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Maternal Health and Autism Risk: Most Links Are Genetic, Not Prenatal

by GLOOM

Stylized illustration of a multi-generation family tree branching into cousin pairs, representing the 3-generation registry design used to separate inherited from in-utero genetic effects on autism risk.

For two decades, headlines have linked autism to maternal obesity, depression, anxiety, gestational diabetes, infection, autoimmune disease, and antidepressant use. The studies behind those headlines are well-replicated registry associations. A new design from the Aarhus University iPSYCH group offers the most careful answer yet to what they mean for an individual pregnancy. Most “maternal X …

Depakote Causes Weight Gain In Over 50% of Users?

by GLOOM

Depakote (divalproex sodium) is a medication regularly prescribed for the management of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraine headaches. Other medical conditions for which Depakote is occasionally utilized as a complementary (i.e. adjunct) therapy include: AIDS, cancer, dopamine dysregulation syndrome (associated with Parkinson’s disease), schizophrenia. Most who are familiar with this drug understand that Depakote (divalproex …