, a postdoctoral researcher at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, said that mouse embryos can show signs of developmental deficits soon after their mother is exposed to a virus. […]