 |
ABC 7 Medical: Autism Rally - TODAY HUNDREDS OF
MOMS AND DADS AND THEIR -AUTISTIC CHILDREN RALLIED ON CAPITOL HILL. THEY SAY
THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCEALING THE TRUTH ABOUT THIMEROSAL IN VACCINES AND
AUTISM. THE CDC (website - news) AND LEADING SCIENTISTS SAY THERE IS NO
SCIENTIFIC PROOF AND ACCUSE THE PARENTS OF BEING ANTI-VACCINE. MEDICAL
REPORTER KATHY FOWLER JOINS WITH THIS STORY. Kathy Fowler on set: THE FAMILES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO CAME TO WASHINGTON SAY THEY ARE NOT
ANTI-VACCINE. THEY JUST WANT MERCURY THAT'S USED AS A PRESERVATIVE REMOVED
FROM "ALL" VACCINES TO MAKE THEM SAFER. Story: "No more lies, no more lies,
no more lies" HUNDREDS OF PARENTS AND THEIR AUTISTIC CHILDREN RELEASED YEARS
OF FRUSTRATION AND ANGER IN A RALLY THAT BEGAN OUTSIDE THE HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES BUILDING THIS MORNING THEN MOVED ON TO CAPITOL HILL. Lujene Clark -
President of No Mercury : "No mess with mamas... "
|
|
A Case for Neurobiological Work-up in Autism - Glenn
Vatter |
| A
Comment on Honomichl R. D. et al. (2002). Sleep patterns of children with
pervasive developmental disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, / Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Amanda L.
Richdale - 2/2004  |
|
A Cognitive Theory of Pretense - by
Shaun Nichols, Department of Philosophy,
College of Charleston and Stephen Stich, Department of Philosophy and
Center for Cognitive Science, Rutgers University |
| An Exciting Way to
Raise Kids' IQs
- Quick! Sign your children up for
weekly piano or voice lessons, and in
the space of just nine months their
IQs may very well be higher. |
|
Increase in autism 'due to problems with births' - "A
LANDMARK study has found evidence linking the growing number of autism cases
among Irish children to problems at birth.
The research, conducted by Dr Alvaro Ramirez, a Nicaraguan doctor based in
Ireland, claims that the rising rate of autism is linked to a susceptibility
to infection among children who experience birth traumas either through
difficult deliveries or induced births," by
The Irish Independent |
|
A
preliminary study of individuals with autistic spectrum disorders in three
special hospitals in England by Dougal Julian Hare - Clinical
Psychologist, NAS; Judith Gould - Clinical Director, NAS; Richard Mills -
Director - NAS Services, and Lorna Wing - Consultant Psychiatrist, NAS.
*This work was carried out when working for the National Autistic Society
at the Centre for Social and Communication Disorders, Elliot House,
Bromley, Kent. |
| ABILITIES REQUIRED
FOR SUCCESS IN SCHOOL DON’T DIFFER GREATLY FROM THOSE |
|
About Asperger's syndrome -
Asperger’s Syndrome is a neurobiological
disorder in the autism spectrum. The name Asperger’s syndrome comes from the
psychiatrist Hans Asperger’s paper written in 1944. The term is used to
describe certain patients who have never been easy to classify but who seem
to constitute a recognizable type of autistic individual. The discovery of
autism was credited to Leo Kanner in 1943. Kanner was an Austrian who
immigrated to the United States in 1924. Asperger, also an Austrian,
remained in Vienna. They both worked independently and by coincidence
described the same type of disturbed child and used the term autism.
Source : Health Section ExpressNewsline.com |
|
Adding a chromosome may
treat disease by
NewScientist.com |
|
Advanced Scanning Being Used for Autism by By LAURAN NEERGAARD |
|
Aerobics
for the brain
-
30 minutes of customized
mental calisthenics help
students overcome
theirlearning
disabilities at a new
Toronto private school.
LUMA MUHTADIE reports by
LUMA MUHTADIE |
|
AMA joins
Chicago physicians to urge medical liability reforms REQUIRED IN THE REAL
WORLD - APA Press Release |
|
Academic Performance, Career Potential, Creativity, and Job Performance:
Can One Construct Predict Them All? by Nathan R. Kuncel and Sarah A.
