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Autism Awareness Returns to Action - BloodHorse

Autism Awareness Returns to Action BloodHorse, KY - 3 hours ago Autism Awareness, who scored a shocking upset in the El Camino Real Derby at Bay Meadows last March, makes his return to the...

UK Autism:MPs ask PM Brown increase Tax Credits,Allowances - Blogger News Network

Blogger News Network UK Autism:MPs ask PM Brown increase Tax Credits,Allowances Blogger News Network - 7 hours ago EDM 2407 was tabled in parliament in support of the ‘Poverty and Autism’ initiative...

Free Program On Autism And Related Disabilities - iBerkshires.com

Free Program On Autism And Related Disabilities iBerkshires.com, MA - 9 hours ago The workshop, “Autism & Related Disabilities” will be a discussion and overview of evidence based strategies...

New theory says autism and schizophrenia same disease - TheChronicleHerald.ca

New theory says autism and schizophrenia same disease TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 14 hours ago A strong bias toward the father pushes a developing brain along the autistic spectrum, toward...

Discovering Hope battles autism - Greenwood Index Journal

Greenwood Index Journal Discovering Hope battles autism Greenwood Index Journal, SC - 15 hours ago By GRAHAM LOVE/Index-Journal staff writer Families in the Lakelands haven’t been exempt...

New Northamptonshire autism centre opened - Northampton Chronicle & Echo

David Kirby on HuffPo: Minneapolis and the Somali Autism Riddle - Age of Autism

UIC joins international research effort to study autism - EurekAlert (press release)

Potential autism-risk genes identified - Craegmoor News

Beading party at Derby museum tomorrow to benefit autism research - Louisville Courier-Journal

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How Our Senses Combine To Give Us A Better View Of The World

Although each of our five senses seem to be their own entity, recent studies have indicated that our senses blend together, to help us better perceive our environment. New findings reveal that if a stimulation...

Genetic Study Provides New Insights Into Molecular Basis Of Language Development

Scientists have identified the first gene that is associated with a common childhood language disorder, known as specific language impairment (SLI). The gene -- CNTNAP2 -- has also been recently implicated...

Unusual Use Of Toys In Infancy A Clue To Later Autism

Researchers have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed.

Precipitation Levels May Be Associated With Autism

Children living in counties with higher levels of annual precipitation appear more likely to have higher prevalence rates of autism, according to a new report. The results raise the possibility that an...

Methylmercury Warning

Recent studies hint that exposure to the toxic chemicals, such as methylmercury can cause harm at levels previously considered safe. A new analysis of the epidemiological evidence in the International...

How Do Children With Down Syndrome Learn?

Gene Screen To Identify Causes Of Autism

Gorilla Study Gives Clues To Human Language Development

People With Autism Make More Rational Decisions, Study Shows

Connections Between Vision And Movement, As They Relate To Perceived Threats, Autism

Important Clue To Learning Deficit In Children With Autism

What Happens When We Ask Autistic Persons What Is Wrong With Them?

Toddlers' Focus On Mouths Rather Than On Eyes Is Predictor Of Autism Severity

Parents Still Fear Autism Could Be Linked To Vaccines, Poll Shows

Mapping The Neuron-behavior Link In Rett Syndrome

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A (head) space of my own

Four days ago the New York Times published a fascinating piece on the hypotheses of two scientists who are positing that mental disorders of an unknown variety and number are all actually one disorder....

Why should the strategic plan include vaccines…

...if all the vaccines-cause-autism advocacy organizations can’t ask for it? I’ve been watching the process for the IACC fairly closely. You may have noticed my obsession. One issue that...

Vocational Rehabilitation and Autistic Adults

I recently saw a paper in the Online First section of Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders called “Use of Vocational Rehabilitative Services Among Adults with Autism“. I knew I had...

Autism Myths

It is my great pleasure to release my latest website – Autism Myths. Its not a blog, its more like a collection of blog posts on very specific subjects regarding autism. Topics referenced...

Dear Mr Obama

As a Brit, it really matters not one jot what I write to you, think of you or think of your policies. However, as we both know, it does matter. Your soon-to-be-predecessor (and my goodness I am happy to...

Defeating Autism: A Damaging Delusion

Expert opinions on vaccines and mitochondrial disorders

President Obama

Why the Supreme Court matters to the autism community

Evidence of Autism in a Psychiatrically Hospitalized Sample

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Shocking ignorance

Shock comedian Denis Leary does not learn from other people’s mistakes. It seems he would know better than to insult autistic children after the shellacking that shock jock Michael Savage took for...

