Caring for the carers continued

Consider this post a brief extension to a previous one talking about how greater efforts need to be put into supporting those raising and ca...

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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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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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Views on autism from an "unaffected sibling"

It was a bit of a breath of fresh air to read the paper by Lauren Singer [1] (open-access) published in the journal Molecular Autism  recen...

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Breast milk protects against GI symptoms in high risk autism?

Happy house @ Paul Whiteley " Late weaning and EBM [exclusive breast milk] were associated with protection against GI [gastrointestina...

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Sibling death by defenestration: a case report

The case report published by Osman Sabuncuoglu and colleagues [1] (open-access) highlighting the extremes of certain high-risk behaviours p...

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Leaky gut as a later life event in autism?

Leaky gut and autism. Yes, it happens and I've talked about it quite a bit on this blog . If you're bored of me mentioning this pot...

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