In Bethesda, a 15-year-old girl talks to her television set. Often, she seems more connected to the tube's ghostly embrace than to her own father, mother, brothers and sister. She flushes household ...

The father's age may matter more than the mother's when it comes to the risk of some disorders like autism in children. A new study shows the number of "de novo" or new genetic mutations passed to ...

Raising a kid with autism is no easy task. And on Father’s Day I salute all the fathers out there doing their share. They deserve to be honored. Recently, I read a memoir written by a dad that made me ...