Hezlett & Deniz S. Ones Calambrone, Pisa, Italy |
|
Addiction Mechanism Regulates Bonding In Monogamous Animals by Science A
Go Go |
|
Advances in diagnosis and
treatment of autism,
Alzheimer's, epilepsy, fetal
brain imaging -
Neuroscience and radiology
professionals from around the
globe demonstrate how imaging
technology is key to best
practices in medicine by
ErurekAlert |
|
An Introduction to the Medical Aspects of Autism |
|
Antidepressants for Bipolar Depression: A Systematic Review of
Randomized, Controlled Trials - "OBJECTIVE: This
study reviewed the evidence from randomized, controlled trials on the
efficacy and safety of antidepressants in the short-term treatment of
bipolar depression," by
Harm J. Gijsman, Ph.D., M.R.C.Psych., John R. Geddes, M.D.,
F.R.C.Psych., Jennifer M. Rendell, M.A., Willem A.
Nolen, Ph.D., Guy M. Goodwin, D.Phil.,
F.R.C.Psych. [ Am J Psychiatry
161:1537-1547, September 2004] |
|
Asperger syndrome: a clinical account by Lorna Wing, from the MRC Social
Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London |
|
Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism: Research Concerns and
Emerging Foci - Journal
Article
|
|
Asperger syndrome
from childhood into adulthood by Dr.Tom Berney / Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment (2004) |
|
Asperger's Syndrome: Guidelines for Assessment and Diagnosis, Ami Klin,
Ph.D. & Fred Volkmar, M.D. |
|
Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism: Research
Concerns...Psychopharmacology in Autism Spectrum
|
|
Autism antibodies are not genetically
determined, as parents do not exhibit
them by News-Medical in Medical
Research News |
|
Autism Associations shows CDC and FDA to be negligent - National
Autism Association announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control
(CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and some pharmaceutical
companies have become a target for investigation in Miscellaneous News |
|
Autism - Brain areas
Grow too Fast by About.com |
|
Autism antibodies are not genetically determined, as parents do not
exhibit them - "Autism produces a widespread range of antibodies that
act against brain tissue and one protein in particular seems to be the
major target of these antibodies claim a group of scientists in the July
issue of the Journal of Neuroimmunology," by Medical Research News |
|
Autism cases exaggerated by
paediatricians by The World
Today |
|
Autism gene discovered - Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
are first to strongly link a specific gene with autism. While earlier
studies have found rare genetic mutations in single families, a study
published in the April issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry is the
first to identify a gene that increases susceptibility to autism in a
broad population in Medical Science News |
|
Autism May Result From Genetic Mish-Mash -
Complex Chains of Genetic Events May
Explain Autism Paradox. Autism results from a complex interplay
between genes and things that affect gene function, a new theory proposes by
Daniel Denoon |
|
Autism Risk - Dr.
Dean's comment: An important point of this study is that if obstetrical
factors are involved in autism than vaccines have nothing to do with it
because vaccines are given many months after birth of the baby. Study
Examines Autism and Obstetric and Perinatal Risk Factors by Dr. Dean Edell |
|
Autism seen as
problem of connections in brains - "The
first major research paper to emerge from the studies, published this month
in the British journal Brain, suggests that different areas of the brains of
autism patients don't work with each other in the coordinated manner
necessary for most high-level thinking," by Byron Spice |
|
Autism Symptoms In Mice Linked
To Vaccine Ingredient: Study
by Health Talk
|
|
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Communication and Language (
PowerPoint Presentation  )
Amy M. Wetherby
Dept. of Communication Disorders
Florida State University
Presented at the AAP National Conference and Exhibition, October 2003
|
| Autism:
A context-based Retardation? - The Aetiological Implications of Latent
Semantic Analysis (LSA). - John R. Skoyles, Centre for
the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics
|
|
Autism and Childhood Bipolar: A short history by Donna Williams
- Autism Today |
|
Autism
and testosterone levels in the womb possible link by Medical News
Today |
| Autism and the Limbic
System |
|
Autism: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment by Gracia T. Hudson, PA-C,
and Diane Dixon, PA-C, MA, MMSc |
|
Autism diagnosis on rise
Doctors say odd behavior
in many kids, adults is
more than a quirk by
Karen Gutierrez |
| Autism in the
United States - A Perspective by Dr. Yazab |
|
Autism Spectrum Disorders Outcome Study - Portland State University
|
|
Autism study to look at lifestyle By
David Derbyshire, Science
Correspondent |
|
Autism's So-Called Epidemic / Summary: The rise in
incidence of autism cases could be due to better diagnostic skills, and not
necessarily an increase in the disorder. - No
one can ignore the rise in autism rates. A 1999 study revealed that numbers
in California had increased 273 percent in the past decade, and studies in
Atlanta and New York City suggest an even more dramatic jump. Whereas
traditional estimates held that 1 in 2,000 children might show signs of
autism, today many experts put the rate at 1 in 500-or even higher, by Erik
Strand |
|
Babies'
sighs reboot brain - "A baby's sweet sighs may do more than endear it to
its parents, an international team of researchers says. Sighs may help reset
regular breathing patterns and help lungs to develop," by Reuters |
|
BBC to screen Dylan's electric shock - The BBC has
unearthed the holy grail of Bob Dylan fanatics - footage of the moment the
revered singer songwriter is branded "Judas" by a hostile 60s audience for
plugging in his electric guitar for the first time - as part of a new
three-hour documentary directed by Martin Scorsese. The programme, several
years in the making, forms the centrepiece of BBC2's autumn schedule
alongside another US co-production, a glossy drama set in ancient Rome that
cost more than £22m. By the BBC/UK |
|
Black Health Week: Autism- Rarely spoken about and often ...
