You may think you pick your partner based on what your eyes tell you, but it could actually be your nose that's doing the selecting!

September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, a good time to remind women about the disease some call the great pretender because i...

Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder of development that lasts throughout a person's life.

To date, there is no conclusive scientific evidence that any part of a vaccine or any combination of vaccines causes autism, even though res...

Currently, researchers don't know the exact number of people with an ASD in the United States. Researchers use different ways to determine p...

Researchers are not certain whether autism is more prevalent now than in the past for a number of reasons.

Current figures show that autism occurs in all racial, ethnic, and social groups equally, with individuals in one group no more or less like...

A number of the behavioral symptoms7 of autism are observable by 18 months of age, including: problems with eye contact, not responding to o...

Parents, caregivers, family members, teachers, and others who spend a lot of time with children can look for red flags. Some may mean a dela...

Pediatricians should listen carefully to parents discussing their child's development. Tell your child's health care provider immediately if...