Behavioral Conditions

Popular autism therapy mixes warm praise, firm guidance

2011-12-15 00:00:00

It's 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday, an hour and a half into Michael Thomson's daily therapy. Three and a half hours left to go. Lined up before him are three plastic blocks and a toy hippopotamus. "Which one is different?" asks the therapist, seated on the...

Tucson shooting survivor and his savior still coping a year later

2012-01-08 00:00:00

Insurance chief settles with Blue Shield over autism therapy

2012-01-31 15:32:00

Tom Ardolino dies at 56; former NRBQ drummer

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Members of the category-defying band NRBQ knew from the outset that their prospects of mainstream success were slim to none. With a sound and attitude that embraced the seminal rock of Chuck Berry and no-borders expanse of free-form jazz...

Capsule movie reviews: 'Addiction Incorporated'

2012-01-13 00:00:00

Marine testifies squad leader asked him to lie about Iraqi killings

2012-01-12 00:00:00

Daughter searches Downey for father missing since 2007

2012-01-11 00:00:00

L. A. County jailers more likely to use force on mentally ill inmates

2012-01-11 00:00:00

Facebook: Is this any place for the not-so-self-assured to make friends?

2012-02-03 06:00:00

State convicts arrive in L.A. County with costly mental illnesses

2012-01-08 21:16:00

That bad attitude? Blame the birth month

2012-01-30 00:00:00

If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...

Wylie W. Vale Jr. dies at 70; researcher helped discover stress hormone

2012-01-18 00:00:00

Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to...

Thousands attend the Dan Marino Foundation Walkabout Autism event at Sun Life Stadium.

2012-01-29 00:00:00

Rod Feiner plays with his autistic 10 years old Jason during the Dan Marino Foundation Walkabout Autism event in the Sunlife Stadium on January 28, 2012.

2012-01-28 13:09:44

Christopher Gomez, 4, uses the "Letters alive" software for autistic children at Audubon Park Elementary in Orlando. Audubon Park is the first school in the nation to test the preschool and kindergarten program.

2012-01-26 00:00:00