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Can Young Children’s Oral Bacteria Predict Obesity?

A study describing the results of weight gain trajectories in early childhood related to the composition of oral bacteria of two-year-old children recently appeared in the journal Scientific Reports. The study suggests that this understudied aspect of a child’s microbiota – the collection of microorganisms including beneficial bacteria residing in the mouth – could serve as… Read More »

Depression Hits 20% of Young Adults With Autism

By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 31, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Depression affects almost 20 percent of young adults with autism, new research shows, a rate that’s more than triple that seen in the general population. And young adults with autism who were relatively high-functioning — meaning they did not have intellectual disabilities —… Read More »