Don’t take Tylenol!” I overheard one of my nursing students say as I returned after a break to the class. This was after a ...

Before she took her first breath, doctors said Hunter Adkins had a zero percent chance of survival. Born with cerebral palsy, ...

A leading neuropsychologist says President Donald Trump should undergo modern Alzheimer’s screening after a string of “odd ...

When science writer Mary Roach lay down inside an iron lung, she hoped to spend a night allowing the mechanical respirator to ...

Autism. Down syndrome. Cerebral palsy. Spina bifida. Blindness. These are some of the disabilities represented by about 40 ...

President Donald Trump today linked acetaminophen, the active component in the widely used, over-the-counter drug Tylenol, to rising autism rates in children in the United States and warned against ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer. I wasn’t looking for a diagnosis in April of 2004 when I began reading a New York Times article on Asperger’s syndrome — then psychiatry’s label for a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House announcement about autism is expected Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump’s weekend comment that “I think we found an answer” to the developmental disorder.

Children diagnosed with autism are far more likely to experience ongoing gastrointestinal (GI) problems than their typically developing peers. That's the finding of a new UC Davis MIND Institute study ...

Pregnant women should no longer take acetaminophen for pain and low-grade fevers, according to an announcement by the federal government that links the over-the-counter medicine's use in pregnancy ...

Accurate perceptions of emotions are essential for successful social interactions. Emotions are divided into different categories, such as basic emotions (anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and ...