(HealthDay News) — Current evidence suggests no correlation between labor induction and augmentation and the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a Committee Opinion from the American ...

The headlines linking labor induction and autism risk are splashy--aren't they always with "autism linked to" stories? My favorite misstatement of the research is in this headline from Bloomberg: ...

Study Redefines the ‘Optimal Time for Delivery’ Induction and/or augmentation during childbirth may be associated with increased odds of autism. (HealthDay News) – Induction and/or augmentation during ...

SAN DIEGO — Birth complications during labor and delivery do not increase a child's risk for autism spectrum disorder, delegates heard here at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) 2015 ...

Induced or augmented labor are not associated with increased odds of Autism spectrum disorder. In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral pleanary session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for ...

The frequencies of both induced and augmented labor have increased between 2002 and 2010. In both induced labor artificially stimulated labor and augmented labor increasing the strength, duration or ...

HealthDay News — Induction and/or augmentation during childbirth significantly increased the odds of autism, results of a study that involved more than 600,000 births indicate. The likelihood of ...

Artificially stimulating labor is associated with a slightly higher risk of autism, but researchers caution that the link may be complicated. In a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, women ...

An analysis of North Carolina birth and educational records suggests that induction (stimulating uterine contractions prior to the onset of spontaneous labor) and augmentation (increasing the strength ...

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction as well as restricted repetitive patterns of behavior seems to ...

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Obstetric Practice has determined there is no evidence of a causal relationship between induction of labor and autism ...