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Pregnant women who take ACE inhibitor medication during their first trimester, have a risk of infants having major malformations is more than doubled, according to a study in New England Journal of Medicine. Angiotensin-converting-enzyme or ACE inhibitors are widely used to treat high blood pressure, and are often prescribed for people with diabetes.

0 to 12

Autism diagnosis remains through early childhood

Most children diagnosed with autism at the age of two will have that diagnosis at age 9. In contrast, many first diagnosed with less severe conditions8212;Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified and autism spectrum disorder8212;later have their diagnoses changed to autism. Clinicians have been questioning the stability of these diagnoses. So researchers from the University of Michigan followed 192 children referred for evaluation for possible autism before 36 months of age, and 22 children with developmental delays. According to their report in the Archives of General Psychiatry, more than half of those initially diagnosed with PDD-NOS later met the criteria for autism. Conversely, only one of 84 children diagnosed with autism at age 2 years was found to not have the condition at 9 years of age.

12 to 25 years

High rate of self-harm seen among college students

One in six young adults have injured themselves intentionally at least once, according to the largest US survey to investigate the practice among college students. Self-injurious behavior can include scratching and pinching oneself, cutting, swallowing poison and even breaking bones. People who injure themselves say it helps relieve distress, found researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. There8217;s a fair degree of consensus that self-injury is fundamentally self-medicative, they say, noting that injuries trigger the release of natural opiates known as endorphins, resulting in an immediate sense of calm.

25 to 50

Chronic fatigue traced to mothers: study

Mothers of children with chronic fatigue syndrome, especially teenagers, are also more likely to have it, or display psychological stresses that play a role in the child8217;s illness. Study author Elise M van de Putte of Wilhelmina Children8217;s Hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands, suggested the link was the 8220;result of an interplay between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors.8221;

50 and above

Stress of caregiving may lead to dental ills among the aged

While providing care for others, many caregivers seem to forget about their own well-being, including their oral health, reported researches in the Journal of Periodontology after studying 230 men and women, aged 50 to 86 years, who were caregivers of patients with dementia.