Medications including clomipramine and a veterinary version of Prozac known as fluoxetine have since been successfully prescribed to manage symptoms of PTSD and anxiety in canines (Chutter et al., ...

The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.

The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, ...

Most individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can achieve developmental milestones like others. The recently proposed ...

The US Secretary of Health and Human Services insists he will soon announce the "cause" of autism, but setting a fixed ...

Deleting a gene called PTEN in certain brain cells disrupts the brain’s fear circuitry and triggers anxiety-like behavior in ...

Twin studies can help geneticists determine whether some trait or condition is caused by the environment, or by genetics... | ...

Expanding Genetic Factors of Autism in the Family However, the main determining factor of autism has remained the same—one’s genes. The scope of associated genes was updated in a Nature study ...

More information: Tashalee R. Brown et al, Medicaid claims from 2008 to 2016 indicate low rates of genetic testing among children with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder ...

How genes and the environment work together In the family shown below, both parents carry certain genetic factors (A and B in the father, and C in the mother) as well as environmental factors ...