/
Autism is
a developmental condition, which affects 18,800 - BME families in London
alone. With no cure, no definite cause & difficulty diagnosing the
condition, Scharene Pryce speaks to two mothers to hear about their
experiences. |
|
Blame it on testosterone
- WHAT happened to my son? It would be so much easier if the answer were
clearer. Eliot, who is four, has autism, which is a wild card. In Australia,
the estimated 80,000 families affected by the same condition are probably
wondering much the same. Autism, which was first described in 1943 by
Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins University, but which
has surged into the public consciousness only during the past decade, is a
mysterious spectrum of neurological disorders. Among the behaviours most
linked to it are poor or non-existent language and social skills, and a
propensity for repetitive, frequently obsessive behaviour, including
hand-flapping, toe-walking and self-injury, by David Choen |
|
Blunt plans to eliminate First Steps
/ Northland children need First Steps, but may not have the service much
longer, Georgia Ziller, Kansas City-North, said. - First Steps started
with a proposed $27.6 million budget to serve about 7,000 children
statewide this year. Gov. Matt Blunt ordered zero funding. "The
First Steps program was eliminated from the budget," Blunt spokeswoman,
Terri Durdaller, Jefferson City, said. The House
Appropriations-Education Comm-ittee plans to discuss Blunt's proposal this
week. "To be eligible for First Steps, a child needs to have a
diagnosed condition, such as Down's syndrome ... or a 50 percent
developmental delay or atypical development, and that includes autism,"
Ziller said. "The importance of early intervention ... is that once the
window of opportunity closes for brain development, that child's
opportunity for improvement decreases." By Jack "Miles" Ventimiglia,
Editor |
|
Brain activity, including memory-processing, changes in Tourette
syndrome by Washington University School of Medicine |
|
Brain has 'early warning
system' University
College London experts
have shown how the brain
subconsciously remembers
details around past
dangers by BBC News |
|
Brain aging found to
start at 40 - Genes can
begin to fail early By
William J. Cromie
Harvard News Office |
|
Brain-Imaging Study Reveals
How Young Brains Develop
Scientists Say Kids Need To
Keep Using Their Heads by
TheKansasCityChannel.com |
|
Brain tests aid 'neuromarketing'
by Robert S. Boyd |
|
Brain's center of reasoning
and problem solving is among
the last to mature |
|
Brain's Reward Circuitry Revealed in Procrastinating Primates - "Using a
new molecular genetic technique, scientists have turned procrastinating
primates into workaholics by temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain
circuit involved in reward learning. Without the gene, the monkeys
lost their sense of balance between reward and the work required to get it,
say researchers at the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),"
by Kansas City Infozine |
|
Best Treatment of Autism Emerges: Intensive Therapy Widely
Used for Autism
Experts: Help Comes from Simple Behavioral Appproach, not
Diets or Pills by CBS News |
|
Brain areas identified that 'decode' emotions of others New findings
by Queen's psychologists may help in treatment of autism - New
findings by Queen's |
|
Brain Hard-Wired for Empathy: Study by Merritt McKinney |
|
Brain scans
could show source of people's
urges - Info could benefit
obese marketers by Robert S.
