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  Boston researchers working on blood test for autism

  Getting a diagnosis for autism is not easy, with many children having to wait to see specially trained doctors and specialists who spend hours observing the child’s behaviour before rendering a verdict. But U.S. doctors are working on an experimental blood test they believe might help detect the disorder – even before symptoms begin.

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  How enterprising parents are creating jobs for their children with autism

  Some parents are becoming entrepreneurs to create jobs for their children with autism because they say businesses aren’t hiring them.

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  UN health agency struggles with travel abuses: AP exclusive

  The World Health Organization spent nearly US$192 million on travel expenses last year, with staffers sometimes breaking the agency's own rules by travelling in business class, booking expensive last-minute tickets and travelling without the required approvals, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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  'Babies who volunteer' bring new life to seniors with care-home visits

  Seniors in several long-term care homes around Ottawa have been getting special visits over the last year from newborn babies.

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  Most infant sleep-deaths in 'sitting devices' happen in car seats: researchers

  A ten-year study of infant sleep-deaths determined babies who died in sitting devices most often were in car seats that were not being used at the time for travel.

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  Focus on traumatized boys critical to gender equality, new research shows

  Boys in poor urban areas around the world are suffering even more than girls from violence, abuse and neglect, groundbreaking international research published on Monday suggests.