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Dynamic infant–parent affect coupling during the face-to-face/still-face.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined dynamic infant–parent affect coupling using the Face-to-Face/Still-Face (FFSF). The sample included 20 infants whose older siblings had been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD-sibs) and 18 infants with comparison siblings (COMP-sibs). A series of mixed effects bivariate autoregressive models was used to represent the self-regulation and interactive dynamics of infants and parents during the FFSF. Significant bidirectional affective coupling was found between infants and parents, with infant-to-parent coupling being more prominent than parent-to-infant coupling. Further analysis of within-dyad dynam...
Source: Emotion - February 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chow, Sy-Miin; Haltigan, John D.; Messinger, Daniel S. Source Type: journals

A de novo 1p34.2 microdeletion identifies the synaptic vesicle gene RIMS3 as a novel candidate for autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions This case report and mutation screening data suggest that RIMS3 is an autism causative or contributory gene. Functional studies of RIMS3 variants such as p.E177A should provide additional insight into the role of synaptic proteins in the pathophysiology of autism. (Source: Journal of Medical Genetics)
Source: Journal of Medical Genetics - February 9, 2010 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Kumar, R. A, Sudi, J., Babatz, T. D, Brune, C. W, Oswald, D., Yen, M., Nowak, N. J, Cook, E. H, Christian, S. L, Dobyns, W. B Tags: Epidemiology Original article Source Type: journals

Brain area responsible for fear of losing moneyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Neuroresearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brainthe amygdala. The finding, described in the latest online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers insight into economic behavior, and also into the role of the brain's amygdalae, two almond-shaped clusters of tissue located in the medial temporal lobes. The amygdala registers rapid emotional reactions and is implicated in depression, anxiety, and autism........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - February 9, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Video: Older Women and AutismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton discussed a new study that showed older women are more likely to have autistic children. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 9, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Autism Risk Higher When Mother Is Older, StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers who studied records of all births occurring in California in the 1990s found that the risk of having a child with autism was significantly higher when the mother was older, regardless of the father's age, except when the mother was younger, the risk was also higher if the father were older. The study was the work of researchers from the University of California (UC), Davis, and you can read about in a report published in the 8 February Early View issue of the journal Autism Research... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 9, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: autism Source Type: news

Autism Risk Higher When Mother Is Older, StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Researchers who studied records of all births occurring in California in the 1990s found that the risk of having a child with autism was significantly higher when the mother was older, regardless of the father's age, except when the mother was younger, the risk was also higher if the father were older... (Source: Fertility News From Medical News Today)
Source: Fertility News From Medical News Today - February 9, 2010 Category: OBGYN Tags: autism Source Type: news

Study links mother's age to child's risk of autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Moms over 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism, according to the analysis of California births. The study finds that in most cases, the father's age plays little role. Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as those under 25, but it is unlikely that delayed parenthood plays a big role in the current autism epidemic, California researchers reported Monday. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - February 9, 2010 Category: Science Source Type: news

Autism risk rises 50% for older mothers, say scientistsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A major study found the risk is 50 per cent higher for mothers aged 40 than for a woman in her late 20s. But the father's age has far less impact. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 9, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sweet: We'll Wait for Our RewardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New medical findings on blood sugar and the perception of rewards; autism; arthritis; weight loss; ear infections; nicotine patches; diabetes and kidney damage. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 9, 2010 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism riskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Reports on autism and parental age have yielded conflicting results on whether mothers, fathers, or both, contribute to increased risk. We analyzed restricted strata of parental age in a 10-year California birth cohort to determine the independent or dependent effect from each parent. Autism cases from California Department of Developmental Services records were linked to State birth files (1990-1999). Only singleton births with complete data on parental age and education were included (n=4,947,935, cases=12,159). In multivariate logistic regression models, advancing maternal age increased risk for autism monotonically reg...
Source: Autism Research - February 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Janie F. Shelton, Daniel J. Tancredi, Irva Hertz-Picciotto Source Type: journals

Autism Spectrum Disorders (Pervasive Developmental Disorders) - Medications Used in TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), also known as Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs), cause severe and pervasive impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others. These disorders are usually first diagnosed in early childhood and range from a severe form, called autistic disorder, through pervasive development disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS), to a much milder form, Asperger syndrome. They also include two rare disorders, Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder. (Source: About.com Mental Health)
Source: About.com Mental Health - February 9, 2010 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: consumer

