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Britney Spears Attends Autism Fundraiser
2008-07-21 06:43:00 Britney Spears hit a star-studded event Saturday night, hanging with Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey at their fundraiser for Generation Rescue, an organization dedicated to researching autism. "She looked great and seemed really happy," a guest told People.com, of the pop star.She didn't socialize much with the other partygoers, but "she smiled and clapped during the video about autism. She was very into the information and watched a little bit of the dancers from Dancing with the Stars, sneaking out during one of the performances." Britney Spears At The Generation Rescue's Event
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...
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...
Jon Sterry performs for UK Autism Foundation Fundraiser
2008-06-07 19:04:00 (London, UK) The highly acclaimed British guitarist, Jon Sterry will perform at the first ever Redbridge Community Dinner for Autism, on Saturday 12th July at 7 pm, at All Saint’s Church Hall, situated in Inman’s Row, in Woodford Green in Essex. Sterry is a sought after session musician and music teacher in the UK. He ...
THE AUTISM INDUSTRY WILL NOT WARN THE PUBLIC THAT EVER OLDER PATERNAL AGE C
2008-06-07 00:31:00 Paternal age effects wikipedia
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 ...
Jim Carrey And Jenny McCarthy Do DC Rally For Autism
2008-06-05 16:33:00 Jenny McCarthy has now made a strong name for herself not only in show business, but in Civil Rights. McCarthy, a pioneer in battling root causes of autism, attended a rally at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC this week with boyfriend and actor Jim Carey...and they brought the fam!
Jim Carrey And Jenny McCarthy Take The Fight Against Autism To Our Nation?s
2008-06-05 00:59:00 Jim Carrey and girlfriend Jenny McCarthy led a rally today in Washington, D.C. to urge the government to eliminate toxins from children's vaccines. The "Green Our Vaccine" rally took place today in front of the Captiol building. Carrey and McCarthy appeared on Good Morning America this morning, where Diane Sawyer interviewed them about how they're not against vaccines per se. They're actually trying to get mercury and other chemicals taken out of them. One theory is that mercury and other chemicals in childhood vaccinations is what causes autism. Click here for a pretty interesting clip about Jenny and her autistic son Evan, and how Jim Carrey has helped them out. I have to say, for a bawdy and goofy lass like Jenny, she seems to really know her topic. This post has been less than snarky, but I am capable of seriousness sometimes! Damn! Plus, the cause is near and dear to my icy little heart. So if you have a sec, click on this link and check out how you can help in the fig...
Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey Speak Out About Autism
2008-06-04 18:50:00 Oh my gosh, I love these two. And I love what they are doing for Autism. Yay for celebrities who really do something good with their status. I’m sure the people who are affected by Autism feel so fortunate to have these two on their side.
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Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carey Fight Autism With Green Our Vaccines
2008-06-04 15:51:00 Being a celebrity has its crappy parts: ruthless paparazzi, scandalous gossip columns, sketchy yes men. But as we like to prove here at Ecorazzi, being in the limelight also has its advantages — like using your power for good and adding credibility to a cause you believe in. Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carey are on a ...
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Church Autism Ban: Pope Benedict urged to act
2008-06-04 07:33:00 Autism campaigners around the world have called on Pope Benedict XVI to act on autism in the wake of the first ever restraining order on a teenager with autism issued by a church. Fr.Daniel Walz took out a temporary restraining order on Carol Race and her 13 year old son Adam Race on the grounds ...
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.
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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------RESEARCH 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).Objec-tives. 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...
Dover start-finish line to feature autism puzzle piece
2008-05-30 16:05:00 Autism Speaks, the nation’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to autism is championing an effort and encouraging race fans to cheer for a special goal at this weekend’s Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway. This goal will extend far beyond the racecars crossing the finish line by bringing the NASCAR community a unique “Goal Line” dedicated to Autism Speaks.(full text retrieval failed) More: continued here
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...
Autism and Mitochondrial Disorders
2008-05-29 02:53:00 Features Children with Autism Some children with autism may have a genetic defect that affects the muscles, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, in April.The study looked at 37 children with autism spectrum disorders who were evaluated for mitochondrial disease, which causes muscle weakness and prevents a child from being able to participate in physical activities and sports. Mitochondrial disease occurs when genetic mutations affect the mitochondria, or the part of the cell that releases energy.A total of 24 of the children, or 65 percent, had defects in the process by which cells produce and synthesize energy in the muscles, or oxidative phosphorylation defects in the skeletal muscles."Most children with autism spectrum disorders do not have recognizable abnormalities when you look at genetic tests, imaging, and metabolic tests," said study author John Shoffner, MD, owner of Medical Neurogenetics, LLC ...
