Add the fact that these are absolute numbers and that the U.S. population itself grew by more than 4 percent from 2005 to 2010 and we’ve got a pretty good idea of where much of that increase in ...

Grist’s post last week about a paper that aimed to draw a connection between autism and high fructose corn syrup raised an almost immediate furor. Some furors are healthy. As an editor I’m ...

It pieces together what's known about the genetic and metabolic factors involved with autism, including the growing evidence of a link between autism and mercury and organophosphate pesticide exposure ...

A new study in Clinical Epigenetics, suggests that the epidemic of autism amongst children in the U.S. may be associated with the typical American diet. The study by Renee Dufault and his team ...