Artificially stimulating labor is associated with a slightly higher risk of autism, but researchers caution that the link may be complicated.

In a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, women who needed to jump-start their labor or artificially speed up delivery were up to 23% more likely to have children diagnosed with autism than those who didn’t avail themselves of these methods.

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