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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... "
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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  |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Adding a chromosome may
treat disease by
NewScientist.com |
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Advanced Scanning Being Used for Autism by By LAURAN NEERGAARD |
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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 |
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AMA joins
Chicago physicians to urge medical liability reforms REQUIRED IN THE REAL
WORLD - APA Press Release |
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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 |
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Addiction Mechanism Regulates Bonding In Monogamous Animals by Science A
Go Go |
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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 |
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An Introduction to the Medical Aspects of Autism |
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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] |
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Asperger syndrome: a clinical account by Lorna Wing, from the MRC Social
Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London |
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Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism: Research Concerns and
Emerging Foci - Journal
Article
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Asperger syndrome
from childhood into adulthood by Dr.Tom Berney / Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment (2004) |
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Asperger's Syndrome: Guidelines for Assessment and Diagnosis, Ami Klin,
Ph.D. & Fred Volkmar, M.D. |
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Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism: Research
Concerns...Psychopharmacology in Autism Spectrum
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Autism antibodies are not genetically
determined, as parents do not exhibit
them by News-Medical in Medical
Research News |
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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 |
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Autism - Brain areas
Grow too Fast by About.com |
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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 |
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Autism cases exaggerated by
paediatricians by The World
Today |
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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 |
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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 |
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Autism Symptoms In Mice Linked
To Vaccine Ingredient: Study
by Health Talk
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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
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| 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
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Autism and Childhood Bipolar: A short history by Donna Williams
- Autism Today |
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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 |
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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 |
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Autism Spectrum Disorders Outcome Study - Portland State University
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Autism study to look at lifestyle By
David Derbyshire, Science
Correspondent |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Brain activity, including memory-processing, changes in Tourette
syndrome by Washington University School of Medicine |
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Brain has 'early warning
system' University
College London experts
have shown how the brain
subconsciously remembers
details around past
dangers by BBC News |
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Brain aging found to
start at 40 - Genes can
begin to fail early By
William J. Cromie
Harvard News Office |
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Brain-Imaging Study Reveals
How Young Brains Develop
Scientists Say Kids Need To
Keep Using Their Heads by
TheKansasCityChannel.com |
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Brain tests aid 'neuromarketing'
by Robert S. Boyd |
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Brain's center of reasoning
and problem solving is among
the last to mature |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Brain Hard-Wired for Empathy: Study by Merritt McKinney |
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Brain scans
could show source of people's
urges - Info could benefit
obese marketers by Robert S.
Boyd |
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Brain scan findings 'throw new light on autism' - New Scientist
|
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Carnegie Mellon neuroscientist
develops tool to image brain function
at the cellular level by Carnegie
Mellon University |
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Carnegie Mellon and University of
Pittsburgh Scientists Discover
Biological Basis for Autism
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| Carnsosine
Autism Study by Dr. Chez |
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Children get splash of dolphin
therapy Patients connect with
creatures in Fla. program
by By Ann M. Henson |
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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. |
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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 |
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Cognitive Processing of Own Emotions in Individuals with Autistic Spectrum
Disorder and in Their Relatives by Elisabeth Hill, Sylvie Berthoz, Uta
Frith - 4/2004 |
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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 |
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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
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Clue to autism revealed By Crystal
Ross O'Hara |
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Current Interventions in Autism-A Brief Analysis
By Polly A.Yarnell, M.Ed. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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."
