Placental inflammation and autism?

The placenta . Quite an important part of the nine months that makes us; an organ exquisitely evolved to provide oxygen and nutrition to the...

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Assisted reproductive technology and risk of offspring autism meta-analysed

" Our study indicated that the use of ART  [ assisted reproductive technology ]  may [be]  associated with higher risk of ASD  [autism ...

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On vaccinated and un-vaccinated homeschooled children: the disappearing-reappearing-disappearing-reappearing studies

I originally began writing this post in the last week of November 2016 following first sight of the study abstract by Anthony Mawson and col...

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No wait... C-sections are NOT linked to autism

A quote to begin: " There was no association between planned CS  [ Caesarean section ]  and ASD  [autism spectrum disorder] ... or ADHD...

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One more time... the interpregnancy interval and risk of offspring autism

" Children born after an IPI  [interpregnancy interval]  of <12 months or ≥72 months had a 2- to 3-fold increased ASD  [autism spect...

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Weighing up genetics and environment in autism

" Environment as important as genes in autism, study finds " read the press release about the study by Sven Sandin and colleagues...

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Autism risk and interpregnancy interval

Pregnancy issues and adverse birth factors 'associated' with the development of autism in offspring is a topic which has cropped up ...

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Induced labour, maternal thyroid hormone and autism

The BBC TV program 'The Nine Months That Made You'  was a particularly interesting eye-opener for me. Not only did it introduce the ...

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Caesarean section and coeliac disease?

" Here I go again on my own ". So went the lyrics to the song from Whitesnake , a band formed in the bracing breeze of the North E...

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