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The Ig® Nobel Prizes

I’ve been having frustrating computer problems for the last couple of weeks.  An electricity surge switched off the circuit breaker for part of the house.  When I turned the electricity back on,...

Thoughts of Measles Survivor

  I have an op-ed essay in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  The title is “Measles not worth the risk. Prevention from diseases outweighs MMR side effects.” Obviously I’m “outing”...

Epidemiology is a Hot Topic for Undergrads

Since I started this blog in April, I can’t count the number of times I’ve come across statements on other blogs like, “Epidemiology is just statistical manipulation of data.” ...

Past Surgeon General on Future Surgeon Generals

Okay, I’m back to blogging, slowly but surely.  Special thanks to Andrea, Anthony Cox, daedalus2u, and many others for your get well comments and e-mails.  Thanks also to Science Mom and TheProbe...

Carribean Consumption Cure

In the 19th century, people with respiratory ailments went to the Swiss Alps or the sea shore in hopes for a cure.  Although most of my coughing and wheezing has faded away, my bronchial reactivity is...

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Migraine Day

More on DeSoto and Hitlan (2007): Corrections and Clarifications

I Read the News Today… Oh Boy

Childhood Vaccination Is Not Associated With Asthma

Who says scientists have no sense of humor?

Epi Wonk’s Intro to Data Analysis

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“Integrative Medicine Experts”: Another Barrier to Effective Discipline

This is the final entry in the current series having to do with state regulation of physicians. It is the final one merely because I’m tired of the topic, for now. There is plenty more to write...

Vitamin Cocktail with a Meme Twist (Supplement my gimlet with a dash of dissonance)

A trail of recent reports is trying to tell us something. But are we listening, and are “they” listening? If so, does it mean the same to “them” as it does to us? The report trail is telling us...

Bad Science: Four Things I Learned From Dr. Ben Goldacre

“You cannot reason people out of positions they didn’t reason themselves into.” – Ben Goldacre, MD Dr. Ben Goldacre is the author of the popular Guardian column, Bad Science. He...

The Debate About Off-Label Prescriptions

So-called off-label uses of prescription drugs is an enduring controversy - probably because it involves a trade-off of competing value judgments.The FDA is considering loosening its monitoring of off-label...

Statins Are Better on JUPITER

Over 26 million Americans are taking statin drugs. Some people think they should be available over-the-counter without a prescription, and it has even been facetiously suggested that they should be added...

Does alternative medicine have alternative ethics?

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., vaccines, the EPA, and the interface with science-based medicine and public policy

“It’s just a theory”

Breast cancer and migraines–what is risk, anyway?

Wyeth vs. Levine: Should Drug Label Standards Be Determined By Juries?

Peruvian Hamsters and Autism: Cui Bono?

High dose vitamin C and cancer: Has Linus Pauling been vindicated?

Amanda Peet is My Hero(1)

Pro-CAM Wikipedia - Skeptics Need Not Apply

Polypharmacy – Is It Evidence-Based?

Mutant Gene Causes Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability In Women PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 12 May 2008 11:00
A mutated gene has been discovered as the key behind epilepsy and mental retardation specific to women. The new discovery, published in Nature Genetics, shows that although men carry the 'bad' gene, only women are affected.
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Genetic Links To Impaired Social Behavior In Autism PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 02:00
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders show profound deficits in social interactions and communications and display repetitive behaviors and abnormal responses to sensory experiences. One aspect of an autistic child's impaired social abilities is their lack of affiliative behaviors, i.e., behaviors such as touching and hugging that strengthen social bonds.
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New Research Tool Can Detect Autism At 9 Months Of Age PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 17:00
The ability to detect autism in children as young as nine months of age is on the horizon. The Early Autism Study has been using eye tracker technology that measures eye direction while the babies look at faces, eyes and bouncing balls on a computer screen.
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Using Music To Explore The Neural Bases Of Emotional 'Processing' In The Autistic Brain PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 11:00
Researchers will use music as a tool to explore the ability of children with ASD to identify emotions in musical excerpts and facial expressions.
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Molecular Scaffold That Guides Connections Between Brain Cells Discovered PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 22 May 2008 17:00
Brain cells known as neurons process information by joining into complex networks, transmitting signals to each other across junctions called synapses. But "neurons don't just connect to other neurons," emphasizes the lead researcher, "in a lot of cases, they connect to very specific partners, at particular spots." As they learn through research like this how the brain develops its complex wiring, the scientists hope they can clarify what goes wrong in disorders like autism.
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