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| 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 |
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Disorders...Mental Illness and Informed Consent: Seeking an
Empirically...Early Intervention... by Jan Blacher, Bonnie Kraemer, Monica
Schalow |
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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. |
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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] |
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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
|
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
|
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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 |
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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 |
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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) |
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Matching Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Comparison
Children for Language Ability: Methodological Challenges / Special
Issue: Research Methodology—Matching
Tony Charman - 2/2004 |
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Matching Procedures in Autism Research: Evidence from Meta-Analytic Studies /
Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Michal Shaked, Nurit
Yirmiya - 2/2004 |
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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 |
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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 |
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MEDICAL EXPERTS FACING
SCRUTINY by Exeter |
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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. |
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Mind-boggling therapy -
Innovative
`intervention' treatment
really helps autistic
children, some say by
Kim Crawford |
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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
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Ministry through medicine by Kat
Bergeron |
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MIT reports new insights in visual recognition by
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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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 |
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MRI Movie Maps Brain
Development by Scientific
America.com |
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Multicultural Issues in Autism
by Tina Taylor Dyches, Lynn K. Wilder, Richard R. Sudweeks, Festus E. Obiakor,
Bob Algozzine - 2/2004
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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 |
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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
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Program seeks secrets of autism - Families hope new research can solve
mystery of what causes heartbreaking disease by Jill Tucker |
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Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug by ANDREW POLLACK
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Neurological soft signs
found in bipolar I
patients by Medical News
Today |
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Neuropsychological Assessment in Asperger's Syndrome by Barbara
Fowler |
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Neuropsychological profiles of children with Asperger syndrome and autism
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New
approach to interpreting brain electroencephalograms could help
understanding of epilepsy and autism - A team led by University of
California San Diego neurobiologists has developed a new approach to
interpreting brain electroencephalograms, or EEGs, that provides an
unprecedented view of thought in action and has the potential to advance
our understanding of disorders like epilepsy and autism in Medical Science
News |
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New Brain Fitness Device Help Children
with Learning Disabilities by
eMediaWire - Press Release |
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New insights into the
way the brain blends and
balances information
from different senses by
News-Medical.Net
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New
medical imaging research helps diagnosis fetal brain abnormalities,
epilepsy and autism - The world's leading neuroscience and radiology
experts today shared new research and technological developments in
medical imaging that facilitate diagnosis and breakthrough treatments of
fetal brain abnormalities, epilepsy and cognitive disorders such as autism
and Alzheimer's in Medical Device News |
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No Easy Autism Answers / Treatments of the Disorder Raise More
Questions by ABC News |
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Nuturing Intelligence By Pang Hin Yue |
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On Psychiatry and
Child Protective Services in the United States: Child Abuse is Child
Protection is Mental Health Treatment is Drugging Children by
Fred Baughman, Jr., MD and John Breeding, PhD
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One dose of 'designer' gene therapy may target specific
body area
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| Outcome research in
Asperger syndrome and autism by Tsatsanis KD
Full Text |
PDF |
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Pain may start in the brain - Medically unexplained pain, such as lower
back pain, might begin in the brain and was not simply imagined by the
sufferer. Thousands of people in the UK are believed to suffer pain in
different parts of the body which, despite numerous tests and often costly
investigations, cannot be explained by doctors by One News |
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Parents try save First Steps program
- The largest hearing room used by the Missouri House could not contain
all the parents and children who flocked to the Capitol Wednesday to try
to rescue the First Steps early childhood program. And on a day when
Gov. Matt Blunt repeated his promise that disabled infants and toddlers
would continue receiving services without the First Steps program, many
parents could not contain their frustration. Doug Riggs, who
traveled from his home in Kirkwood with his son, told lawmakers that Blunt
has hacked away the program without thinking through how more than 8,000
children will get the services they need. "If our governor has a plan for
offering" those services, he said, "then by all means show us the plan.
And in the meantime don't allow a single dollar to be cut from the First
Steps program." By Mathew Franck |
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Part of Brain That Extinguishes Fears Found - "The areas of the brain
involved in learning fears have been known, but new research now identifies
the areas involved in extinguishing those fears. "We have been able to
identify neural circuits of extinction learning in humans," said study
author Elizabeth Phelps, an associate professor of psychology and neural
science from New York University. "This is important, because extinction is
a model we can use to look at how we get rid of fears we have learned," by
Steven Reinberg |
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Pediatric experts answer parents' queries - What's a parent to do when
a preschooler stiffens and screams at the mere mention of the "potty"?
Is your infant sleeping too much or too little? What diets are safe for
chubby children? Calls to the 16th annual Seattle Times Pediatric Hotline
on Wednesday showed that moms and dads are as concerned — and confused —
as ever. More than 500 parents, grandparents and other worried
relatives called or e-mailed for advice from 26 pediatricians and
adolescent-medicine specialists from the Washington chapter of the
American Academy of Pediatrics. More than 350 were able to get their
questions answered. By the Seattle Times |
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Pediatric Plight - In the 1800s, before many physicians specialized in
treating children, mothers were doctors to their families. In the 1950s, a
quarter-century after pediatricians formed their own professional
organization, Dr. Benjamin Spock was the guru parents turned to for advice.
