Autism Risk Tied to Induced Labor

Boys born to mothers who needed their doctor to start or help along the birth may have a higher risk of autism, a study found.Boys whose mothers had labors that were induced, which stimulates the uterus to bring on contractions, or augmented, which increases the strength, duration and frequency of contractions, had a 35 percent greater risk of autism then children whose mothers didn’t need those procedures to help the births, according to research in JAMA Pediatrics.