If you’ve been contemplating a treadmill desk to break up hours of sitting, a major international study led by the University of Sydney suggests that walking 7,000 steps a day delivers health benefits nearly on [...]
The percentage of autistic people who have art talent is much higher than the percentage of gifted artists among neurotypicals. […]
If the idea of going to the gym or running around the block makes you want to crawl under a blanket—good news. […]
Are you inclined to believe that “mild” presentations of autism are really just variations of normal human behavior, even in kids? […]
If you’re a woman in midlife using semaglutide to lose weight, you might be losing more than fat. […]
There are parents who have many autistic children. […]
If a severely autistic person has an NDE, are they autistic during this experience or do they process information as a neurotypical would? […]
You’ve heard that autism often “presents differently” in women than in men, but can women have a male version of ASD? What if a woman has masculine traits? […]
It’s common for parents of severely autistic kids to worry “who’s going to take care of them after we’re gone”? […]
In 1943, Austrian-American psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner published a groundbreaking paper titled “Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact” in the journal Nervous Child. […]
The concept of autism as we understand it today began to take shape in the early 20th century. […]
In 1944 just a year after Dr. Leo Kanner’s landmark paper, Australian pediatrician Dr. Hans Asperger published his observations. […]
The 1960s marked a turning point in autism research. […]
In 1980, the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) was released by the American Psychiatric Association. […]
In 1994, the DSM-IV introduced a new diagnosis under the umbrella of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs): Asperger syndrome. […]
In 2013 the DSM-5 introduced a major revision to how autism was diagnosed. […]
Over the last two decades (as of 2025), research has shown early intervention can significantly improve outcomes for autistic kids. […]
Autism Spectrum Disorder is recognized across the globe. […]
Research is increasingly focused on identifying biological markers that could lead to earlier and more objective autism diagnoses. […]
Concerned about muscle loss from a GLP-1? […]
A connection between ADHD and obesity isn’t always genetic. […]
At the event a woman with a toddler who didn’t know I’m autistic told me, “When my son was diagnosed with autism I was sad.” […]
Had I been a D1 college athlete in volleyball, my mental health would’ve relished the experience; I would’ve flourished as a libero and loved every moment. […]
Can inflammation in the brain from obesity cause an autistic child to have worse behaviors than if they were at a healthy weight? […]
In recent years morbidly obese women have taken to social media promoting that extreme levels of body fat fall under the umbrella of “natural body diversity.” […]
To deny this is to deny reality. Call it what you wish (“moralizing”), but the hardcore fact is that some foods are good while others are just plain bad. […]
Super morbidly obese women are claiming that natural body diversity includes a significant level of overweight. Just where do we draw the line? […]
Confidence in one’s large body won’t neutralize obesity’s relation to over a dozen cancers. […]
Don’t take eye contact for granted. How and when you make eye contact is more important than you think. […]
Do you toss and turn in your sleep, have trouble falling asleep or, once you wake in the middle of the night, can’t get back to sleep and are left feeling awful when it’s time [...]
Evidence has revealed that even modest levels of physical activity —below the official health guidelines — can significantly increase longevity. […]
Insomnia may help explain why adults with ADHD traits often report a lower quality of life. […]
Creatine has long been popular among muscle building athletes for enhancing strength and building muscle mass. […]
Here are 5 signs in your child that point to possible autism that you’d never think could be a feature of being autistic. […]
Prostate cancer doesn’t have to kill; when caught early it’s very curable. […]
Why are some men’s prostate cancer diagnosed at an advanced stage? Did they ignore symptoms? Did a core biopsy miss it? What’s really going on as to why this disease often gets diagnosed only when [...]
Joe Biden, with the best medical access in the world, still ended up getting his prostate cancer diagnosis in late stage (4) after it’d already spread to his bones. […]
Does age influence how fast prostate cancer bone mets grow? […]
It’s terrifying when one learns their prostate cancer is now in their bones. […]
It’s a fair question: How did Joe Biden, active on his bicycle and with a trim build, end up getting prostate cancer? […]
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