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Women who undergo induced or augmented labor during childbirth may increase the risk their baby will be autistic, according to a new study. The risk may even be higher if the baby is a male.

Common inherited genetic variation (single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs) accounted for up to about 29 percent of the risk for some disorders, such as ADHD (dark green). Among pairs of disorders (light green), schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (SCZ-BPD) shared about 16 percent of the same common genetic variation (coheritabilities).

A woman winnows high-iron Dhanshakti pearl millet in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Severe Childhood Epilepsy Gene Mutations - Researchers from the Epi4K project used advanced genetic techniques to search for mutations that are likely to be involved with severe childhood epilespies. This “heat map” helps describe some of their results.

Severe Childhood Epilepsy Gene Mutations - Researchers from the Epi4K project used advanced genetic techniques to search for mutations that are likely to be involved with severe childhood epilespies. This “heat map” helps describe some of their results.