Video: Parent's Age: Factor in Autism?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As autism concerns continue to grow, studies show that older parents are more likely to have autistic children. As Dr. Jon LaPook reports, this may be an important clue in finding the cause of autism. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study Links Child's Autism Risk To Mother's AgeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found. (Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire)
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Higher Blood Sugar Boosts Perceived Value of RewardsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New medical findings on blood sugar and the perception of rewards; autism; arthritis; weight loss; ear infections; nicotine patches; diabetes and kidney damage. (Source: WSJ.com: Health)
Source: WSJ.com: Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: FREE Source Type: news

Age of mother affects child's autism risk: studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being an older mother significantly increases the risk of having a child with autism, but being an older father only increases the risk when the mother is under the age of 30, U.S. researchers said on Monday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Both Parents’ Ages Linked to Autism RiskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study of almost five million births in California found that the chance of having autistic children increased with older parents. (Source: NYT > Health)
Source: NYT > Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By RONI CARYN RABIN Tags: autism Parenting Research Medicine and Health Source Type: news

Autism linked to older momsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increases as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than five million births found. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Autism Risk Rises With Mother's AgeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Regardless of the father's age, a child's risk of autism rises with the age of the child's mother. Moms 40 and older are 77% more likely to have a child with autism, compared to mothers under age 25. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Autism, Older Parents Link DetailedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mothers Older Than 40 Are 50 Percent More Likely to Have Autistic Child, but Overall Risk is Still Low (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Older Moms More Apt to Have Autistic ChildEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dad's age didn't matter unless father was older, mom much younger, study found Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Topic: Autism (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Increased autism risk in kids born to older moms: studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study says a woman's chance of having a child with autism increases as she ages. It also says the risk may be less with older dads than previously thought. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Older Moms More Likely To Have Autistic Kids?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births finds. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: WDSU.com Source Type: news

Study: Older moms' kids have higher autism riskEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A 10-year study examining 4.9 million births in the 1990s has found more evidence that there's a link between autism and the mother's age at conception. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 8, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study: Moms over 40 nearly twice as likely to have autistic childrenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study of California births finds that in most cases, the father's age plays little role in the likelihood of the disorder. Women who give birth after age 40 are nearly twice as likely to have a child with autism as those under 25, California researchers reported Monday. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - February 8, 2010 Category: Science Source Type: news

Autism Risk Linked to Maternal Age (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Older women are more likely to give birth to a child who develops autism than younger women, but the father's age is a factor only when moms are younger, a large case-control study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - February 8, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news

Autism Risk Linked to Maternal Age (CME/CE, with audio)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Older women are more likely to give birth to a child who develops autism than younger women, but the father's age is a factor only when moms are younger, a large case-control study showed. (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - February 8, 2010 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

UC Davis study confirms link between advanced maternal age and autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(University of California - Davis - Health System) Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s by UC Davis Health System researchers. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 8, 2010 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Link between advanced maternal age and autism confirmedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California during the 1990s. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 8, 2010 Category: Science Source Type: news

Autism Speaks presents the top ten autism research findings of 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Autism Speaks) Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization has released its annual list of the 10 most significant research achievements to have impacted autism during the previous year, documenting progress towards the discovery of the causes and treatment for autism spectrum disorders. In 2009 clinical and epidemiological research together with advances in gene discovery and effective treatments combine to shape the future of autism research for 2010 and beyond. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 8, 2010 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Science Weekly: The future of human spaceflightEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
President Obama's latest budget proposals mean Nasa doesn't have enough money to go back to the moon. Kevin Fong from University College London discusses what this means for manned space travel. In the newsjam we look at how doctors communicated with a man in a vegetative state, how protesters survived a homeopathy overdose, reaction times in gunfights, and why running is good for the brain. Following a ruling from the General Medical Council against Dr Andrew Wakefield, the Lancet has retracted his paper on links between the MMR jab and autism. But is this really the end of the controversy? The Observer's science and tech...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 8, 2010 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha, Andy Duckworth, Robin McKie, Ian Sample, Kevin Fong Tags: Science MMR autism Andrew Wakefield Nasa Barack Obama Medical research Health guardian.co.uk News Source Type: news

Parenting stress and coping styles in mothers and fathers of pre-school children with autism and Down syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions The results indicated a higher level of stress in parents of children with autism. Additionally, an interaction effect was revealed between child diagnostic group and parent's gender for two scales of parenting stress: dependency and management and limits of family opportunities. Mothers of children with autism scored higher than fathers in parental stress; no such differences were found in the group of parents of children with Down syndrome and typically developing children. It was also found that parents of children with autism differed from parents of typically developing children in social diversion coping...
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research - February 8, 2010 Category: Disability Authors: A. Dabrowska, E. Pisula Source Type: journals

