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Autism risk: Are environmental factors equally important to genetic factors? Posted: 05 May 2014 04:12 AM PDT The majority of studies on heritability of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have suggested that heritability is up to 80-90%. However, a new study on Swedish children suggests that the role of environmental factors has been underestimated and that they may be of equal importance to genetic factors. The study from researchers based in the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, King's College London, and Mount Sinai in the USA, is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). read more

UN targets on health risk factors can prevent 37 million deaths by 2025 Posted: 03 May 2014 04:01 PM PDT Reaching globally-agreed targets for health risks such as smoking and alcohol can prevent more than 37 million deaths by 2025.   A new international study led by Imperial College London has estimated how achieving globally-agreed targets for six important health risks between 2010 and 2025 will reduce deaths caused by the big-four chronic diseases: cancers, diabetes, lung disease and cardiovascular disease (mainly heart disease and stroke).   read more

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