Baby Brain Scans May Reveal Autism Risk

Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesBrain scans of babies may predict which ones will develop autism, a debilitating disorder whose symptoms can be softened with early behavioural therapy, researchers have found. In a trial, MRI scans revealed which infant brains were growing at a faster-than-normal rate -- a telltale sign of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), they wrote in the science journal Nature. It was already known that children with ASD have larger brains than unaffected...