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Older fathers, older maternal grandfathers and new gene mutations in genes
2008-06-10 20:53:00
VERY IMPORTANT ARTICLE "The roots of several mental disorders lie in defects in the synaptic proteins, more than 50 of which have been linked to diseases like schizophrenia, Dr. Grant said."Brainpower May Lie in Complexity of Synapses By NICHOLAS WADEPublished: June 10, 2008Evolution’s recipe for making a brain more complex has long seemed simple enough. Just increase the number of nerve cells, or neurons, and the interconnections between them. A human brain, for instance, is three times the volume of a chimpanzee’s.Get Health News From The New York Times » A whole new dimension of evolutionary complexity has now emerged from a cross-species study led by Dr. Seth Grant at the Sanger Institute in England. Dr. Grant looked at the interconnections between neurons, known as synapses, which until now have been regarded as a standard feature of neurons.But in fact the synapses get considerably more complex going up the evolutionary scale, Dr. Grant and colleagues r...
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Barely Autistic Spokespersons of the Alleged Autism Rights Movement Misrepr
2008-06-10 18:21:00
News & OpinionHarold L Doherty FACING AUTISM IN NEW BRUNSWICKTuesday, June 10, 2008"Barely Autistic Spokespersons of the Alleged Autism Rights Movement Misrepresent Their Constituency" "How many of the spokespersons for the alleged Autism Rights Movement are actually autistic? At best it can be said that, to the extent that they share symptoms with persons with severe Autistic Disorder, they are barely autistic, and not representative of those with severe Autistic Disorder and they have no right to speak on their behalf.There are several disorders on the spectrum of Pervasive Developmental Disorders. As a group these are casually referred to as the Autism Spectrum of Disorders. But they are in fact the PDD spectrum of disorders. The five distinct disorders on the PDD Spectrum are described in the addendum following this comment.There are similarities, and differences, between the five disorders. Many of the leaders of the so called Autism Rights Movement actually have diagnoses of ...

In What Ways Are Childhood Schizophrenia and Autism Different, I think the
2008-06-09 05:23:00
newsRare, spontaneous mutations rife in schizophrenia casesMichele Solis 5 Jun 2008 2:15 PM Unlucky breaks: De novo mutations can account for schizophrenia in families with no prior history of the disease.Rare, spontaneous mutations could account for at least 10 percent of cases of schizophrenia, according a study published online last week1.These mutations are deletions or duplications of DNA segments, dubbed copy number variations (CNVs).Although submicroscopic in stature, CNVs have for the past two years been implicated in neurological disorders such as autism and schizophrenia in one high-profile publication after another.Since discovering a schizophrenia-related deletion in chromosome 22q11 more than a decade ago2, Maria Karayiorgou, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, suspected other CNVs could also play a role in schizophrenia, but detecting them was tricky.“It was not until very recently that we had the technology to actually look genome-wide fo...
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BACKGROUND: A link between older age of fatherhood and an increased risk of
2008-06-08 06:37:00
If you want to avoid having non-familial autistic or schizophrenic or other types of damaged children be sure to father them in your 20s to very early 30s. By the age of 34 the risks are much higher than if you were 24. Aberrant Epigenetic Regulation Could Explain the Relationship of Paternal Age to SchizophreniaMary C. Perrin2, Alan S. Brown3,4 and Dolores Malaspina1,2 2 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY3 New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY4 Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: 212-263-6214, fax: 212-263-5717, e-mail: Dolores.Malaspina@NYUMC.ORG.The causal mechanism underlying the well-established relation between advancing paternal age and schizophrenia is hypothesized to involve mutational errors during spermatogenesis that occur with increasing frequency as males age. Point mutations are well known to increase with advancing paternal age while ot...
