Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children. That is according to the most rigorous analysis of the evidence to date, published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women's Health, and led by researchers from City St George's, University of London.

Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children. That is according to the most rigorous analysis of the evidence to date, published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health, and led by researchers from City St George’s, University of London.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Maybe it’s just in my own family, but ADHD in childhood has largely been a precursor for manic depression / bipolar disorder, and it seems very likely to me to have a genetic component. It affects everyone descending from my dad’s side of the family to one extent or another, and I could completely see where it came from in the flesh when my paternal grandmother was alive.