About autism
2008-05-28 19:37:00 Autism is a brain disorder that is associated with a range of developmental problems, mainly in communication and social interaction. The first signs of this disorder typically appear before age 3. Although treatment has improved greatly in the past few decades, autism cannot be cured. It persists throughout life. It’s estimated that three to six of ...
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Autism: A Thief In The Night
2008-05-28 01:29:00 Dr. Bryan Jepson is board certified in emergency medicine but started treating children on the autism spectrum in 2002, not long after his own son was diagnosed. He is the director of medical services at Thoughtful House Center for Children, a multidisciplinary treatment and research facility in Austin, Texas dedicated to children with autism and other spectrum disorders. He is the author of the book Changing the Course of Autism: A Scientific Approach for Parents and Physicians. The book is a review of the medical literature regarding autism and how it fits into a model of an environmentally-induced metabolic disease with multiple organ system involvement. Guest Blogger Bryan Jepson--Like much of the nation in the summer and fall of 2002, I was captivated by the story of Elizabeth Smart, the 14 year old girl from Utah who was abducted one night from her bedroom in her upper-class Salt Lake City neighborhood. I felt the pain and anguish of her parents as they desperately pleaded wit...
By: BasilandSpice
Some things we know about autism
2008-05-24 20:04:00 People with Asperger's are more likely to have autistic children. People with schizophrenia are more likely to have autistic children. Older fathers(34+) are more likely to have autistic/schizophrenic children. People with autoimmune disorders such as type 1 diabetes, MS, Lupus are more likely to have autistic offspring.
Vaccines, Mercury, and Autism - Is There a Link?
2008-05-23 04:02:00 At the very least, why not remove mercury and other toxic substances like aluminum, anti-freeze, and formaldehyde as preservatives from vaccinations; space out the schedule of shots, instead of giving so many at once; and delay giving some of the riskiest of them until infants are somewhat older? Vaccines, Mercury, and Autism – Is There a Link?by Lewis Regenstein DIGG THISIn recent years, there has been an explosion of neurological disorders among children, the most serious of which is the crippling syndrome knows as autism.The dramatic increase in the incidence of autism has accompanied the more than tripling of the childhood vaccination schedule, and many parents have described how their perfectly normal, alert, intelligent, healthy infants suddenly regressed into an autistic state after receiving vaccination shots.Pediatricians and health officials have long ridiculed the claims of parents of thousands of autistic children, that vaccines appear to have played a role in...
Minnesota Priest Bans Boy with Autism from Church
2008-05-21 07:22:00 A Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Daniel Walz has banned a 13 year old boy with autism from his church in Minnesota, on the grounds of disruptive behaviour. According to news reports the priest was worried that the boy?s behavior was ?disruptive and dangerous,? according to court documents. The Catholic priest had filed a restraining order ...
Autistic Boy Banned from Church
2008-05-20 21:58:00 I was Googling for Health News today, and came across this story. BERTHA, Minn. May 19, 2008 A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church in Bertha on Sundays. The Rev. Daniel Walz alleges that Adam Race’s unruly behavior ...
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Stanford conference RULE NEVER WARN ABOUT PATERNAL AGE CAUSING AUTISM WHY
2008-05-20 18:57:00 First Annual Autism Conference at Packard Children's and Stanford Brings Parents and Researchers Together Posted : Tue, 20 May 2008 16:12:08 GMT Author : Lucile Packard Children's Hospital PALO ALTO, Calif., May 20 Lucile-Packard-HospiPALO ALTO, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Parents of children with autism often grapple with a bewildering array of questions and choices: "Did I do something to cause the disorder? Could it be genetic? What is it like to be a child with autism? Are there new medications or therapies that might alleviate some of my child's symptoms?"On May 31, family members, caregivers and teachers of children with autism will have a unique opportunity to hear from researchers on the front line of the difficult disorder. 'Recent Advances in Autism Treatment and Research' is the first in what organizers from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University hope will be an annual event aimed at sharing the latest in autism research with the fam...