But the modern pediatrician has heavy competition. By Kate Shatzkin |
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Performance on
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery Subtests Sensitive to
Frontal Lobe Function in People with Autistic Disorder: Evidence from the
Collaborative Programs of Excellence in Autism Network by Sally Ozonoff,
Ian Cook, Hilary Coon, Geraldine Dawson, Robert M. Joseph, Ami Klin, William
M. McMahon, Nancy Minshew, Jeffrey A. Munson, Bruce F. Pennington, Sally J.
Rogers, M. Anne Spence, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Fred R. Volkmar, Debora Wrathall
4/2004
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Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Asperger Syndromeby James Brasic, MD of
Johns Hopkins |
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Physician offers controversial autism treatment -
Diagnosing autism is a lot like ordering from a menu in a Chinese
restaurant, says Thomas Sult, a family practice physician at Williams
Integracare Clinic. "You take three symptoms from column A, four from column
B," he said, echoing the way one selects a combination plate. "A few
different combinations can be autism. t's that amalgamation of symptoms that
make autism difficult to treat effectively, he said. Sult has found some
success in treating autistic children with chelation, the process of
removing heavy metals such as mercury and lead from the body. There is
speculation that heavy metals cause symptoms associated with autism, Sult
said. By Benjamin Malakoff |
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Premature babies 'need advocates' - A charity has
called for independent advocates to be appointed in hospitals to act in
premature babies' interests. Scope, which represents people with cerebral
palsy, fears some babies are being denied life-saving treatment. It says
doctors and parents may be using statistics on the chances of extremely
premature babies developing a disability to withdraw care from them. Doctors
said Scope's proposals would be unworkable because of the speed with which
decisions often had to be made. Recent research suggested babies born
extremely prematurely have an almost 50% chance of developing a moderate to
severe disability. By
Matthew Chapman / BBC News |
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Psychopharmacology: Disability Law and the Administration of Psychotropic
Medication in the School Setting by James F. Luebbert, M.D., Richard P.
Malone, M.D. and Len Rieser, J.D. |
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PICT's 'Travesties' is
good exercise for your
brain by Alice T. Carver |
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Pills and kids may not mix
Anxiety over SSRIs. Five
Canadian deaths could be among
100 adverse reactions
involving children by Sharon
Kirkey |
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Plot to axe allowances for 35,000 carers of disabled - ""One
of the qualifications relates to people with Asperger (whatever that is). I
vaguely recall something a while ago which suggested there is controversy
over whether Asperger should be considered as autism. We should have a
knowledge of this and a line to peddle on Saturday," by
Jonathan Porter and Michael McKinnon |
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Prenatal factors may play a role in autism - new study published
online June 8 in the Nature publication, Molecular Psychiatry, indicates
that postnatal exposure to thimerosal, a mercury preservative commonly
used in a number of childhood vaccines, can lead to the development of
autism-like damage in autoimmune disease susceptible mice in Child Health
News |
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Putting Autistic
Patients at Ease An
editorial supplement to
'Understanding Autism,'
June 2004 JEMS |
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'Quack autism cures must
end' - A new charity
has pledged to stamp out
"quack" interventions
for people with autism
and similar disorders by
BBC News |
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Raising awareness Norwell man lobbies Washington for autism research
by Lisa M. Cataldo |
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Researchers determine genetic cause of Timothy syndrome / Disorder
causes severe cardiac arrhythmias and syndromic autism - "...Timothy
syndrome may also cause a form of autism in those affected, and there is the
possibility that understanding more about the nature of these calcium
channel defects could improve understanding of autism, which affects 200,000
to 400,000 children in the United States. Calcium channels are pore-like
proteins that nestle in cell membranes and control the flow of calcium into
and out of the cell. Calcium is one of the most important signaling
molecules in the body, and perturbing calcium transport can cause a wide
range of disorders," by
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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Researchers Hope Early Diagnosis, Intervention Can Improve Outcomes
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Researchers map mouse
brain sex structures by
the Washington Times |
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Rise in autism 'due to way doctors diagnose behavioural disorders' by the
Sunday Times |
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Role
of environmental risks in the development of autism - Funding for a
new stud |
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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. |
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Secretin not effective for autism- Despite
anecdotal evidence suggesting that secretin is a useful treatment for
autism, the results of a new review do not support a therapeutic role for
this gastrointestinal hormone. The interest in secretin as an autism therapy
began in 1998 when several small studies yielded encouraging results. "Since
then, the use of secretin has become widespread and it is currently being
dispensed in many different forms and in countries where it is not
licensed," lead author Dr. Katrina Williams, from the Children's Hospital in
Westmeade, Australia, said in a statement. By Reuters |
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y to |
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School Problems and
the Family Physician - May 15, 1999 - American Academy of Family
Physicians |
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Science Getting to the Roots of Autism By Kim Painter, special for USA
TODAY |
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Science Gives Hope To Families Facing Autism Nov 19, 2003
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Scientists
Identify Gene Linked to Autism - Scientists Identify Gene That May
Raise Child's Rick of Autism by Twofold or More by the Associated Press |
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Scientists attempt to understand cause of autism by Daniela Lamas
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Scientists find brain areas activated in true versus false memories /
Society for Neuroscience |
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Scientists find parallels between human speech and bird song which gives
clues to human speech disorders - The research by a team led by
Stephanie White, UCLA assistant professor of physiological science,
supports the theory that two genes shared by humans and songbirds, FoxP1
and FoxP2, may play a critical role in human speech, and speech disorders.
