(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 ...

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 ...

Pregnant women whose labors are induced or augmented may have an increased risk of bearing children with autism, especially if the baby is male, according to a large, retrospective analysis. Pregnant ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington, DC, September 23, 2014 —The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is calling upon healthcare providers and pregnant women to avoid induction of labor at any ...

To evaluate the safety of induction of labor (IOL) with Foley catheter (FC) in women with a history of previous cesarean section (CS) and to assess risk factors for repeat CS and adverse maternal ...

The objectives were to evaluate whether induction, specifically prolonged labor, was associated with adverse maternal outcomes related to preeclampsia with severe features (PEC-S) and whether cesarean ...

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 ...

No link between labor induction and autism Current evidence does not support a correlation between labor induction and augmentation and the risk of autism spectrum disorders. HealthDay News — Current ...