Boyd |
|
Brain scan findings 'throw new light on autism' - New Scientist
|
|
Carnegie Mellon neuroscientist
develops tool to image brain function
at the cellular level by Carnegie
Mellon University |
|
Carnegie Mellon and University of
Pittsburgh Scientists Discover
Biological Basis for Autism
|
| Carnsosine
Autism Study by Dr. Chez |
|
Children get splash of dolphin
therapy Patients connect with
creatures in Fla. program
by By Ann M. Henson |
|
Children’s Hospital Receives Education Of VitalStim® Therapy -
Marcy Freed, nationally recognized
speech-language pathologists visited T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital at
Erlanger to visit patients and speak with physicians on the benefits of
VitalStim® Therapy. |
|
Clues to autism’s mysteries
- There comes a point in every great mystery when a confusing set of clues
begins to narrow. For scientists who study autism, that moment may be
near, thanks to a combination of new tools for examining brain anatomy and
of old-fashioned keen observation. Within the last year, several
laboratories have reported finding important new clues about the
mysterious syndrome that derails normal childhood brain development. For
the first time, they say, a coherent picture is emerging. By Sandra
Blakeslee |
|
Cognitive Processing of Own Emotions in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum
Disorder and in Their Relatives by Elisabeth Hill, Sylvie Berthoz, Uta
Frith - 4/2004 |
|
Commentary: Are men and women watching the same game?
- A lot of men and women will watch the Super Bowl next week, some
of them together. It's a perfect opportunity to use humans as lab mice,
which after all is what sports are really good for. While the game's on,
ask yourselves this question: Do men and women see games differently, and
if so, does this mean they have different innate abilities? The
president of Harvard asked a question sort of like this the other day, for
which he was beaten about the head and shoulders with a lot of handbags.
Larry Summers was addressing the question of why women are
underrepresented in the upper ranks of science and engineering, when he
wondered aloud if one of several possible factors might be that they are
genetically different in their aptitudes. I'm going to risk being smacked
with the same handbags, when I tell the following story. By Sally
Jenkins |
|
Comparison Groups in Autism
Family Research: Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and Schizophrenia /
Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Marsha Mailick Seltzer,
Leonard Abbeduto, Marty Wyngaarden Krauss, Jan Greenberg, April Swe - 2/2004
|
|
Clue to autism revealed By Crystal
Ross O'Hara |
|
Current Interventions in Autism-A Brief Analysis
By Polly A.Yarnell, M.Ed. |
|
Columbia Leading Record Autism Study - The past 20 years have seen a
surge in the number of children with autism but few corresponding funding
increases to study the disorder. But thanks to an October 2003 grant, the
Autism Birth Cohort, a joint project of Columbia University and the
Norwegian government, is now one of the largest research studies on autism
in history. The number of children with autism--a chronic neurological
disorder that impairs communication and social interaction--has increased
from approximately one in 1,000 to one in 150, and no one can conclusively
say why, by Liz Fink |
|
Comparing
Rates of Psychiatric and Behavior Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults
with Severe Intellectual Disability with and without Autism by Elspeth A.
Bradley, Jane A. Summers, Hayley L. Wood, Susan E. Bryson - 4/2004
Couple use music to treat autism, dyslexia, other disorders by JENNIFER
KABBANY - Staff Writer |
|
Damaged Genes In Aging
Human Brain Provide
Clues To Cognitive
Decline by Children's
Hospital, Boston |
| Did Asperger’s
Cases Have Asperger Disorder? A Research Note by Judith Miller and
Sally Ozonoff (1997) |
|
Disgust
is good for you, shows study - New Scientist - "The purpose of disgust
has been quantitatively demonstrated for the first time - it is an evolved
response that protects people from disease or harm."
|
| Diseases
of the Mind - Bacteria, viruses and parasites may cause mental illnesses
like depression and perhaps even autism and anorexia by Janet Ginsburg /
Newsweek International |
|
Disorders...Mental Illness and Informed Consent: Seeking an
Empirically...Early Intervention... by Jan Blacher, Bonnie Kraemer, Monica
Schalow |
|
Doctors likely drove Mad George madder, medical sleuths say
- The madness of King George III is legendary. Medical historians, who have
studied the British monarch's many symptoms, believe he likely suffered from
bouts of porphyria. The genetic disorder leads to the faulty synthesis of a
particular protein in blood and can also affect the central nervous system.
