By Claudia Wallis
With a teacher for a mom and a physician's assistant for a dad, Matthew
North had two experts on the case from birth, but his problems baffled
them both. "Everything was hard for Matthew," says Theresa North, of
Highland Ranch, Colo. He didn't speak until he was 3. In school, he'd
hide under a desk to escape noise and activity. He couldn't coordinate
his limbs well enough to catch a big beach ball.
Visit www.time.com to read the complete article.
Dr. Lucy Jane Miller will appear with the Autism Awareness Centre on February 8, 2008 in Edmonton AB
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The symptoms of a severe autism spectrum disorder affecting at least
10,000 children in the UK could be reversed following research by
Scottish scientists.
Visit www.medicalnewstoday.com to read the complete article.
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Today the Internet is the first place many of us turn to for health
information – often even before consulting our doctors. We research our
diagnoses and check out new symptoms to see how serious they might be.
Those of us with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are
frequently online looking for new research and the latest information.
Visit www.about.com to read the complete article.
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Autism does not simply affect how people relate to others but has a wide range
of effects, a study suggests. US researchers compared 56 children with
autism with 56 who did not have the condition. Those with autism were
found to have more problems with complex tasks, such as tying their
shoelaces, suggesting many areas of the brain were affected.
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By Kelly Dorfman
Sensory Integration (SI) is a complex process that makes it possible
for a person to take in, organize and interpret information from our
bodies and the world. Collating sensory information efficiently
enables humans to function smoothly in daily life. For example:
Is the soup hot or cold? Are my arms or legs going to bump into
anything? Do I need to go to the bathroom?
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By Donna Williams
If the largest percentage of cases of autism occur in those with
compounding co-morbid (co-occurring) conditions, then the idea of
'pure' autism is actually referring to a rarity...
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An
international team, led by neuroscientists at the University of British
Columbia, have discovered the “on-off switch” that controls how
chemical messages are exchanged in the brain, a finding that may lead
to new therapies for autism, schizophrenia and mental retardation..
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Like
detectives trying to solve a murder case, researchers searching for the
biological cause of autism have come up with some surprising suspects.
They've found that different genes may be responsible for causing autism in boys than in girls.
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addition, the researchers also have discovered that other genes may
play a role in the early onset form of the developmental disorder and
in the recently verified regression, or late onset, type of autism,
according to a new study published today in the online edition of the
journal Molecular Genetics.
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By deleting a gene in certain parts of the brain, researchers
at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created mice that show deficits
in social interaction that are reminiscent of humans with autism
spectrum disorders.
The investigators also found physical
abnormalities in the brains that mimic some cases of autism, showing
that the research animals can be useful in studying the mysterious
condition.
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By Williss Langford
One
of the foremost conditions being overlooked by doctors is
Hypothyroidism: What I will charitably call subclinical hypothyroidism
is being overlooked to the detriment of recovery of children and their
Moms. The Thyroid affects everything happening in the body. I say it is
subclinical only because the medical tests being relied upon are
unreliable! If you wish to prove that, when you get back a favorable
TSH, run a TRH. Dr. Kellman of NYC tells us that up to 90% of children
and their Moms that he sees fail the TRH test! Or better, run the
Iodine test and the Barnes’ Morning Temperature Test as suggested in my
paper “Mastering Autism”. Write me at
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for this paper
and a handout that lists a number of things that make typical thyroid
testing unreliable.
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By Richard C. Deth
Dr. Elizabeth
Whelan bravely puts the autism-thimerosal connection at the top of her
list of "Great Unfounded Health Scares of 2004". While we all might
like this dark side of vaccines to be just a crackpot idea, recent
studies have provided solid evidence indicating that toxic effects of
the ethylmercury-containing preservative may indeed have led to recent
increases in autism and ADHD..
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