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Not every child on the autism spectrum will display the same behaviors.

Pokemon GO is popular all over the world, and is being praised for improving players' health by getting them up and moving. The benefits go beyond physical well-being though, also...

Following a decade of alarming increases, the prevalence of the disorder didn't go up in an 11-site study.

Study in Utah and four other states suggests progress toward testing at-risk kids by age 3

University of Utah associate vice provost for research Rena D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., soon will serve in the senior leadership of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).

Kids who have autism often struggle with organized team sports because of communication and social difficulties. But these five sports tend to be winners.

A new study out of Utah recommends physicians continue to induce labor for mothers who are under medical duress. Despite previous claims that inducing labor might increase the likelihood of...

Utah researchers and families made important contribution to national Autism Sequencing Consortium study.

University of Utah startup NeuroVersity and the Columbus Community Center, which provides support services for people with disabilities, launched a new pilot project to help address the increasing numbers of...

Enzyme that plays crucial role in metabolic syndrome responds to drug compound in study

Huntsman Cancer Foundation Makes Gift to Expand Efforts in Breast and Gynecologic Cancer Research and Treatment

Kerry Kelly, associate director of the University of Utah's Program for Air Quality, Health and Society, weighs in on what research shows about air quality on days when large fireworks...

Carrie Byington, M.D., becomes Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases on July 1.

Patients who have post-operative complications following high-risk surgery have a significantly lower risk of being readmitted to the hospital within 30 days if they go see their primary care physician...

Published online in Cell Reports on June 19, Huntsman Cancer Institute investigators report that misregulation of two genes, sox2 and lkb1, drives squamous cell lung cancer in mice. The discovery...