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      <title><![CDATA[Autism diagnosis remains through early childhood 
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      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Most children diagnosed with 
 autism  at 2 years of age will still have that diagnosis at age 
9, investigators report.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Many U.S. Pediatricians Fail to Screen for Autism 
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      	<description><![CDATA[HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- Too few pediatricians screen children for  autism  and  autism  spectrum disorders (ASD), and a lack of familiarity with screening tools seems to be a major factor, a U.S. study finds.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[People With Autism Daydream Differently]]></title>
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      	<description><![CDATA[ According to researchers, people with  autism  seem to daydream differently than other people do.
 When the minds of non-autistic people are "idle", a network within the brain involved in social and emotional thought is, in fact, active....]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers Claim Few Pediatricians Screen For Autism]]></title>
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      	<description><![CDATA[ A new study finds few pediatricians screen patients regularly for  autism  and autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) as part of their overall look at possible developmental delays.
 
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      <title><![CDATA[Survey Finds Autism More Widespread]]></title>
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      	<description><![CDATA[ The first national survey of  autism  incidence confirms that the disorder has become widespread, afflicting an estimated 300,000 U.S. schoolchildren, or about 1 in every 175.
 
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      <pubDate>2006-05-04 12:09:16</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - About 300,000 U.S. children have been diagnosed with  autism , according to the largest national study so far of the prevalence of this complex behavioral disorder.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easter Seals Plans Facility for Autism 
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      	<description><![CDATA[AP - Easter Seals, a national provider of services for the disabled, says it plans to build a unique school and center for  autism  research in Chicago, combining education, research and independent-living services on a single campus.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Researchers Identify Epilepsy Cause]]></title>
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      	<description><![CDATA[ Nidhi Sharma - AHN Contributor
 Mesa, AZ (AHN) &#150; In a major breakthrough for finding a cure, researchers have identified a genetic cause for  epilepsy , which could lead to the development of medicines to treat  epilepsy  and  autism , the Translational Genomics Research Institute announced...]]></description>
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      	<description><![CDATA[AP - Researchers have identified a genetic cause for  epilepsy , which could lead to the development of medicines to treat  epilepsy  and  autism , the Translational Genomics Research Institute announced Thursday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two Deaths Linked to Lead-Removal Drug 
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      <pubDate>2006-03-02 16:02:47</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[AP - A drug that is sometimes used to treat lead poisoning &#151; and is also believed by some parents to be effective against  autism  &#151; caused the deaths of two children last year, the government said Thursday.]]></description>
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