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Sarah Boseley, health editor
Saturday September 22, 2007

"Thousands of children with autism in the UK could benefit from taking drugs such as Prozac, a US psychiatrist said yesterday.

Professor Eric Hollander, from the Mount Sinai medical centre in New York, said a th read more »
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There are many drugs for autism currently in use. Doctors try their selection from among the current drugs used to treat the symptoms of autism based on the past successes and failures of treatment with that certain person, using all the medicines known to treat someone autism.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Low birth weight and preterm delivery increase the likelihood that a child will be autistic.children born weighing less than 2,500 grams -- or roughly 5.5 pounds -- had about twice the risk of autism as those with a normal birth weight. read more »
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47% of mothers of autistic children reported infertility. Other research has suggested that older women have a greater risk of having a child with autism and this ties in with the infertility issue as older women are also more likely to experience infertility or delay in getting pregnant.

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