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SafeMinds says the new book to be published September 14th, The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine and a Man-made Epidemic, provides compelling evidence that mercury in vaccines and other products has caused an epidemic of autism and other neurological disorders. ATLANTA, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. government revealed last week that they will compensate a family millions of dollars for their daughter's injury related to her infant vaccines that contained mercury and the...
FAIRFIELD, Conn. and ROSEMOUNT, Minn., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Autism Support Network (http://www.AutismSupportNetwork.com) and Autism Hangout (http://www.AutismHangout.com) today announced a content sharing agreement to further spread practical assistance to those whose lives are touched by autism. Autism Hangout was founded by Craig Evans, who is the stepfather of a child with autism. The site has four core sections including: News and Reports, featuring over 300 video interviews with...
The Autism Research Institute states that many of those diagnosed with autism have underlying medical disorders that are amenable to treatment. SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released new estimates that one in every 110 children (1 in 70 boys) is diagnosed with autism. Autism has become more common in our children than cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. Autism affects children from all socioeconomic and ethnic...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Behavioral Innovations, the premier provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services for families of children with Autism and other developmental disorders, announces the expansion of its San Antonio services to include In-home Autism Treatment programs and consultation services for schools and professionals. "San Antonio families will now have the opportunity to work with an outstanding, gifted team of therapists led by Board Certified...
Everyone is special in their own unique way. From a genetic point of view, no two humans are genetically identical. This means that DNA for each individual contains variants that are more or less comm. on in the overall population.Some gene variations are actually genetic deletions, where sections of DNA 'code' are missing entirely. These variants are likely to have important effects on gene function and, therefore, likely to contribute to diseases associated with that gene. But what happens...
Brainwave activity associated with language processing differs sharply in 2 disorders with opposite social profiles: Autism and Williams syndromePeople with Williams syndrome-known for their indiscriminate friendliness and ease with strangers-process spoken language differently from people with autism spectrum disorders-characterized by social withdrawal and isolation-found researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.Their findings, to be published in a forthcoming issue of...
Abnormal eye movements and other sensorimotor and neurobehavioral impairments appear common in unaffected family members of individuals with autism, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals."Autism is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder with considerable genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity," the authors write as background information in the article. "Its core behavioral features include social...
RYE, N.Y., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Curemark, LLC (www.curemark.com), a drug research and development company focused on the treatment of neurological diseases, announced that Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is participating in the company's Phase III clinical trials for CM-AT, Curemark's autism treatment. Saint Peter's is affiliated with the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. Drexel University College of Medicine began enrolling...
Camp Discovery and "Kids Like Me" camps at The Help Group enhance social skill development through recreational activities for kids 3-18 SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Help Group is pleased to announce its Camp Discovery and Kids Like Me summer day camps, which provide a fun and exciting recreational camp experience for children with autism spectrum disorders and other...
Ending the Autism Epidemic Starts with Removal of Harmful Exposures, Says SafeMinds HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two papers in this week's neuroscience journal Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis point to vaccines and heavy metals including mercury as causes of the alarming rise in autism. The Centers for Disease Control now estimate autism to affect one in 110 children, up 40% from just a few years ago. "The rapid increase in autism cannot be explained solely...
