Autism Risk Increased in Offspring from Mothers with Diabetes

Information that helps elucidate the enigmatic origins of autism and further identify risk factors for disease development is a welcome result for many current scientific endeavors. Now, new data from investigators at Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) and the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine shows that the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was increased in children of mothers with the three main types of diabetes that complicate pregnancy. Findings from t