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Risk of autism schizophrenia other genetic disorders to offspring and futur
2008-06-07 22:30:00
Scientists are now discovering difference in copy numbers of genes associated with mental (brain) and physical illness such as diabetes, MS, cancers.The following paper was written in 2000 before the 9 large studies from around the world were written on paternal age and schizophrenia THE AGE OF THE FATHER AND THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS Word Count: 903 　 Leslie B. Raschka M.D., Associate Professor (retired), Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto Address: 27 Edgecombe ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5N 2Xl, Tel. (416) 783-6938 2 Abstract Purpose: To assess the role of paternal age in the origin of genetic illness in future generations. Data Sources: All reference data originated in English language international scientific literature and findings of original research conducted by myself. Study Selection: Original articles published between 1938 and 1998 were selected according to the stated purpose. One article was written by myself. Data Extraction: The present paper...
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THE AUTISM INDUSTRY WILL NOT WARN THE PUBLIC THAT EVER OLDER PATERNAL AGE C
2008-06-07 00:31:00
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Link between autism and vaccines should be investigated
2008-06-06 07:35:00
Former Head of NIH Says Link Between Autism & Vaccines Should Be Investigated By Melanie PhillipsGood to see that the Telegraph of London has picked up on developments I wrote about here in the U.S., where a head of official steam is building behind the perception that there is a troubling relationship between certain childhood vaccines, including MMR (mumps/measles/ rubella), and autistic symptoms and other damage in a subset of particularly vulnerable children. As I have written, this has been prompted by recent U.S. cases in which multiple vaccinations have aggravated an underlying mitochondrial weakness to produce catastrophic effects, leading Dr. Bernardine Healy, the former head of the National Institutes of Health, to tell CBS News:“I think that the public health officials have been too quick to dismiss the [autism link to vaccination] hypothesis as irrational.”In addition, the Telegraph reported this: “The vaccine hypothesis was bolstered recently by a five-year study ...

NJ and NY Moms Rally To "Legalize Freedom For Parents"
2008-06-06 02:09:00
NJ and NY Moms Rally To "Legalize Freedom For Parents " Dr. Murray Sabrin Joins Parents On "Freedom Train" To Protect Our ChildrenNew Jersey conservative Republican leader Dr. Murray Sabrin, the Garden State's strongest advocate of limited government and individual freedom and the front-runner for United States Senate, is holding a press conference with dozens of parents from New Jersey and New York on Monday, June 2 to discuss the excessive mandated vaccinations New Jersey and New York State are forcing upon our children and announcing a Multi-State Coalition to oppose these additional regulations. There will be two press conferences (one in Newark followed by one in New York City) along with The Freedom Train from Newark Penn Station to New York Penn Station (details below). In addition, Dr. Sabrin released the following radio commercial that started running on Saturday, May 31- (listen here: www.SabrinForSenate.com/legalizeFreedom). Leading the delegation of mothers from New Jers...

Researchers believe that as a man ages, the quality of his sperm declines,
2008-06-06 00:54:00
Bad sperm hurts kids of older dadsAAP | Tuesday, 03 June 2008 FairfaxJUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH: Researchers believe that as a man ages, the quality of his sperm declines, resulting in children with a higher risk of autism, epilepsy and other disorders.Children are almost twice as likely to die before reaching adulthood if their fathers are aged over 45, a new study says.And scientists believe the declining quality of sperm as men age is a factor.Deaths of children fathered by over-45s occurred at almost twice the rate of those fathered by men aged between 25 and 30, according to a new study cited by Britain's Telegraph newspaper.Scientists believe children fathered by older men are more likely to suffer particular congenital defects as well as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy, the news report said.A total of 100,000 children born between 1980 and 1996 were examined, of whom 830 have so far died before they reached 18, the majority when they were less than a year old.The deaths of man...
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Required Vaccination Proposal In N.J. Irks Parents
2008-06-06 00:49:00
Required Vaccination Proposal In N.J. Irks Parents ReportingCindy Hsu TRENTON, N.J. (CBS) ― Children in New Jersey as young as 6 months old may soon be required by law to get a flu shot, making it the first state to require certain vaccinations, but parents aren't so thrilled about the news. Lawmakers are preparing to vote on legislation that would require flu and pneumonia vaccinations for children in daycare or preschool as young as 6 months old, along with meningitis and whooping cough vaccination for children in the sixth grade. Parents rallied against the plan Friday in Trenton. "The government should not be dictating the toxins we have to inject into our children," said Sue Collins, a concerned parent. "I don't think the safety is proven that when you put this many in the pipeline in their bloodstream that it is safe," said Amy Galarowicz of the Holistic Mom's Network. Dr. Steven Stravinski, chief of pediatrics at Holy Name Hospital, disagrees. "The benefits of immunizati...

