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The antiscience of homeopathy in all its splendour on display with latest autism cure claim
Health Headlines Commentary for April 23, 2018 Source: ‘Outrageous claims’: Canadian homeopaths say diluted vaccines can ‘recover’ kids from autism
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Study result that herpes in pregnancy linked to autism is not reliable
Health Headlines Commentary for March 3, 2017 Source: Study Builds Argument That Infections May Cause Autism Link between herpes in pregnancy and autism is unconfirmed Reference: Mahic M, Mjaaland S, Bøvelstad HM, et al. Maternal Immunoreactivity to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Male Offspring. mSphere. Published online February 22…
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Media reports to the contrary, study does not imply that autism can be treated with a simple pill
Health Headlines Commentary for October 20, 2016 Source: A pill to cure autism? Study identifies defect in sufferers’ cells – that could be treated by existing medication Reference: Impaired Mitochondrial Dynamics and Mitophagy in Neuronal Models of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
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Autistic children in Ontario piling up on wait lists
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November , 2015 Source: Autism therapy wait-list swells to more than 16,000 kids
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Autism rates are not increasing; Other diagnoses being reclassified as part of autism spectrum disorder
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 23, 2015 Source: First direct evidence that autism is not rising: study Reference: Increasing prevalence of autism is due, in part, to changing diagnoses
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Spike in autism rate likely due to increased recognition of condition and diagnostic errors
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 28, 2014 Source: Spike in autism-spectrum diagnoses called a ‘public health crisis’ Reference: CDC Data and Statistics
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Study suggests through genetic analysis that autism occurs before birth
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for March 27, 2014 Source: Autism ‘begins long before birth’ Reference: Patches of Disorganization in the Neocortex of Children with Autism
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More research required to study hypothesis of autism-gastrointestinal disease link
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 8, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Researchers probe link between autism and gastrointestinal problems
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Genome study shows physiological basis for spectrum of mental illness
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February , 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Large genetic study paves way for new treatment of mental illness Reference: Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five major psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis