MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'austism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:59:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2573052&cid=t_149324_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FOTjU_nAh3XA%2F Ned and I went to Grandpa’s for the 4th of July. Jeff and Alex went to the Bronx Zoo. Ned and I had sparklers, fireworks, barbecue. Alex had hot dogs and played with toy animals. I had a break from autism. Jeff had about 30 hours of  autism (except when he was sleeping — luckily Alex slept through the night, too). Photo courtesy of JunCTionS (flickr.com) So this puts us at something of a marital disadvantage this evening, when I’m tired and feel like kicking back, but he’s been working (really - it is a kind of job, coping with Alex except for a couple of breaks). It’s the boys’ bedtime; he feels snappish and put-upon; I feel like I’m back in a newsroom, where you get the time off, but not the work: if you take time off, you simply pay for it when... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2573052 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:14:53 +0100 2573052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517367&cid=t_149324_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FNjW4Ac0gbc4%2F I’m so excited about July’s episodes on NOVA ScienceNOW! The series has a great line-up of genetic and other science segments that can hold anyone’s interest. And it’s perfect if you want your kids to get some brain-juice flowing through the summer. So beginning June 30 and every Tuesday night at 9pm ET/PT, NOVA at PBS will feature “Super-Science Tuesdays” with new stories from genetics (!!), technology, science and medicine. Check out a couple of these episodes - June 30 (Tuesday) Episode 1. Remember the anthrax scare after 9-11 that took months to solve? Well now scientists are using genetic “fingerprinting” to trace the source of the strain, and other microbes responsible for epidemics or poisonings. And then, there’s a secret “diamond farm” that engineers arti... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517367 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:23:10 +0100 2517367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1879924&cid=t_149324_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FwYAcF8axAd4%2F Anecdotally, you may have heard of people with autism who are gifted or talented in the arts, music or math. Now researchers have actually found evidence that autism is associated with intellectual skills. The finding has emerged from a study of autism among 378 Cambridge University students, which found the condition was up to seven times more common among mathematicians than students in other disciplines. It was also five times more common in the siblings of mathematicians. No gene has actually been associated, and that’s the next step, but the incidence among family members may suggest some genetic component. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the autism research centre at Cambridge and lead scientist of the study remarked to the Times Online that the responsible genes co... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1879924 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:08:58 +0100 1879924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331525&cid=t_149324_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F259236702%2F The doctor who triggered an international health scare over the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine will take the stand at the General Medical Council in the UK an attempt to save his professional reputation, The Independent reports. Ten years after Andrew Wakefield’s paper linking the MMR vaccine with bowel disease and autism appeared in The Lancet, he will defend the research, which is said to have done more damage than anything published in a scientific journal in living memory, the paper writes. Scores of parents who are convinced that the vaccine caused autism in their children will demonstrate in his support outside GMC’s headquarters in London, where the case is being heard, as they did when the hearing opened last July. They claim he is the victim of ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331525 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:21:12 +0100 1331525