male rats exposed to fungicide in the womb can pass this on for at least th
2008-06-05 17:24:00
Fathers Can Harm UnbornPosted on: Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 18:00 CDTBy BROWN, Tim"There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies," is one of Winston Churchill's less well-known quotes.He was of course referring to the fact that the most important investment in our future is in our sons and daughters.Even in the poor families of the Industrial Revolution priority was given to feeding children as well as possible. Parents would go hungry to do this.In more recent times it has become clear that the health of the mother before and during pregnancy is paramount to the health of the newborn.Abstinence from alcohol and cigarettes should be the starting point. Foetal alcohol syndrome is a now a well-established condition.The next step is to check the mother is eating correctly and not lacking in any vitamins or minerals. This way most deficiencies, apart from those which may be genetically expressed, can be monitored and corrected.Where does this leave poor Dad...
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Biological clock ticks for dads too
2008-06-04 00:08:00
Biological clock ticks for dads tooGrant McArthurJune 03, 2008 12:00am CHILDREN born to older fathers are almost twice as likely to die before adulthood than those born to younger men, research shows.Increased rates of birth defects, autism, schizophrenia, epilepsy and heart disease are believed to make children born to dads over 45 much less likely to live to 19 than those with fathers in their late 20s.A Danish study of more than 100,000 children raises the prospect that biological clocks are ticking for men as sperm quality deteriorates with age.Children born to teen fathers and over-45s are up to 88 per cent more likely to die before their 19th birthday than those born to men aged 25-29, researchers from the University of Aarhus found.While deaths of children fathered by teens could be explained by their mothers also being young and often disadvantaged, the older men's children were only affected by their fathers' "underlying biological causes"."The risks of older fatherhood c...
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Kids Born To Older Fathers May Have Increased Mortality Rates
2008-06-03 23:37:00
Kids Born To Older Fathers May Have Increased Mortality Rates Written by Piyush Joshi Tuesday, 03 June 2008TUESDAY, June 3, (News Locale) - Having a kid after men have crossed the age of 45 appears to increase the mortality risk of the child, a new study by European researchers has indicated. This incidence is attributed to the declining quality of sperm due to ageing.It is popularly believed that unlike women, men have no biological clock and can father children throughout their life. In fact it is not uncommon to see celebrities having babies well after they have crossed their 50s.However researchers at the Danish Epidemiology Science Center, University of Aarhus found that children born to fathers aged over 45 were twice as likely to die before they entered adulthood when compared to kids born to younger fathers.The study analyzed over 100,000 children born between 1980 and 1996. So far some 830 children have died under the age of 13 years. All data was obtained from Danish Fer...
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Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Cancer and other DNA defects?
2008-06-03 23:29:00
Experts Revive Debate Over Cell phones and Cancer By TARA PARKER-POPEPublished: June 3, 2008What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don’t? Last week, three prominent neurosurgeons told the CNN interviewer Larry King that they did not hold cellphones next to their ears. “I think the safe practice,” said Dr. Keith Black, a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, “is to use an earpiece so you keep the microwave antenna away from your brain.”Dr. Vini Khurana, an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Australian National University who is an outspoken critic of cellphones, said: “I use it on the speaker-phone mode. I do not hold it to my ear.” And CNN’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon at Emory University Hospital, said that like Dr. Black he used an earpiece.Along with Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s recent diagnosis of a glioma, a type of tumor that critics have long associated with cellphone use...
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Father's age very much associated with autism
2008-06-03 22:38:00
Join Date: Feb 2007Location: Cleveland OhioPosts: 443I was 43 when I fathered my son and he was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder one year ago.