Expressive language in male adolescents with fragile X syndrome with and without comorbid autismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions These findings contribute to existing research on the behavioural profiles of individuals with FXS or FXS with autism who have low cognitive abilities. Although individuals with comorbid FXS and autism may be, as a group, more impaired than those with only FXS, data from this small sample of males with comorbid FXS and autism with low IQs suggest that their relative strengths and weaknesses in spontaneous expressive language are largely comparable and not differentially affected by the context in which their talk occurs. (Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research)
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research - February 8, 2010 Category: Disability Authors: S. T. Kover, L. Abbeduto Source Type: journals

Scientist: Autism Paper Had Catastrophic EffectsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The prestigious British medical journal Lancet took a rare step this week: It retracted a 1998 paper that sparked a firestorm about potential links between vaccines and autism. That paper has been a bane to Dr. Paul Offit, co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine and chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. Offit tells host Guy Raz why he thinks the paper was a disaster for parents seeking answers about autism.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 7, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health headlines: Industrial chemicals as dietary supplements, growth hormone therapy and school lunch safetyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Other stories we’ve been reading: Adolescents taking a certain anti-psychotic drugs are at an increased risk for diabetes. An industrial chemical is being sold as a dietary supplement for autism treatment. Diabetes drugs are helping dieting teens lose weight. [Read Minnie’s story about living with Type 2 diabetes.] Loving foster homes improves children’s attention and impulsivity. Girls with ADHD are more likely to develop other mental health risks. Obese boys are more likely to begin puberty later in life. A Girl Scouts’ survey found that the fashion industry pressures girls to be thin. [Read about unrealistic...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - February 6, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Children's Hospital Boston staff Tags: All posts adhd anti-psychotic drugs autism backpacks bicycling dietary supplement dieting fashion industry foster children foster homes growth hormone therapy health headlines hiv media images mental health pregnancy preg Source Type: organizations

Andrew Wakefield, Scientific Censorship, and Fourteen Monkeys; A statement by Jenny McCarthy and Jim CarreyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) When it comes to vaccines, Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey get it. They see how the pharma industry is engineering a campaign to silence Dr. Andrew Wakefield in order to suppress the publication of startling new evidence linking vaccines to severe neurological damage.At great risk to their professional careers, Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey have found the courage to dare to tell the truth about vaccines and autism. Despite the vicious attacks by the pro-vaccine zealots who will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who challenges conventional vaccine mythology, McCarthy and Carrey have issued a powerful, inspired s...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 6, 2010 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Lancet Retracts Vaccine-Autism Study, but Debate Goes OnEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
With the Lancet's formal retraction of a flawed study linking childhood vaccines and autism, the question is whether the vaccine theory of autism may finally be put to rest (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - February 5, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info

Temple Grandin: The Woman Who Talks to AnimalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Temple Grandin is one of the world's greatest animal behaviorists. She is also autistic — and has put that to work for her. Grandin has written several books on animals, including Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior. This weekend, HBO will premiere a made-for-TV movie based on her life.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - February 5, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Association of Syndromic Mental Retardation and Autism with 22q11.2 DuplicationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We describe a 5.3-year-old girl with autism, mental retardation, hypotonia, marked speech delay, and mild dysmorphic features with a 22q11.2 duplication. Her mother carries the same duplication and presents cleft palate, and normal intelligence. The clinical and behavioural phenotype of this relatively new syndrome is very heterogeneous, with high variability also in the familiar cases. Up till now, about 50 cases of 22q11.2 duplication have been reported, but only three of them are associated with autistic disorders. We propose that in addition to 22q13.3 deletion syndrome, also 22q11.2 duplication should be suspected in ...
Source: Neuropediatrics - February 5, 2010 Category: Neurology Tags: Short Communication Source Type: journals

Brain Development And Toxic ChemicalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI) released the first-ever biomonitoring report identifying toxic chemical pollution in people from the learning and developmental disability community. Mind, Disrupted: How toxic chemicals may affect how we think and who we are examines 61 toxic chemicals present in project participants in the context of rising rates of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other learning and developmental disabilities... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 5, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

