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Research by Topic: epidemiology
Genes, environment and heritability: why does it matter?
Published August 28, 2019 in ASF PodcastThis week a 5 country collaboration including the largest number of people EVER revealed 80% of the causes of autism are heritable. This is incredibly important to understand autism and move forward with research that matters to families. What it did not do was calculate the role of gene x environment interactions which seems to […]
https://asfpodcast.org/archives/794
Filed under: Autism Research, Autism Science, Diagnosis, epidemiology, gene x environment interactions, podcast, risk
Genes, environment and heritability: why does it matter?
Published July 29, 2019 in ASF PodcastThis week a 5 country collaboration including the largest number of people EVER revealed 80% of the causes of autism are heritable. This is incredibly important to understand autism and move forward with research that matters to families. What it did not do was calculate the role of gene x environment interactions which seems to […]
https://asfpodcast.org/archives/794
Filed under: Autism Research, Autism Science, Diagnosis, epidemiology, gene x environment interactions, risk, Siblings
This study is s**t
Published July 2, 2019 in ASF PodcastYou may have heard on the internet that a new “radical” treatment leads to a “50% reduction” in autism symptoms. This radical treatment is fecal transplants, which is taking the bacteria from the feces from one person and putting them in another person. This is a still experimental treatment, and while the microbiome should be […]
https://asfpodcast.org/archives/737
Filed under: Autism Research, Autism Science, epidemiology, intervention, micro biome, podcast, Screening, Toddlers, Treatment
DSM5 – where are we now?
Published July 1, 2019 in ASF PocastDon’t be fooled, not all the studies on this week’s podcast focus on the DSM5. But the first one, a review of a meta analysis and review of the dozens of publications that have emerged in the past 5 years around the DSM5 leads us off. There are some people that weren’t captured by either […]
https://asfpodcast.org/archives/722
Filed under: Autism Research, Autism Science, broader autism phenotype, DSM, epidemiology, podcast, risk, Siblings
Increased Risk of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Siblings
Published May 5, 2016In a new study published JAMA Pediatrics yesterday examined psychiatric records of siblings of people with autism living in Finland. They found the rates of ASD, ADHD, ID, childhood emotional disorders, learning and coordination disorders, conduct and oppositional disorders, and tic disorders, were more frequent among siblings of siblings with ASD. Also, there was an increase in schizophrenia […]
Filed under: ADHD, Autism, common disorders, epidemiology, featured, recurrence, Risk Factors, Siblings
ASF co-hosts the 2nd environmental epigenetic of autism research webinar
Published March 7, 2016On Thursday, ASF, the Escher Fund for Autism and Autism Speaks co-organized the second in a series of webinars on environmental epigenetics. These webinars are open to the public and provide discussions on the role of gene/environment interactions in autism led by leading researchers in the field. This month, the presentations were given by Dr. […]
Filed under: Environment, epidemiology, Epigenetics, featured, germ cells, multigeneration, podcast, Screening, TENDR, USPSTF