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Again if you live in NY protest this bill with all your might
2008-06-03 19:30:00
New York ~~ Major Warning ~~ Mandatory Vaccines by Zoebess 4 days 95 10 Messages Shown Forum: NewsThere is a short time to protest so if you live inNew York, this is the time to step up and say thatyou do not want mandatory vaccines, especially whenthey have not been proven safe~~``````````````````````````````````` ````````````````````````````````````````` ````````````NY Bill Makes All Federal Vaccines Mandatory5-29-8Act now to stop the worst vaccine law ever proposed in New York since the invention of the mandatory schedule. Assembly Bill 10942 would make all vaccines recommended by the CDC mandatory for all children to attend school and, and for the first time vaccines would become mandatory for infants and toddlers.The bill was introduced in Rules Committee at the request of Richard Daines, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. The Rules Committee in the personal committee of the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan).A-CHAMP is ...
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Child death rate higher with older dads
2008-06-03 17:34:00
Child death rate higher with older dadsPublished: June 2, 2008 at 5:15 PMPrint storyEmail to a friendFont size:AARHUS, Denmark, June 2 (UPI) -- Danish researchers say they found a higher mortality in children of fathers age 45 years or older that lasted until the children were age 18. Liang Zhu of The Danish Epidemiology Science Center, University of Aarhus, in Denmark, says the findings add to the accumulating evidence on adverse effects of advanced paternal age in procreation.Using data from Danish Fertility Database from 1980 to 1996, the researchers identified 102,879 couples and their firstborn children. Information on childhood death was obtained by linking the data to to the nationwide register on cause of deathThe study, published in the European Journal of Epidemiology, found that the researchers observed a U-shaped association between paternal age and the overall mortality rate in children up to 18 years of age. Compared with children of fathers ages 25 and 29 years, the a...
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Paternal age and congenital malformations.
2008-06-03 04:38:00
1: Hum Reprod. 2005 Nov;20(11):3173-7. Epub 2005 Jul 8. LinksPaternal age and congenital malformations.Zhu JL, Madsen KM, Vestergaard M, Olesen AV, Basso O, Olsen J.The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, University of Aarhus, Denmark.BACKGROUND: Spontaneous mutations in germ cells increase with male age, but an association between paternal age and congenital malformations is not well established. We conducted a population-based cohort study to estimate this association. METHODS: A study population of couples and their firstborn children were identified in the Danish Fertility Database between 1980 and 1996 (n = 71937). Diagnoses of congenital malformations in children were obtained by linkage to the nationwide hospital register (1980-1999). RESULTS: Overall, there were no differences in the prevalence of malformations as a function of paternal age. However, the prevalence of malformations of extremities and syndromes of multiple systems, as well as Down's syndrome, increased with ...

Paternal age and Apgar scores of newborn infants
2008-06-03 04:36:00
Epidemiology. 2006 Jul;17(4):473-4. LinksPaternal age and Apgar scores of newborn infants.Sun Y, Vestergaard M, Zhu JL, Madsen KM, Olsen J.The Danish Epidemiology Science Centre; Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Denmark. ys@soci.au.dkBACKGROUND: New evidence suggests that advanced paternal age is a reproductive hazard, but we do not know whether paternal age affects the physical conditions of newborn infants as measured by the Apgar score. METHODS: We conducted a register-based cohort study of 70,347 couples and their first singleton infants by using data from the Danish Fertility Database (1980-1996). Information on Apgar score was obtained by linking the children to the National Birth Register. RESULTS: The odds ratio for having a baby with a 1-minute Apgar score of 1-3 was 1.64 (95% confidence interval = 1.08-2.48) for fathers 45 to 49 years of age and 1.49 (0.76-2.94) for fathers 50+ years compared with fathers 20 to 29 years (P for t...
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Late childbearing and its impact on adverse pregnancy outcome: stillbirth,
2008-06-03 04:09:00
1: Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2005 Nov;53 Spec No 2:2S97-105.LinksLate childbearing and its impact on adverse pregnancy outcome: stillbirth, preterm delivery and low birth weight.Astolfi P, De Pasquale A, Zonta L.Department of Genetics and Microbiology A. Buzzati-Traverso, University of Pavia, Italy. astolfi@ipvgen.unipv.itBACKGROUND: The role of parental ageing on the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcome is based on increased morbidity and obstetric problems during pregnancy and delivery in old mothers, and on the accumulation of spontaneous harmful mutations for continuous cell divisions during spermatogenesis in old fathers. The aim of this study is to estimate the impact of paternal and maternal ageing on the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome. DATA AND METHODS: From the group of 3,616,622 Italian singletons born in 1990-1996 we estimated the risks of stillbirth, preterm birth ( or =3rd) and family education (low, 8 years for at least one parent). Parental ages were examined...