Autism and Schizophrenia Linked
2008-05-19 00:01:00 Parenting > Autism and Schizophrenia Linked « Finding Music in Autism Autism and Schizophrenia LinkedMarch 31, 2008 04:36 PM ET | Nancy Shute | Permanent Link Could autism and schizophrenia be cousins? New research shows that people with schizophrenia have rare variations in genes that control brain development and that each person has a unique pattern of mutations. The finding is startlingly similar to new research on autism. Since April 2 is the first-ever World Autism Awareness Day, it's a good time to ponder what this odd conjunction says about building human brains—and, perhaps, how to fix them.Tolstoy famously wrote that happy families are all alike, but that each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Thomas Insel, a psychiatrist who heads the National Institute of Mental Health, calls the new understanding that disorders like schizophrenia and autism have unique origins in each person a "Tolstoy moment" in mental health. Until very recently, the theory on diseases li...
It is the AGE OF THE FATHERS IN THESE COUPLES THAT CAUSES AUTISM RATES TO S
2008-05-18 21:05:00 Births to women over age 40 soaring, and so is birth rateBy ANNE CONSTABLE The Santa Fe New MexicanArticle Launched: 05/18/2008 11:30:17 AM MDTSANTA FE, N.M.—Barton Bond is looking forward to coaching his son's football team. His wife, Joyce, can't wait to sew Halloween costumes when their children are old enough to go trick-or-treating. The Bonds sound like typical new parents, but they're not. They've been married 32 years, but have no other children. Barton has retired from one job and now teaches part-time at Central New Mexico Community College. Joyce is just two and a half years away from retirement from her job as marketing manager for the city of Santa Fe.
A CAUSE OF AUTISM UNVIELED OLDER FATHERS!
2008-05-18 02:16:00 Average Paternal Age is Very High and In the Danger Zone for Offspring Average paternal age is very high. Fewer men are fathering babies in their 20s when risk for NEW genetic disorders due to sperm is very low. By 35 men are in the danger zone for having autistic, schizophrenic, Alzheimer's, cancer prone offspring. The numbers of offspring with neurodevelopmental disorders is rising along with the rise in average pateral age. What to do since no one warns the public. Any suggestions would be helpful. Also any ideas as to why, in 1994 the definition of autism was broadened from classical autism.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~Are there 'risks' in being an older father?Whilst the average age of fathering a child is 32, recent figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show that in 2004 more than 75,000 babies were born to fathers aged 40 and over - more than one in ten of all children born. Further, around 6,489 children a year are bo...
Paternal Age, Schizophrenia, and Autism
2008-05-17 02:07:00 Paternal Age, Schizophrenia, and Autism http://clinpsyc.blogspot.com/20-07/03/paternal-age-schizophreni-a-and-autism.htmlA good chunk of studies have accumulated over the past few years (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) that show a strong link between increasing paternal (father’s) age and risk of schizophrenia in children. One researcher has described the link as follows:We found that paternal age explained over a quarter of the risk for schizophrenia in the population. At the time, people were skeptical. But the findings have been replicated many times now, and not a single study has failed to find this strong relationship between father's age and the risk for schizophrenia. And at this point, other explanations for the relationship have been ruled out, including social factors in the family, prenatal care, and parental psychiatric ailments. There simply seems to be a relationship between paternal age and schizophrenia risk. Wow – one quarter of the risk for schizophrenia explained by pate...
SICK MONKEYS: RESEARCH LINKS VACCINE LOAD, AUTISM SIGNS
2008-05-17 00:23:00 05/16/2008SICK MONKEYS: RESEARCH LINKS VACCINE LOAD, AUTISM SIGNSBY DAN OLMSTEDThe first research project to examine effects of the total vaccine load received by children in the 1990s has found autism-like signs and symptoms in infant monkeys vaccinated the same way. The study's principal investigator, Laura Hewitson from the University of Pittsburgh, reports developmental delays, behavior problems and brain changes in macaque monkeys that mimic "certain neurological abnormalities of autism."The findings are being reported Friday and Saturday at a major international autism conference in London.Although couched in scientific language, Hewitson's findings are explosive. They suggest, for the first time, that our closest animal cousins develop characteristics of autism when subjected to the same immunizations – such as the MMR shot -- and vaccine formulations – such as the mercury preservative thimerosal -- that American children received when autism diagnoses exploded in the 1...
