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Causes-Triggers
Possible Triggers for ASD and related Developmental Disabilties.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2010) — A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children.
[source: British Medical Journal, 21/Oct/09]
Only 12% of Germans say they will have H1N1 vaccine after row blows up over safety of adjuvants. Concerns are growing in Germany about the safety of the swine flu vaccine that will be available to the general population after news was leaked last weekend that top politicians and some government employees will be given an alternative vaccine.
Story by Kitty Holland, Irish Times, 4th Sept 2009
THE NEW swine flu vaccine, when it becomes available here in coming weeks, will only be available with a mercury-based preservative included. The same vaccine will be available in the US both with and without the substance - the mercury-free form for pregnant women and young children.
The HSE has confirmed it plans only to acquire the vaccine in doses containing the mercury-based preservative Thimerosal. "The vaccine will be administered to everybody including pregnant women on the basis of informed consent," a HSE spokesman said.
Mayo worst for uptake of MMR vaccine
Western People, July 23 2009
MAYO has one of the worst uptakes in the country for the MMR vaccine, despite a recent spate of mumps outbreaks in the county.
Parents have been urged to ensure their children are protected with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine following a spike in diagnoses.
The surge in mumps which hit universities, schools and sports clubs across the country this year was the highest since recording began with the introduction of the MMR vaccine in 1988.
Sunday Business Post
28 June 2009
When the letters, e-mails and phone calls began to pour in, Dr Paul A Offit presumed the worst. In the past, the chief of infectious diseases at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia had received a death threat due to his defence of the safety of childhood vaccines.
He had been criticised for his defence of the vaccine industry by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the nephew of John F Kennedy and a lawyer specialising in environmental litigation.
A talk by Speaker: Dr. Marie Greally, Consultant in Clinical Genetics, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin
Topic: Genetics in the 21st century: Fact & Fiction
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Sligo
Registration: No registration required.
Cost: Free
Organised by the Research and Education Foundation, Sligo General Hospital.
Although there is no known unique cause of ASD, there is growing evidence that autism can be caused by a variety of problems.
"For more than 25 years, Microwave News has been reporting on the potential health and environmental impacts of electromagnetic fields and radiation. We are widely recognized as a fair and objective source of information on this controversial subject."
"We are a grass roots organization begun based on the need for an organization to mobilize the Lyme and Autism Communities to find answers for these children.".
"Among the many mysteries that befuddle autism researchers: why the disorder affects boys four times more often than girls. But in new findings reported online today by the journal Molecular Psychiatry, researchers say they have found a genetic clue that may help explain the disparity.".
"The group is lead by Dr Louise Gallagher and based at the Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Molecular Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St James’s Hospital, Dublin. We are a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, post-doctoral research fellows, post-graduate students and research assistants. Our work encompasses clinical assessment, neuropsychology, neurophysiology, neuroimaging, molecular genetics, bioinformatics and functional biology.".
Bioelectromagnetics, health and well-being : research. "h.e.s.e project, the international scientific Internet platform on topical issues in affiliation with the Kompetenz initiative."
This is a private practice which "offers you choice by providing single measles, rubella and mumps vaccines, which will protect your child as effectively as the combined MMR."
"The Irish Doctors' Environmental Association (IDEA) is an Irish organisation established by health professionals seeking to promote the right to health and peaceful co-existence worldwide.
The main objective of the IDEA is to foster and promote, through education, publications and seminars, a concept of health as a state of physical, psychological and social well-being, which acknowledges the potential impact of environmental conditions, violent conflict, and inequalities within and between nations on that well-being."
"The Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH) ... primary mission is to foster collaborative initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate environmental exposures that can undermine the health of current and future generations."
A small dose of Toxology - "Learn About the Health Effects Common Chemicals"
"Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) represent a group of childhood neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in verbal communication, impairment of social interaction, and restricted and repetitive patterns of interests and behaviour. To identify common genetic risk factors underlying ASDs, here we present the results of genome-wide association studies on a cohort of 780 families (3,101 subjects) with affected children, and a second cohort of 1,204 affected subjects and 6,491 control subjects, all of whom were of European ancestry.
The Autism Research Unit is based at the Department of Pharmacy, Health & Well-being at the University of Sunderland. They do Analysis of biological samples, study relating to Gluten-Casien Diet and "Biological and genomic analysis of the contribution of the 'environment' to autism and associated spectral conditions".
SafeMinds is a US-based nonprofit organization lobbying regarding the "risks to infants and children of exposure to mercury" and "thimerosal in vaccines". In the US, there is some continuing controversy over the past use of Thimerosal in vaccines (thimerosal is no longer used in vaccines).
Generation Rescue is an "international movement of scientists, physicians and parent-volunteers researching the causes and treatments for autism and mentoring thousands of families in recovering their children from autism."
Presentation by Dr Jepson titled "The Autism Tsunami" which looks at environmental and genetic factors in the incidence of ASD. Environmental factors are considered causitive in some cases autism as a trigger due to existance of genetic susceptabilties to ASD in some people.
Apr 13, 2009, Children living near Superfund ("toxic waste") sites are more likely to be autistic. [Source: Environmental Health News, www.environmentalhealthnews.org]
JABS as a UK self-help and lobby group ("neither recommends nor advises against vaccinations") but aims to promote the availability of comprehensive information for all parents to make an informed decision on vaccination.
"... Just before President Bush signed the homeland security bill into law an unknown member of Congress inserted a provision into the legislation that blocks lawsuits against the maker of a controversial vaccine preservative called "thimerosal," used in vaccines that are given to children." [Source: CBS News, 2002]
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