Open label study of probiotics and autism

" We concluded that probiotics have beneficial effects on both behavioral and GI [gastrointestinal]  manifestations of ASD  [autism sp...

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"medical disorders in children with ASD and ADHD appear to be widespread"

The quote titling this brief post is taken from the results of the systematic review undertaken by Jet Muskens and colleagues [1] (open-acc...

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Autism, ageing and comorbidity

I'm not spending too much time today on the findings published by Elizabeth Wise and colleagues [1] but did want to bring them to your ...

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Sex and age might affect comorbidity profiles in autism

The paper by Supekar and colleagues [1] provides some food for thought today specifically with the idea that comorbidity profiles accompany...

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Health service use, autism and preventative medicine

Appreciating that the title of this post potentially offers the opportunity to write a long (very long) post, today I'm specifically foc...

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Gut bacteria profiles in children with autism and asymptomatic siblings

The paper by Joshua Son and colleagues [1] ( open-access here ) made for some interesting reading recently and various findings including: ...

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Digestive enzymes and autism

" The ASD  [autism spectrum disorder]  group receiving digestive enzyme therapy for 3 months had significant improvement in emotional ...

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