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Angus Clarke, "I am aware of the paternal age effect in many disorders and
2008-06-02 16:55:00
Professor Angus Clarke Principal Investigator and Professor in Clinical GeneticsAngus Clarke was born in 1954. He studied Medical and Natural Sciences in Cambridge, taking his Part II in Genetics, and then qualified in Medicine from Oxford University in 1979. After registration, he worked in general medicine and then paediatrics. As a research registrar in the Department of Medical Genetics in Cardiff, he studied the clinical and molecular genetic aspects of ectodermal dysplasia. Subsequently, he worked in clinical genetics and paediatric neurology in Newcastle upon Tyne, developing an interest in Rett syndrome and neuromuscular disorders.He returned to Cardiff in 1989 as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Genetics. He is now Professor in Clinical Genetics. As well as teaching he also works as a clinician. With his colleague, Peter Harper, he wrote the book, Genetics, Society and Clinical Practice. He directs the Cardiff MSc course in Genetic Counselling.Research interests:social and ethica...
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Scientists reveal dangers of older fathers--
2008-06-01 02:09:00
Scientists reveal dangers of older fathersBy Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent Last Updated: 10:18PM BST 31/05/2008Children are almost twice as likely to die before adulthood if they have a father over 45, research has shown. A mass study found that deaths of children fathered by over-45s occurred at almost twice the rate of those fathered by men aged between 25 and 30. Scientists believe that children of older fathers are more likely to suffer particular congenital defects as well as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy. The study was the first of its kind of such magnitude in the West, and researchers believe the findings are linked to the declining quality of sperm as men age. A total of 100,000 children born between 1980 and 1996 were examined, of whom 830 have so far died before they reached 18, the majority when they were less than a year old. Article continuesadvertisementThe deaths of many of the children of the older fathers were related to congenital defects such as probl...
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Mothers with epilepsy, mothers with epilepsy taking valproate and autism a
2008-05-31 19:58:00
May 2006, Vol 96, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 862-866© 2006 American Public Health AssociationDOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066324 ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------RE SEARCH AND PRACTICE Paternal Age as a Risk Factor for Low Birthweight Nancy E. Reichman, PhD and Julien O. Teitler, PhD Nancy E. Reichman is with the Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Julien O. Teitler is with the School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY. Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Nancy E. Reichman, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 97 Paterson St, Room 435, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 (e-mail: nancy.reichman@umdnj.edu).Objectives. We examined associations between paternal age and low birth-weight in the US urban population. Methods. Using a population-based sample of 4621 births, we used multiple l...
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7thSpace is the source of this article IS PATERNAL AGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THES
2008-05-31 19:25:00
Researchers pinpoint gene mutations responsible for 10 percent of schizophreniaNEW YORK – Scans of the genome of patients with schizophrenia have revealed rare spontaneous copy number mutations that account for at least 10 percent of the non-familial cases of the disease. Researchers describe specific genetic mutations present in individuals who have schizophrenia, but not present in their biological parents who do not have the disease. These individuals were eight times more likely to have these mutations than unaffected individuals. This new data, reported in the May 30 on-line issue of Nature Genetics, will help researchers account for the persistence of schizophrenia in the population despite low birth rates among people with the disease. Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center scanned the genome of 1,077 people which included 152 individuals with schizophrenia, 159 individuals without schizophrenia, and both of their biological parents for copy number mutations. The...
