Is Your Child Safe From The Scoundrels Of Medicine?
In response to a court case regarding Michelle Cedillo (one of thousands of families attempting to establish the connection between vaccines and their child's autism), Dr. Paul Offit, chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania claims the apparent connection between vaccines and autism is "nothing more than a sad coincidence".
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MUHC searches for causes of autism
The international research for finding the causes of autism is considered groundbreaking and will be based on the DNA samples of patients with autism.
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Autism Incidence Increased By Mercury Emissions
Children living next to a mercury polluter have a higher risk of developing autism.
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Parents' Mental Illness Leads To Autism In Kids
Parents with mental illnesses, especially with schizophrenia, are more likely to have kids with autism.
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Kids With Autism May Have Gene That Causes Muscle Weakness
Some kids with autism may have a genetic defect that affects the muscles.
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UPMC To Create Autism Treatment Network With Donation
The autism treatment site, created by UPMC, will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania for autism patients.
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California Lawmakers Unveil Legislative Effort On Autism
Lawmakers will unveil a comprehensive legislative package of eight bills to address the issues related to the rise in diagnoses of children with autism spectrum disorders in California.
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High Rate of Autism Signs In Ex-Preterm Infants
Premature infants born less than 1500 grams have an increased risk for showing early signs of autism.
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Autism Gene Scans Converge On Two Suspect Sites
Scientists have pinpointed two different sites in the genome, each conferring a different type of genetic risk for autism.
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Special Diets And Autism
A new study used reliable analysis techniques to compare autistic children across a broad range of intelligences to age-matched control children.
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MMR Vaccine Study Finds No Link To Autism
There is no evidence of a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism.
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SafeMinds Tackles Autism-Mercury Controversy
SafeMinds has formally asked ABC to resist the latest attempt by AAP to stifle public discussion on the link between thimerosal and autism.
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Thin Bones Seen In Boys With Autism
Dairy-free diets and unconventional food preferences could put boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder at higher than normal risk for thinne.
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Autism Risk Higher In People With Gene Variant
Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited from mothers rather than fathers.
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Minority, Low-Income Students Less Likely To Receive Autism Diagnosis
A survey shows that more affluent school districts in Long Island classify more than five times as many of their students with autism as lower-income districts.
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Scientists Identify New Genetic Link To Autism
Scientists have used language onset as a tool for identifying a new gene linked to autism.
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Novel Chromosome Abnormality Appears To Increase Risk Of Autism
Researchers have identified a chromosomal abnormality that appears to increase susceptibility to autism.
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Autism Risk Higher In People With Gene Variant
Scientists have found a variation in a gene that may raise the risk of developing autism, especially when the variant is inherited from mothers rather than fathers.
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Illinois Law To Generate Funds For Autism Research
Illinois residents are now able to help fund Autism research and raise public awareness by purchasing official state autism awareness license plates.
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Gray Matter Increase In Brains Of Autistic Children
Using a novel imaging technique to study autistic children, researchers have found increased gray matter in the brain areas that govern social processing and learning by observation.
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Children, Families Affected By Autism Can Benefit From Clinton's Plan
Hillary Clinton today unveiled her plan to help children and families affected by autism, vowing to dramatically boost research funding and support services for families caring for an autistic loved one.
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NIH To Investigate Causes And Treatment Of Autism
National Institutes of Health will intensify its efforts to find the causes of autism and identify new treatments for the disorder.
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Autism Treatment Program Getting Positive Results
A program designed to enhance social and communication skills for young children with autism spectrum disorder is providing added benefits to their families.
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Recognizing Early Signs of Autism
New reports from AAP will help pediatricians recognize signs of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) earlier and guide families to effective autism treatments.
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ASA Offers Resources To Families With Autism In Wake Of Fires
SDASA, TACA, ASA are offering information and assistance resources to anyone affected by an autism spectrum disorder .
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Autism Speaks Launching First-Ever Web-Based Autism Video Glossary
Autism Speaks (autismspeaks.org) provides a new tool to help parents to recognize the early signs and symptoms of Autism spectrum disorders.
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Visual Strategies Prove Successful For Children with Autism
Autism is the fastest growing developmental disability in the United States, with 10-17% annual growth. One child in 150 births will be diagnosed with autism.
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Talk About Curing Autism - Jenny McCarthy New Spokesperson
Talk About Curing Autism (TACA) announces our new spokesperson for families affected by Autism - Jenny McCarthy.
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Northern Ireland Launches Independent Review Of Autism Services
Health Minister, Michael McGimpsey MLA, announced the launch of an Independent Review of Autism Services across Northern Ireland.
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The Cause of autism's origin may be in the brain
In autistic individuals, connections between brain cells may be deficient within single regions, and not just between regions. This may bring us closer to finding the cause of autims in brain and provide targeted medications for autism treatment.
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NIH Program To Investigate Causes, Treatment Of Autism
National Institutes of Health will intensify its efforts to find the causes of autism and identify new treatments for the disorder.
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Link Between Increased White Matter In Brain And Poor Motor Skills In Children With Autism
A study demonstrates association between increased white matter volume and functional impairment in children with autism.
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Autistic Brains Can Be Trained To Recognize Visual And Vocal Cues
Individuals with autism often miss the subtle meanings conveyed by a person's face and tone of voice, and thus have trouble determining the communicative intent of others.
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MIT Team Reverses Symptoms of Mental Retardation in Mice
Researchers reversed symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice, reports Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. Inhibiting a certain enzyme in the brain could be an effective therapy for countering the debilitating symptoms of FXS (Fragile X Syndrome) in children and possibly in autistic kids as well.
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Boys With Autism Have High Levels Of Growth Hormones
Boys with autism and autism spectrum disorder had higher levels of hormones involved with growth in comparison to boys who do not have autism.
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Autistic children could learn through stereotypes
Autistic children have a capacity to understand other people through stereotypes.
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Highmark Has A Hand In Your Health, Unless You Are Autistic
Highmark wants to have a greater hand in your health care -- as long as you don't have autism.
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Further Clues About Social Deficits Of Children With Autism
Impairments in autistic children's ability to imitate and empathize can be linked to dysfunction in the brain's mirror-neuron system.
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Children With Autism Can't Discern
Researchers from UCLA showed that children with autism can't discern.
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Researchers Learn More About Genetic Mutation Linked To Autism
University of Iowa researchers have learned more about a genetic mutation that contributes to autism.
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