The study is published March 31 in the Journal of Neuroscience. |
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Scientists finding direct links between smell, brain and its emotions -
"Specific
odors can trigger a flood of memories. Psychologists call it the "Proustian
phenomenon," after French novelist Marcel Proust. Near the beginning of the
masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time," Proust's narrator dunks a madeleine
cookie into a cup of tea - and the scent and taste unleash a torrent of
childhood memories for 3,000 pages," by ALEXANDRA WITZE |
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Scientists aim to demystify workings of the brain - "If you don’t know
your cerebellum from your hypothalamus, this is the week to find out, as
universities and hospitals throughout Switzerland take part in Brain
Awareness Week," by Roy Roberts |
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Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Autism - Scientists Identify
Gene That May Raise Child's Rick of Autism by Twofold or More by the
Associated Press |
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SCIENTISTS suggest autism involves more than genes
- "While
many researchers believe inheritance of faulty genes is at
autism's root, the new idea suggests that the cause is more
complex. Errors in genes may combine with so-called
"epigenetic" errors, and either may be inherited or occur
for the first time in the affected child, says Dr. Art
Beaudet, a geneticist at Baylor College of Medicine.
Epigenetic errors cause cells to use genes abnormally, but
are distinct from errors in genes themselves," by Sue
Goetinck Ambrose |
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Scientists unlock genetic secrets of Angelman syndrome -
Nearly 40 years after the syndrome was first described to skeptical
doctors, scientists know what causes the rare and devastating
developmental disorder. And by studying it, researchers have stumbled on
new insights into a number of similar genetic diseases, as well as autism
and epilepsy by William Hathaway |
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Scientists use brain
scanning to track the
creative spark BY FAYE
FLAM |
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Shadow
Syndromes: People with Mild Forms of Serious Disorders by John J. Ratey,
M.D. |
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Sheep like smiles say
researchers by BBC News
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Scientists study how the brain remembers, forgets - "After decades of
studying how memory works, scientists are trying to figure out how we
forget," by Robert S. Boyd |
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Stanford Researcher's Findings May Shed Light on Common, Deadly Birth Defect
- "Now for the first time, researchers at the Stanford University
School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco have
provided a powerful example of how one genetic pathway can wend its way
through an emerging "city" of brain structures and facial features,
influencing each phase of development in slightly different ways.
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State Constitution prevents universities' profits - Arizona universities
are
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Stages of Memory described in new study by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center
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Staying mute on men vs. women differences - "...It's hard to
see why it should be offensive to wonder if women and men may be
genetically prone to different strengths and weaknesses. No one would be
howling if Summers had suggested that biology might help explain why men
commit far more homicides than women, or why they die more often in
accidents, or why they are more disposed to autism," by Steve Chapman
 | Comment: Andrew
Sullivan:The
truth about men and women is too hot to handle - "...Is
Summers’s supposition outrageous? Hardly. Scientists are finding out
more and more about the differences between the male and female brains.
One thing that endures across cultures and populations is a male edge at
the very top of the bell curve for spatial and mathematical reasoning.