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"Worst Vaccine Bill Ever" Seeks Compulsory Shots For All Children
2008-05-30 22:33:00
"Worst Vaccine Bill Ever" Seeks Compulsory Shots For All Children Activist group calls for defense of right to exemption in New York State Steve WatsonInfowars.netFriday, May 30, 2008 A pending New York State Assembly Bill dubbed, the "worst vaccine bill ever" by one activist group, would see all vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made mandatory for all children, including infants and toddlers. Assembly Bill 10942, introduced at the request of Richard Daines, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, calls for changes to the law in order to make recommended inoculation compulsory in order for children to attend school. The bill would also permit the administration of vaccines for sexually transmitted infections to minors without parental consent. Separate sections of the bill would come into effect next year with others becoming law in 2010. A-CHAMP, a national, non-partisan political action organization forme...

Insane NY Bill Makes All Federal Vaccines Mandatory
2008-05-30 02:51:00
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Insane NY Bill Makes All Federal Vaccines Mandatory5-29-8 Act now to stop the worst vaccine law ever proposed in New York since the invention of the mandatory schedule. Assembly Bill 10942 would make all vaccines recommended by the CDC mandatory for all children to attend school and, and for the first time vaccines would become mandatory for infants and toddlers. The bill was introduced in Rules Committee at the request of Richard Daines, the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health. The Rules Committee in the personal committee of the Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). A-CHAMP is calling for rejection of this bill and is demanding the passage of A5468/S3031, a bill that would give individuals a right to a philosophical exemption from vaccine mandates. This is no time to transfer vaccine decisions away from individuals and elected officials answerable to the voters an...

Rett syndrome gene found to be full of surprises
2008-05-30 02:02:00
Rett syndrome gene found to be full of surprises Published: Thursday, 29-May-2008 Medical Research News A study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has transformed scientists' understanding of Rett syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes autistic behavior and other disabling symptoms. Until now, scientists thought that the gene behind Rett syndrome was an "off" switch, or repressor, for other genes. But the new study, published today in Science, shows that it is an "on" switch for a startlingly large number of genes.Rett syndrome is caused by a deficiency of the MECP2 gene. It occurs almost exclusively in girls, robbing them of language, cognitive and fine motor skills around the time they are learning to walk. Having extra copies of MECP2 can also cause Rett-like symptoms.By manipulating the number of copies of the MECP2 gene in mice, the authors of the new study found that it controls thousands of other genes, suppressing some, but activating most. The res...
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"If I were to do it over again," Poling said, "I'd just be extremely cautio
2008-05-30 00:23:00
Posted on Thu, May. 29, 2008 Autism theory gains supportConceding a rare vaccine tie.By Marie McCullough Inquirer Staff WriterFor a decade, the government, public- health experts and medical groups have said there is no credible scientific evidence - none - that vaccines cause autism.Then came Hannah Poling, a 9-year-old from Athens, Ga. A federal program created to compensate vaccine-injury victims conceded that her autism is linked, albeit indirectly, to immunizations she received as a toddler.Hannah's case, made public by her parents in March, is unusual and circumstantial, yet it is building mainstream support for a notion long considered dangerously misguided: There may be subgroups of children who should not be vaccinated - or at least, they should get fewer shots over a longer period.Bernadine Healy, former director of the National Institutes of Health, risked "incurring the wrath of some of my dearest colleagues" to express that opinion in U.S. News & World Report."Yes, vac...

Every Honest Autism Researcher Finds a Paternal Age Effect in non-familial
2008-05-29 16:01:00
It is universal, older paternal age past 32, getting worse with age, causes some non-familial autism. If one has autoimmune diseases in the family the risk is higher. Past the age of 40 the risk is higher and get higher at 50, 60, 70.If you want to prevent de novo autism, father your babies by your early 30s. Doing this will also prevent your children from paternal age related cancers, Alzheimer's, autoimmune disorders and many other genetic diseases and disorders.Why the repercussions of the male biological clock aren't universally known is outrageous. For fifty years or more, researchers have been warning about the paternal age effects.If you are interested in the research on this subject, take the time and search my blogs.----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----By Martin Holt So there I was, 49 years old, after a first failed marriage, with no children, and sure that parenting was a closed book for me. And then-- "Guess what you are ge...
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Identical Twins Aren't Identical
2008-05-29 06:03:00
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