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Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Animal study sheds light on genetics of autism in humans

    September 17, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 17, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Animal Study Offers Prospect of Autism Treatment Reference: Shared Synaptic Pathophysiology in Syndromic and Nonsyndromic Rodent Models of Autism

  • Publication bias damages evaluation of drug efficacy

    April 24, 2012

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 24, 2012   [display_podcast]   Source: Evidence behind autism drugs may be biased: study Reference: http://bit.ly/IbeJgx, http://bit.ly/IbeZfe and http://bit.ly/Ibf0jy Pediatrics, online April 23, 2012.

  • Study suggests autism screening has too many false positives and a discussion about a sunscreen use survey

    June 14, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for June 14, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Routine autism screenings bad for kids: Study Sunscreen message not being absorbed   Reference: Early Autism Detection: Are We Ready for Routine Screening?

  • Progress towards an easy-to-implement autism screening test for one-year-olds

    May 2, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 2, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Screening: An Autism Questionnaire at Checkup Time Reference: Detecting, Studying, and Treating Autism Early: The One-Year Well-Baby Check-Up Approach      

  • The MMR-autism hoax bolstered by revelations of fraudulent data

    January 6, 2011

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 6, 2011 [display_podcast] Source: Medical Journal Says Autism Study Was a ‘Fraud’ Reference: Brian Deer: Piltdown medicine: The missing link between MMR and autism Wakefield’s article linking MMR vaccine and autism was fraudulent Secrets of the MMR scare: how the case against the MMR vaccine was fixed

  • The complicated genetic weave that can lead to autism

    June 10, 2010

    Madely Health Headlines for June 10, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Genetic finding paves way for controversial autism testing

  • Neurological development is normal in infants following scheduled vaccine schedule

    May 24, 2010

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 24, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Many vaccines at once OK for kids’ brains: study Reference: On-time Vaccine Receipt in the First Year Does Not Adversely Affect Neuropsychological Outcomes

  • Sunday House Call #294, March 7, 2010

    March 8, 2010

    Listener phone-in discussion.

  • MMR/autism paper fully retracted by the Lancet

    February 3, 2010

    Madely Health Headlines Commentary for February 3, 2010 [display_podcast] Comment: This is a story that we have covered extensively over the years on Sunday House Call. An excellent synopsis can be heard in our interview with Guardian columnist Dr. Ben Goldacre here. I hold the some of the media just as responsible as Dr. Wakefield…

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