Apps spell big business in the healthcare industry: Dozens of apps are marketed to people with conditions including depression, anxiety and autism. And Google parent company Alphabet announced Friday that it will buy wearable fitness tracker company FitBit. But many app developers sell users’ data, including their name, medical status and sex, to third parties such […]
The blood pressure drug bumetanide does not uniformly lessen autism traits in autistic children and teenagers, according to a new clinical trial1. The results are at odds with past research that suggested the drug eases autism traits in children on the spectrum. Still, the new study’s data hint that bumetanide may help a subset of autistic people […]
Autistic children and adults report poor physical and mental health and quality of life compared with the general population, according to a new survey1. And autistic girls and women report a lower quality of life than do autistic boys and men. Scientists often assess quality of life using concrete measures such as whether someone has […]