But even this modern diagnosis can't fully account for the severity of the
sovereign's bouts of madness. While on the throne from 1760 to 1820, the
King had five major episodes of prolonged and profound mental derangement.
Now sleuths at the University of Kent think they have solved the mystery.
They examined a lock of George's hair and discovered it contains unusually
high levels of the toxic substance arsenic. |
|
Don't Take Away the Rights of Patients Who Are the Victims of Medical
Malpractice! - Letter |
|
Does autism occurs more often in families of physicists, engineers, and
mathematicians? by S. Baron-Cohen, P. Bolton, S. Wheelwright, L. Short, G.
Mead, A. Smith and V. Scahill  |
|
Does DSM-IV Asperger's Disorder Exist? by Susan Dickerson Mayes
[1,2]; Susan L. Calhoun [1]; Dana L. Crites [1] |
|
Does the sleeping brain 'wake up' – if only just a little – with every
snore? by Eureka Alert |
|
Early warnings signs may signal
presence of mild cognitive impairment
by Emory University Health Sciences
Center |
|
Effects
of a Computer-Based Intervention Program on the Communicative Functions of
Children with Autism by Orit E.
Hetzroni, Juman Tannous - 4/2004
|
|
Empathy finding offers autism
hope by BBC News |
|
Engineering and autism: exploring the link further: a reply to Wolff,
Brausberg and Islam by S. Baron-Cohen, S. Wheelwright, C. Stott, P.
Bolton and I. Goodyer |
|
Environmental risks in the development of autism and autism spectrum
disorders - Funding for a new study to find out more about the role of
environmental risks in the development of autism and autism spectrum
disorders (ASD), has been announced by the Medical Research Council (MRC)
in Medical Study News |
|
Epidemiology of Autism in CA |
|
Ethics of boosting brainpower debated by researchers by
Stanford University Medical Center |
|
Expert: Significant results from early
treatment of autistic children by
Peggy Anderson |
|
Experts to throw light on autism
- SPEECH problems and nutrition deficiencies will come under the
spotlight during a series of lectures and workshops to be held in Bahrain
later this month. All events will be conducted by UK experts who
have a background in the treatment of children with autism and other
behavioural and communication difficulties. Topics will include
various areas related to speech pathology and dietary and nutritional
intervention for children with difficulties. By Rebecca Torr |
|
Even a GP can miss
her son's autism / "...If
I had not been a GP I would have probably taken him to the doctor sooner."
- When Dr Sylvia Bond's son
James was slow to speak she worried about his development. She decided to
have his hearing checked, but what the GP of eight years - and practice lead
in child health services with a diploma in child health - did not expect to
hear was that her little boy was autistic, by BBC News |
|
Exploration of Strategies for Facilitating the Reading Comprehension of
High-Functioning Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Irene M.
O'Connor, Perry D. Klein - 4/2004 |
|
Eye Disease May Cause Sleep Disorders by American Academy Of
Ophthalmology |
| EXPOSURE
ANXIETY AS PART OF TOURETTES ? by Donna Williams |
|
First ever population-based study of genetics of autism - PRNewswire
|
|
Florence drug company makes acquisition - "A Florence company that
specializes in developing medicine for children said today it has made an
acquisition that could lead to a new drug for autistic children with
intestinal ailments," by James McNair |
|
Fish on the brain by
Roger Lytollis |
|
FIVE genes can cause you depression!
