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Paul Offit, M.D., chief of infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is frequently quoted regarding the controversy over a vaccine-autism link; he emphasizes the importance of vaccines for public health. Dr. Offit is, accordingly, not exactly a beloved figure among […]
A new study in the May 15th Biological Psychiatry has found genetic links to the “impaired social behaviors” of autistic children. Researchers from Yale University studied six genes “known to be involved in maternal and affiliative behaviors”; they suggest that two neurohormones which are linked to affiliative behaviors in animals, prolactin and oxytocin, are linked […]
Researchers at Adelaide’s Women’s & Children’s Hospital and the University of Adelaide, Australia, have found that a mutant gene causes epilepsy and intellectual disabilities specific to women. As noted in Science Daily, the study links a “large family of genes known as protocadherins with a condition known as ‘epilepsy and mental retardation limited to females’ […]
What do TV, ultrasounds, insufficient vitamin D, air pollution, a mother having the flu while pregnant, mercury, have to do with each other?
All have been named as possible causes of autism. TK Kenyon looks at the puzzling spectrum of research into the cause of autism, some of which he labels as “just plain stupid”—the theory […]
In the past several months, more and more scientific studies have added evidence that disputes a link between thimerosal and rising autism rates, and that link autism to mercury. Concurrently, a number of studies offer further evidence about genetic of factors and autism. Also at the same time, proponents of the view that some external, […]
Today, April 21st, from 11 am to 6 pm EST, there will be a meeting of the Strategic Planning Workgroup formed by the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). You can “attend” the workgroup meeting through a conference call phone number and a web presentation tool on the Internet.
Click this link to join the Webinar:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/630812808/106536587
Webinar […]
The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) coordinates efforts to research, educate, and screen for autism with the Department of Health and Human Services (go here for more information on the IACC).
On Monday, April 21st from 11 am to 6 pm EST, there will be a meeting of the Strategic Planning Workgroup formed by the […]
Three and possibly four autistic children with different mothers have all been liked to the same sperm donor, “Donor X.” CNN.com interviewed one of the mothers, Gwenyth Jackaway, whose 5 1/2 year old son Dylan is autistic. Jackaway is single and had always wanted to have a child, so she contacted contacted California Cryobank, […]
After their now-7-year-old son Ryan was diagnosed with autism 5 years ago, Lorri and Dan Unumb “they sold their house, downsized and sacrificed to cover costs,” an April 1st CNN story reports. Intensive behavior therapy for Ryan costs between $70,000 and $80,000 a year which is lawyer and law professor Lorri Unumb’s “entire salary.” The […]
The April 1st CNN Money.com reviews the “recent brouhaha about 9-year-old Hannah Poling,” whose family received a settlement under the federal government’s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program “based on their claim that childhood vaccinations aggravated a rare metabolic disorder in Hannah, triggering autism symptoms.” Writer David Stipp notes that, in a 2006 survey, 54% of families […]
Autism mother gets on her soapbox.
Written by Kristina Chew, PhD [email] for b5media.
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