Will They Report on The Most Robust Risk Factor for Non-Familial Autism Pat
2008-05-16 03:29:00 http://www.autism-insar.org/doc-s/IMFAR2008_Program.pdf
Walks, Galas, Runs, Bake Sales, Research on Genes for Autism All it would t
2008-05-14 16:58:00 AND TO CONCENTRATE ON A UNIVERSAL TEST OF INFANTS FOR MITOCHONDRIAL DISORDERS BEFORE VACCINATION, A STRETCHED OUT VACCINATION SCHEDULE, ONLY REALLY NECESSARY VACCINES ETC TO CUT THE RISK OF AUTISM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.FAMILIAL AUTISM IS A MATTER OF STUDYING THE RISK FACTORS AND MAKING DECISIONS. THE PUBLIC ALSO NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN A FAMILY HISTORY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS AND SUBSEQUENT AUTISM IN OFFSPRING.Genetic Links To Impaired Social Behavior In AutismScienceDaily (May 14, 2008) — Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) show profound deficits in social interactions and communications, and display repetitive behaviors and abnormal responses to sensory experiences. One aspect of an autistic child's impaired social abilities is their lack of affiliative behaviors, i.e., behaviors such as touching and hugging that strengthen social bonds. On May 15th, Biological Psychiatry is publishing an article that reports new findings on genetic ba...
Autism Spectrum Disorder Explained
2008-05-14 07:00:00 autism spectrum disorder is a diverse developmental disorder that can be found in about 1 in 150 of our children. People that are suffering from this disorder have problems with social interaction and communicating verbally as well as non verbally. Although this is not always the case, you will generally know if your child has ...
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Autism Speaks Walks and Fund Raising Do Not Prevent Autism -A Public Health
2008-05-13 22:40:00 Toys'R'Us Raises More than $1.5 Million to Benefit Autism Speaks Company's National Sponsorship of Autism Speaks Walk Now for Autism Program Continues as Store Associates Form Walk Teams from Coast-to-Coast
Autism and Schizophrenia Linked
2008-05-13 19:27:00 Parenting > Autism and Schizophrenia Linked « Finding Music in Autism Autism and Schizophrenia LinkedMarch 31, 2008 04:36 PM ET | Nancy Shute | Permanent Link Could autism and schizophrenia be cousins? New research shows that people with schizophrenia have rare variations in genes that control brain development and that each person has a unique pattern of mutations. The finding is startlingly similar to new research on autism. Since April 2 is the first-ever World Autism Awareness Day, it's a good time to ponder what this odd conjunction says about building human brains—and, perhaps, how to fix them.Tolstoy famously wrote that happy families are all alike, but that each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Thomas Insel, a psychiatrist who heads the National Institute of Mental Health, calls the new understanding that disorders like schizophrenia and autism have unique origins in each person a "Tolstoy moment" in mental health. Until very recently, the theory on diseases li...
1976 rare infantile autism and childhood schizophrenia
2008-05-13 18:13:00 The genetics, if any, of infantile autism and childhood schizophrenia Journal Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Publisher Springer Netherlands ISSN 0162-3257 (Print) 1573-3432 (Online) Issue Volume 6, Number 3 / September, 1976 Category Articles DOI 10.1007/BF01543463 Pages 209-234 PDF (1.5 MB) ArticlesThe genetics, if any, of infantile autism and childhood schizophreniaD. R. Hanson2 and I. I. Gottesman1(1) University of Minnesota, USA (2) Department of Psychology, McMaster University, L8S 4K1 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Abstract A critical examination of the data for and against genetic factors in early infantile autism and childhood schizophrenia is presented. The extreme rareness of both disorders made analysis difficult. No strong evidence exists implicating genetics in the development of childhood psychoses that begin before the age of 5. Family pedigree data fail to support psychogenic transmission because very few siblings of early onset cases are affected. Bi...
Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link
2008-05-13 07:39:00 Court Hears More Claims of Vaccine-Autism Link By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON ? The United States Court of Federal Claims began another hearing on Monday to decide whether a vaccine additive led thousands of children to become autistic. The hearing is the second in a series of three in which the court is considering whether the government should ...
UK Autism and the Elderly:Minister Ivan Lewis urged to launch a debate
2008-05-13 07:24:00 (London, UK) Autism campaigners have urged Britain’s Social Care Minister, Ivan Lewis to launch a debate on Autism and the Elderly. Concerns have been raised over the social care of people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown speaking at the King’s Fund in London said yesterday that England was facing a ...