The Lancet retraction of vaccine autism paper condemned as Big Pharma conspiracy to discredit Dr. WakefieldEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) When I saw The Lancet's recent retraction of Dr. Wakefield's famous paper linking vaccines to autism, I couldn't help thinking back to 1989 when Fleischmann and Pons were widely attacked and discredit over their demonstration of cold fusion technology. These two brilliant physicists had accomplished the seemingly impossible: They had caused fusion to take place at low temperatures, producing both excess heat energy as well as the helium artifacts proving that low-energy nuclear reactions had taken place.The conventional physics community went berserk. They attacked Fleischmann and Pons relentlessly, attemptin...
Source: NaturalNews.com - February 5, 2010 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Potocki-Shaffer syndrome: Comprehensive clinical assessment, review of the literature, and proposals for medical managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, six patients with the Potocki-Shaffer syndrome were identified and evaluated using a multidisciplinary protocol that included assessments by a geneticist, ophthalmologist, otolaryngologist, orthopedist, nephrologist, audiologist, and neuropsychologist. Diagnostic studies included skeletal survey, magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, renal ultrasound, complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, thyroid studies, and urinalysis. Using array comparative genomic hybridization, we further characterized the deletion in five of these patients. The results of these evaluations were combined with a compre...
Source: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A - February 5, 2010 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Daniel T. Swarr, Douglas Bloom, Richard Alan Lewis, Ewa Elenberg, Ellen M. Friedman, Caron Glotzbach, Scott D. Wissman, Lisa G. Shaffer, Lorraine Potocki Source Type: journals

Autism parents haunted by question: Why?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The retraction of a controversial study that suggested a link between autism and a childhood vaccine has been little comfort to some parents. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 4, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Health Buzz: Doctors Communicate With Some Patients in Vegetative StateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Autism causes remain elusive; what to eat to feel happier. (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - February 4, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: consumer

Study Linking Autism And Vaccines Is Retracted By Medical JournalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Los Angeles Times: "Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal the Lancet purporting that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism, the journal on Tuesday formally retracted the paper. ... the U.K. General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel concluded that [Dr... (Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today)
Source: Pediatrics News From Medical News Today - February 4, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Tags: autism Source Type: news

Study Linking Autism And Vaccines Is Retracted By Medical JournalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Los Angeles Times: "Twelve years after Dr. Andrew Wakefield published his research in the international medical journal the Lancet purporting that the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine causes autism, the journal on Tuesday formally retracted the paper. ... the U.K. General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel concluded that [Dr. Andrew] Wakefield had provided false information in the report and acted with 'callous disregard' for the [12] children in the study. ... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: autism Source Type: news

Expert Comments On Lancet Retracting Major Autism StudyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rae Sonnenmeier, clinical associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at the University of New Hampshire and staff member at UNH's Institute on Disability, is available to discuss the announcement yesterday (Feb. 2, 2010) by the medical journal The Lancet regarding the retraction of a paper that caused a 12-year international battle over the links between the three-in-one childhood vaccine MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and autism. "Many families have refused to have their children vaccinated because of the concern that the vaccines were not safe... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 4, 2010 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: autism Source Type: news

Mealtime a Challenge for Some With AutismEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Title: Mealtime a Challenge for Some With AutismCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/3/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/4/2010 (Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General)
Source: MedicineNet Kids Health General - February 4, 2010 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: consumer

Dispatch: Lancet Lanced, Homeopathy Deluded, Flu FleesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ACSH& #39;s Dr. Elizabeth Whelan has an editorial commentary in today& #39;s New York Post about The Lancet& #39;s retraction of Dr. Wakefield& #39;s 1998 paper linking the MMR vaccine to autism... (Source: Health Facts and Fears)
Source: Health Facts and Fears - February 4, 2010 Category: Consumer Health Advice Tags: Blogs Source Type: organizations

Exploring the Relation Between Prenatal and Neonatal Complications and Later Autistic-Like Features in a Representative Community Sample of TwinsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prenatal and neonatal events were reported by parents of 13,690 eighteen-month-old twins enrolled in the Twins Early Development Study, a representative community sample born in England and Wales. At ages 7[ndash]8, parents and teachers completed questionnaires on social and nonsocial autistic-like features and parents completed the Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test. Correlations between prenatal and neonatal events and autistic-like features were weak, both in the whole sample (r = .00[ndash].07) and at the 5% quantitative extreme (phenotypic group correlations = .01[ndash].11), after controlling for socioeconomic status a...
Source: Child Development - February 4, 2010 Category: Child Development Authors: Angelica Ronald, Francesca Happé, Katharina Dworzynski, Patrick Bolton, Robert Plomin Tags: SPECIAL SECTION EMPIRICAL ARTICLES Source Type: journals