Ever wonder why boys are more likely to suffer from autism? Some
researchers are investigating whether autism isn’t an extreme case of
this specialisation." |
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Harvard leader's 'provocative' attempt at debate was an inept one -
"..."I disagreed with his remarks (that there might be innate
differences)," says Xie. "I was surprised that he said what he said." At
one point, he said Summers used autism as a defense of his theory --
suggesting scientists once thought autism was caused by social factors
but now recognize it as a genetic or biological condition. |
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Strategies for Conducting Research on Language in Autism / Special Issue:
Research Methodology—Matching by Helen Tager-Flusberg - 2/2004
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| Strategies for
pharmacologic treatment of high functioning autism and Asperger syndrome
by Towbin KE
Full Text |
PDF |
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Study: Brain is atypical in autistic
boys - The research does not reveal
the cause of the anomalies. By Dorsey
Griffith |
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Studies focus on detecting autism early
/ Believing swift
diagnosis aids treatment, experts are refining new techniques to spot a
serious brain ailment. - In an exam room at the Kennedy Krieger
Institute, 2-year-old Lexi Koller makes her way slowly up a set of toy
wooden stairs, holding her arms out for balance. At the top, she stops and
breaks into a wide smile. "Yea! Good girl! You climbed up the mountain!"
says therapist Alison Nelson. Over the next two hours, Lexi chases soap
bubbles, builds towers out of blocks, looks at books, plays with baby
dolls and kicks a soccer ball. The goal of all this activity: To spot the
first signs of autism, the mysterious brain ailment that afflicts more than a
million Americans. By David Kohn |
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Studying a disease, finding clues to others -
"Studying abnormalities on
chromosome 15 also has led scientists to the genetic origin of one form of
autism, long sought by researchers. While genetic causes of most forms of
autism remain elusive, Angelman gave scientists a view about how such links
might work. As many as 3 percent of people with autism also have an Angelman
deletion, but with this twist: They carry an extra chromosome 15, according
to Dr. N. Carolyn Schanen, a geneticist at the University of Delaware. "This
research might be broadened to help understand the molecular underpinnings
of autism," she said," by William Hathaway |
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Studying
Interactions, Reactions, and Perceptions: Can Genetic Disorders Serve as
Behavioral Proxies? / Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching
by Robert M. Hodapp - 2/004 |
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'Super mice' lead science charge - "Local scientists are breeding super
mice in the race to be first to find new treatments for Alzheimer's, stroke,
depression and other brain disorders. Scientists hope the genetically
altered mice will help them discover ways of slowing or halting the onset of
neurological disorders, which affect 75 per cent of Australians at some
stage of their lives," by the Sun Herald |
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Take the AQ Test - Wire Magazine 2001 |
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Target Discovery and PrecisionMed Collaborate to Study Triggers of Autism;
Study to Discriminate between Competing Hypotheses on Mechanism of
Childhood Autism by Business Wire |
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Teachers as Drug
Therapists? - Commentary from The
Monitor's View |
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The Australian Scale for Asperger Syndrome; Garnett and Attwood
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The Brain and the Mind
By: Douglas De Long |
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The Empathy Quotient: An
Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and
Normal Sex Differences by Simon Baron-Cohen and Sally Wheelwright
2/2004
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The Epidemiology of Asperger Syndrome: A Total Population Study - By
Stephan Ehlers and Christopher Gillberg |
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The Groden Center
Uses VivoMetrics LifeShirt System
for Autism
and Developmental Disabilities
Research |
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The impact of autism:
researchers, parents struggle
to understand increase in
cases by Medla Gitt, HCN
MEDLA GOTT |
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The link between autism and skills such as engineering, maths, physics,
and computing; A reply to Jarrold and Routh by Sally Wheelwright & Simon
Baron-Cohen |
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The Pediatrician's Role in the Diagnosis and Management of Autistic Spectrum
Disorder in Children - Primary care physicians have the
opportunity, especially within the context of the medical home, to be the
first point of contact when parents have concerns /
Pediatrics, May 1, 2001 |
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The power of blink-fast judgments
- "...Temporary autism? As he illustrates even more gravely by
citing the 41-bullet shooting of immigrant Amadou Diallo by four New York
City policemen in 1999, the panicky aspect of high-speed decision-making
is dangerous in the extreme. "Blink" even compares this mental state to
temporary autism -- and with his penchant for wildly diverse
illustrations, Gladwell invokes the way an autistic person would watch
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" to prove his point," by Janet Maslin |
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Monogamy gene? - "Humans and their relationships, obviously, are bit
more complex. But the research could have great implications for
individuals with autism or Asperger's Syndrome, disorders that impair
social behavior. "It's conceivable that some defect in some gene would
turn out to be an explanation for some of those syndromes," said Melvin
Konner, a professor of psychology and neurology at Emory who wrote an
article commenting on Young's research," by The Hartford Courant |
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Autistic Disturbances of
Affective Contact by Leo Kanner / published in the journal "Nervous
Child" in 1943 |
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The Age of Autism: Donald T. and Fritz V.