- Five genes have reportedly been identified as being responsible for
a person's state of depression. Deakin University scientists separated
large families of Israeli sand rats for weeks to monitor their responses to
isolation and examined different aspects of their behaviour, including
grooming, social behaviour, the time they spent in the light or dark and how
much they would explore or simply sit in the corner by Web India 123.com |
|
Framework for systematically incorporating epigenetic information into
traditional genetic studies - "Scientists at Johns Hopkins are calling
for simultaneous evaluation of both genetic and epigenetic information in
the search to understand contributors to such common diseases as cancer,
heart disease and diabetes," by Medical Science News |
|
Further Commentary on the Debate Regarding Increase in Autism in California /
Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Rita S. Eagle / 2-2004
|
|
Gene Boosts Immune Memory - Provides target for increasing vaccine
effectiveness, fighting autoimmune diseases. A key gene required for
the development of immune system memory cells has been identified in what
could lead to more effective vaccines and new treatments for cancer, AIDS
and autoimmune disorders, by Gabe Romain |
|
Genetic Factors in Autism Spectrum Disorders by Beth Rosen Sheidley,
MS, CGC, and Susan E. Folstein, MD |
|
Genetics key to Autism -
There has been a great deal
of speculation about what causes autism in a child. Some reports suggest
vaccines could play a role, but new research disputes this claim. Now a new
report points to genetic factors as the main cause by |
|
Get to Know Your Self
Better by Stacy Lu |
|
High-Tech Tools Reveal Secrets of the
Social Brain by Mark Moran
|
|
Hospital
Translation Rule Challenged - "Several doctors and a group supporting
English as the nation's official language filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a
Clinton-era executive order requiring federally funded hospitals, clinics and
doctors to offer translation services for patients who speak limited English,"
by ABC News |
|
Hug machine for austism -
Autism appears to affect about one of every 500 children. There is a wide
range of ways the disorder can be classified. It can range from a severe
form, which is called autistic disorder, to a milder form, known as Asperger
syndrome. All children with autism demonstrate deficits in social
interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication, and repetitive behaviors or
interests. In addition, they will often have unusual responses to sensory
experiences, such as certain sounds or the way objects look. Each of these
symptoms runs the gamut from mild to severe. They will often show up in each
individual child differently. For instance, a child may have little trouble
learning to read but may exhibit extremely poor social interaction. Each
child will display communication, social, and behavioral patterns that are
individual but fit into the overall diagnosis There is no single best
treatment. By: Ivanhoe Broadcast News |
|
Imaging
Study Reveals Brain Function of Poor Readers Can Improve by
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) |
|
Intestinal hormone secretin should not be used to treat autism
- The intestinal hormone secretin,
considered by some to be a promising drug in the treatment of autism, does
not improve the symptoms and should not be used to treat the disorder,
according to a new review of studies.
After analyzing data from 14 high-quality studies involving 618 patients
with autism disorders, Dr. Katrina Williams of the
Children's Hospital at Westmeade, Sydney,
Australia, and colleagues found no evidence that doses of intravenous
secretin improve the social, behavioral or communication problems associated
with autism. |
|
Ireland to invest €5m for
autism research - "The Minister for Health and Children Mr. Micheal
Martin, T.D. has announced that €5m is being made available for research in
Ireland in the area of autism over the next five years. The National
Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) Autism Genome Project is a large-scale,
international collaborative genetics research project designed to map the
human genome in the search for autism susceptibility genes - the genes
responsible for the inherited risk of autism. This unprecedented endeavour
is the largest research collaboration ever to focus on the genetics of
autism by NewsMedical.net - Press Release |
|
How Brain Gives Special
Resonance To Emotional
Memories by Duke
University |
|
Increased
cases of autism probably due to improved awareness
- Over the past 20 years, there has been speculation about a connection
between immunizations and an increase in autism. However, a study by Mayo
Clinic researchers published in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics
and Adolescent Medicine suggests the increase may be due to improved
awareness, changes in diagnostic criteria and availability of services, not
environmental factors or immunizations. "This study is the first to measure
the incidence -- the occurrence of new cases -- of autism by applying
consistent, contemporary criteria for autism to a specific population over a
long period of time," says William Barbaresi, M.D., a Mayo Clinic
developmental pediatrician and one of the study authors. "In doing so, the
study accounts for improvements in the diagnostic criteria for autism, the
medical community's improved understanding of this disease and changes in
federal special education laws." by Medical News Today |
|
Key to detecting Asperger’s
syndrome, a milder yet
little-understood form of autism,
lies in analyzing infants’
movements by News Medical Alert |
|
Keeping Kenny Cutting-edge treatment
at Doernbecher tries to remove the
cause of seizures from a boy's brain
while preserving his language skills,
perception and personality by Patrik
O'Neil |
|
Lack of brain synchronisation cause for
autism: Study by webindia123.com |
| Lead linked
to schizophrenia by Helen Pearson - Study
hints that prenatal toxins can trigger psychiatric disease.
