Melissa Chabot's 8-year-old son, Owen, is creative, has a great memory and smiles a lot. His specialty is clocks, she said. He uses construction paper, tape, glue and markers to create cuckoo clocks, ...
The medication, also referred to as folinic acid, is a synthetic form of vitamin B9 that requires a prescription.
The medication is called leucovorin. It’s also known as folinic acid; like folic acid, it’s a form of folate, a B vitamin ...
The F.D.A. announced Monday that it would change the drug’s label to reflect potential benefits in reducing autism symptoms. By Christina Caron Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner of the Food and Drug ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the drug leucovorin to treat children with cerebral folate deficiency and symptoms of autism. Kevin Pelphrey is the Harrison-Wood ...
The folinic acid supplement will be prescribed for a subset of children with autism who have “cerebral folate deficiency,” but experts caution, “it’s not a cure" Semi / Alamy Stock Photo F.D.A. issued ...
At a very young age, Maxwell Huffman knew that he absorbed the world around him differently than most of his classmates. He was diagnosed with autism as a teenager, and nearly 20 years later, Huffman ...
O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...
The Trump administration is touting an old generic drug as a new treatment for autism despite limited evidence, sparking unease among doctors and scientists who say the medication needs to be studied ...