- "They were born within four months of each other, Fritz V. in June of
1933 and Donald T. that September. Fritz was born in Austria, Donald in
Mississippi, but they had a surprising amount in common." What did Leo
Kanner and Hans Asperger's subject's have in common? |
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The silence of the genes
by University of Southern
California |
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The Stanford Health Library has a series of articles on Pervasive
Developmental Disorders |
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The Quiet Epidemic: The Assault on the American Mind - by Ted H Spence,
DDS, ND, PhD/DSc, MH |
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Therapy for autism pays off by
Andy Hobbs |
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They just can't help it. Do you have a male or female brain? by Simon
Baron-Cohen |
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Tilt test spots early Asperger's -
Parents can check whether their baby
is likely to have a form of autism by
doing a simple test of head movement,
say US scientists. |
| To
Match or Not to Match? Methodological Issues in Autism-Related Research /
Special Issue: Research Methodology—Matching by Christopher Jarrold, Jon
Brock - 2/2004 |
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Treatment -
The Alternative |
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Trends in Diagnosis Rates for Autism and ADHD at Hospital Discharge in the
Context of Other Psychiatric Diagnoses -
Concerns have been raised over observed
increases in the number of children who are given a diagnosis of
a neurodevelopmental disorder. The goal of this study was to
examine trends by age and calendar year in the diagnosis of two
of these disorders, autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD), in the context of other psychiatric disorders in
a sample of hospitalized children, by
David S. Mandell, Sc.D.,
William W. Thompson, Ph.D., Eric S. Weintraub, M.P.H.,
Frank DeStefano, M.D., M.P.H. and Michael B. Blank, Ph.D.
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Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug |
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Trickery Lends a Hand to Brain
Discovery - It lets researchers
learn where in the brain people come
to recognize their bodies as their own
By Steven Reinberg |
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U of U to Study
Autism by Ed Yeates |
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Unraveling the Neuropsychological Assessment by Katherine
D. Tsatsanis, Ph.D. and Fred R. Volkmar, M.D.
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UCLA
neurological researcher dies at age 35 - "A
specialist in gene analysis and praised for his friendliness and sense of
humor, Zheng Luo, staff research associate in the UCLA Department of
Neurology, died July 28 of a liver abscess. He was 35," by Daniel Miller |
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University of Washington joins new Autism Treatment Network
to provide better medical services
- Group seeks to develop treatment standards, national database -
Parents who have children with autism often have no place to turn to when
it comes to finding quality treatment for this often still mysterious
developmental disability which is accompanied by a wide variety of medical
problems. That is why six leading medical institutions, including the
Autism Center at the University of Washington, today are joining forces
with physicians and parents to form the nonprofit Autism Treatment
Network. / Press Release |
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Unraveling Autism - Part II. Research Findings and
Directions by Shelley Wu, Ph.D. |
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U.S. Science Policy Swayed by
Politics, Group Says by Reuters |
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Utah kids in autism project -
International genome base: The study
will try to pinpoint the mutation
factors in the hereditary disorder
By Jacob
Santini
|
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Video Can Detect a Form of Autism - "Two University of Florida
researchers have discovered that when it comes to one form of autism, called
Asperger's syndrome, the camera may reveal what even a child's parents fail
to see. Home videos of an infant's movements can be used to detect
Asperger's, a milder yet poorly understood form of autism, years earlier
than the disorder is typically identified, according to Osnat and Philip
Teitelbaum," by Diane Chun |
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Laura Bush: Where the boys are. - The best service a first lady
can give to her country is to draw attention to issues that might
otherwise be dismissed. For Laura Bush, that issue is boys. This is
an notable addition to her otherwise safe and expected causes, such as
literacy. "I think we need to pay a lot more attention to boys," she said
recently, as quoted in last Sunday's Parade magazine. "(We) have this idea
in the United States that boys can take care of themselves. We've raised
them to be totally self-reliant, starting really too early. They need the
nurturing that all humans need. And I think there are a lot of life skills
we teach girls but we don't teach boys. We actually have neglected boys."
By Richard Louv |
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Workshop Teaches Simple Movement
Techniques That Switch on Learning by
eMediaWire |
Some
are the melody, some are the rhythm, some are the harmony