Chris Dodd and Fred Thompson much older dads autism and schizophrenia are
2008-05-12 23:10:00 Older Dads on the Campaign TrailPosted October 17, 2007 | 10:12 AM (EST) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Read More: Autism, Chris Dodd, Fatherhood, Fred Thompson, Older Dads, Older Dads Health Risks, Older Dads Younger Wives, Presidents Fathers, Schizophrenia, Breaking Living News As ABC News has recently observed, the presidential campaign features a pair of older dads, one on each side of the aisle.On the left, it's Sen. Christopher Dodd, 63, who has two daughters, age 6 and 2, with his second wife Jackie Clegg Dodd. And on the right, Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee, 65, has two toddlers with his second wife, Jeri Kehn.Email Print Buzz up!on Yahoo!What exactly do we read in these tea leaves? First, that these two candidates mirror a demographic trend. Older fathers are on the rise. That's not too surprising. But here's the rub: the children of older fathers face particularly high risks of schizophrenia and autism. According to a g...
WHEN WILL THE PUBLIC LEARN THAT PATERNAL AGE IS A ROBUST CAUSE OF AUTISM?
2008-05-12 17:14:00 WHO WILL INFORM THE PUBLIC?WHY ALL THIS AUTISM RESEARCH AND NO WARNING YET?READ THE ARTICLES AND ABTRACTS IN THIS BLOG FOR THE EVIDENCE THAT DE NOVO NON-FAMILIAL AUTISM RISK RISES WITH PATERNAL AGE. THE OLDER THE FATHER THE HIGHER THE RISK. FAMILY HISTORY OF MENTAL DISORDERS, AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS RAISES THE RISK. MATERNAL GRANDFATHER'S AGE AT MOTHER'S BIRTH IS KEY IN DE NOVO AUTISM ESPECIALLY FRAGILE X"All genetic illnesses have their origin in a distant or recent mutation. Paternal age is an important determinant of mutation frequency in new germ cell mutation, causing both autosomal dominant and X-linked recessive illnesses. The role of other mutagenic factors is not the subject of this study. The results of my own research are supported by other information which indicates that the leading cause of genetic illness present in human populations is the ageing process in the male. Conceiving children by men younger than 35 years of age would prevent many genetic illnesses in future...
DNA Breakage Copy Number Variations Resulting in Autism/Schizophrenia with
2008-05-09 00:27:00 DNA Breakage and Failure of Apoptosis in Sperm as men ageFertility and Sterility Volume 80, Issue 6 , December 2003, Pages 1420-1430 doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2003.0-4.002 Copyright © 2003 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Science Inc. Male factor Effects of age on DNA double-strand breaks and apoptosis in human sperm*1 Narendra P. Singh M.B.B.S., M.S.a, , , Charles H. Muller Ph.D.b and Richard E. Berger M.D.b a Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USAb Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Received 6 February 2003; revised 30 April 2003; accepted 30 April 2003. ; Available online 3 December 2003. AbstractObjectiveThis study was designed to explore the relationship between men's age and DNA damage and apoptosis in human spermatozoa.DesignSemen samples were collected from men between the ages of 20 and 57 years. Sperm DNA double-strand breaks were assessed using the neutral microgel electrop...
Not Only Are Autism and Schizophrenia Related They Are the SAME If you chan
2008-05-06 22:14:00 THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT VACCINES CAN'T CAUSE AUTIS! AUTISM IS A CATCH ALL TERM THESE DAYS A VACCINES CAN HURT SOME CHILDREN AND CAUSE BRAIN DISORDERSAutism and Schizophrenia May Be RelatedA new study supports the idea in autism research that people diagnosed with either schizophrenia or autism often share the same rare genetic mutations, Nancy Shute reports. Julie Daniels, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, looked at the health records of the parents of 1,227 Swedish children with autism who were born between 1977 and 2003. Those parents were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with schizophrenia as parents of children who didn't have autism. Other studies of early childhood brain development have shown that in both autism and schizophrenia, the brain development process is accelerated from birth to age 3.In the On Parenting blog, Shute explains why the new study--while scary on its face--is actually good news. Earlier, she reported on evidence ...
Autism is linked to parents' mental illness and can be inherited from eithe
2008-05-06 03:04:00 In another sign pointing to an inherited component to autism, a study released on Monday found that having a schizophrenic parent or a mother with psychiatric problems roughly doubled a child's risk of being autistic:"Our research shows that mothers and fathers diagnosed with schizophrenia were about twice as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism," said Julie Daniels of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who worked on the study. "We also saw higher rates of depression and personality disorders among mothers, but not fathers," she said in a statement.This is truly an amazing study with widespread implications. The study of families in Sweden with children born between 1977 and 2003 involved 1,227 children diagnosed with autism. They were compared with families of nearly 31,000 children who did not have autism. Sweden's detailed health registry provides a wealth of data for such studies. What are the symptoms of autism? Autism, which is marked...