|
|
Left brain damage may make
people more vulnerable to
infection by John Wiley &
Sons, Inc. |
|
Left side of brain activates speech from birth by University of California
- Los Angeles |
|
Let Courts
Give Closure To Holocaust Victims
-
Simon Rozenkier, a veteran of the Korean War, is suing Bayer and Schering for
complicity in medical experiments performed on him by the Nazis. 12/2003 |
|
Long Trip for Psychedelic Drugs - Psychedelic drugs are inching their
way slowly but surely toward prescription status in the United States,
thanks to a group of persistent scientists who believe drugs like ecstasy
and psilocybin can help people with terminal cancer, obsessive-compulsive
disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, to name just a few. The Heffter
Research Institute, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic
Studies and others have managed to persuade the Food and Drug Administration
to approve a handful of clinical trials using psychedelics. The movement
seems to be gaining ground in recent years. Since 2001, the FDA and the Drug
Enforcement Administration have given the go-ahead to three clinical trials
testing psychedelics on symptomatic patients, and several more are on deck
by Kristen Philipkoski |
|
Many
Kids with Cancer Take Supplements - Doctors Not Told - Many children
with chronic medical conditions such as cancer and cystic fibrosis may be
taking dietary supplements that are not part of their prescribed treatment,
a new survey shows.
The study authors say this is worrisome, because the safety of many
supplements -- particularly when taken along with standard medications -- is
unclear, by Amy Norton |
|
Marijuana-like Chemicals in the Brain Calm Neurons, Say Stanford - From
the munchies to the giggles to paranoia, smoking marijuana causes widespread
changes in the brain. Now researchers at Stanford University School of
Medicine are a step closer to understanding how the drug's active
ingredients -- tetrahydrocannabinol and related compounds, called
cannabinoids -- may exert their effects. / Business Wire (press release) |
|
Matching Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Comparison
Children for Language Ability: Methodological Challenges / Special
Issue: Research Methodology—Matching
Tony Charman - 2/2004 |
|
Matching Procedures in Autism Research: Evidence from Meta-Analytic Studies /
Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Michal Shaked, Nurit
Yirmiya - 2/2004 |
|
Matching Strategies in Cognitive Research with Individuals with
High-Functioning Autism: Current Practices, Instrument Biases, and
Recommendations / Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by
Laurent Mottron - 2/2004 |
|
Medical Bias
- Medical Journal Editorial Bias Deceives Doctors, Leads
to Bad Medicine. This political bias ... is
forcing the dedicated practitioner into becoming little more than a
vaccine-toll booth operator." - by Mark Blaxill, director of SafeMinds -
Press Release |
|
MEDICAL EXPERTS FACING
SCRUTINY by Exeter |
|
MGH
study details brain changes in autism, language disorder - Using
advanced imaging technology, a research team based at Massachusetts
General Hospital has identified specific portions of the brain's white
matter that are abnormally large in children with autism and developmental
language disorder. |
|
Mind-boggling therapy -
Innovative
`intervention' treatment
really helps autistic
children, some say by
Kim Crawford |
|
Mindreading and the Core Architecture of Moral Psychology by Shaun
Nichols, Department of Philosophy. College of Charleston,
Charleston, SC and Center for Cognitive Science Rutgers University
|
|
Ministry through medicine by Kat
Bergeron |
|
MIT reports new insights in visual recognition by
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
Monkeys test 'hardworking gene' -
Scientists in the United States have found a way of turning lazy monkeys
into workaholics using gene therapy by Richard Black BBC News |
|
MRI Movie Maps Brain
Development by Scientific
America.com |
|
Multicultural Issues in Autism
by Tina Taylor Dyches, Lynn K. Wilder, Richard R. Sudweeks, Festus E. Obiakor,
Bob Algozzine - 2/2004
|
|
Music therapy helps children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- The Conservatorium of Music and the Wellington Branch of Autism New
Zealand successfully trialled a school holiday programme of music
experiences for children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in
Medical Condition News |
|
New genetic model proposed for autism -
Autism, a serious developmental disorder in
children, may arise from a mixture of sources which include a few genes and
alterations in the factors regulating genes (epigenetics) that may be
inherited or occur as a new event, according to researchers from Baylor
College of Medicine in Houston. |
| On
Mosaics and Melting Pots: Conceptual Considerations of Comparison and Matching
Strategies
/ Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Jacob A. Burack, Grace
Iarocci, Tara D. Flanagan, Dermot M. Bowler -2/2004
|
|
Program seeks secrets of autism - Families hope new research can solve
mystery of what causes heartbreaking disease by Jill Tucker |
|
Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug by ANDREW POLLACK
|
| |