Parents of children with autism were more likely to have been hospitalized
2008-05-04 02:01:00 1: Pediatrics. 2008 May;121(5):e1357-62. Parental psychiatric disorders associated with autism spectrum disorders in the offspring.Daniels JL, Forssen U, Hultman CM, Cnattingius S, Savitz DA, Feychting M, Sparen P.Department of Epidemiology, CB 7435, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435. juliedaniels@unc.edu.OBJECTIVE.- Autism is a developmental disorder defined by impaired social interaction, communication, and behavior. Causes and correlates of autism are largely unknown, but elevated frequencies of psychiatric disorders and distinct personality traits have been reported among the family members of individuals with autism. Linkage of data from Swedish registries was used to investigate whether hospitalization for psychiatric conditions was higher among parents of children with autism compared with control subjects. METHODS. Data sources included the Swedish Medical Birth Register (child's birth), the Swedish Multi-Generation Register (linking parents to childre...
Statistics of Autism in China
2008-05-01 08:09:00 Autism is called ‘zi bi zheng’ and considered of a tpye of mental disability in China. There’s no diagnosis of autism in China until the 80s of 20 century, which is 40 years late comparing to international society. Even by far, there’s only about 100 doctors in China who can diagnose autism expertly. In a survey ...
By: Autism-World
Environmental Mercury and Autism ? Are Vaccines Still a Culprit?
2008-04-30 21:35:00 A new study released by The University of Texas demonstrated a clear connection between industrial mercury released and autism. Researchers studied Texas school district data and proximity of...
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Autism and Schizophrenia Identical-- My Words
2008-04-29 23:00:00 Autism and Schizophrenia Have Same Molecular Basis Copyright © 2008 Cell Press. All rights reserved.Neuron, Vol 58, 165-167, 24 April 2008PreviewSchizophrenia: Genome, InterruptedRita M. Cantor1,2, and Daniel H. Geschwind1,2,3, 1 Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA2 Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA3 Program in Neurogenetics, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USACorresponding authorRita M. Cantorrcantor@mednet.ucla.eduCo-rresponding authorDaniel H. Geschwinddhg@ucla.edu"The specificity of the identified variantsfor schizophrenia remains unknown. Forexample, CNVs in Neurexin 1 and recurrentCNV on chromosome 16p11 previouslyreported in ASD and other neurodevelopmentaldisorders were alsoobserved in this study. This is not problematic,but rather it presents a...
New S$21m St Andrew’s Autism Centre to be built at Singapore Elliot R
2008-04-28 23:50:00 New S$21m St Andrew’s Autism Centre to be built at Singapore Elliot Road By Hasnita Majid, SINGAPORE: A new S$21-million centre catering to autistic people up to 55 years old will be built in the East Coast area. The St Andrew’s Autism Centre will look at the comprehensive needs of people with autism, including education, social skills training and recreation. It will also prepare them for employment. The centre will be located at a two-hectare area along Elliot Road, the site of the former St Andrew’s Centre Hospital. The new centre will have specially-equipped classes and daily training rooms, a sensory gym, music therapy and dance rooms, a library including a toy library, and a domestic science lab. It will also have sheltered workshops, medical and assessment centres, as well as sports and outdoor play facilities. Family members can also access services such as counselling and autism-support training. Currently, the St Andrew’s Autism Centre is situated...
Miley Cyrus Photo Headline News Not OLDER FATHERS CAUSING AUTISM TO RISE
2008-04-28 02:22:00 Miley Cyrus makes the headlines but rising paternal age as a major cause of autism etc Does Not A Topless Photo Threatens a Major Disney Franchise Published: April 28, 2008LOS ANGELES — Fifteen years old, topless and wrapped in what appears to be a satin bedsheet in the June issue of Vanity Fair. Did Miley Cyrus, with the help of a controversy-courting magazine, just deliver a blow to the Walt Disney Company’s billion-dollar “Hannah Montana” franchise?
CNN ?Fighting for Autism? Max Foster Report on You Tube
2008-04-27 13:37:00 (London, UK) The CNN news channel recently dedicated several days to mark the first ever World Autism Awareness Day, declared by the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the recommendation of the State of Qatar. WAAD had the full support of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who hailed the courage of children and ...
Dealing With Doctors And The Diagnosis Of Autism
2008-04-27 07:00:00 When a doctor first suggests that your child has autism, your immediate reaction might be disbelief and the urge to seek a second, third, or even fourth opinion. Because autism is so different in every child, it is a tricky disorder to diagnose. However, there are a few key ways in which doctors can efficiently ...
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