Autism more common in boys: CDC
PRESS RELEASE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 68 children (or 14.7 per 1,000 eight-year-olds) in multiple communities in the United States has been identified with autism More...
Medical conspiracism: Monsanto, autism and the CIA-HIV link
In a new survey publish in the JAMA Internal Medicine this week, researchers from the University of Chicago looked at some of the more common “medical conspiracies” and how much the public subscribes More...
Possible link between soy formula and seizures in children with autism: study
NEWS RELEASE A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher has detected a higher rate of seizures among children with autism who were fed infant formula containing soy protein rather than milk protein. The study More...
Kristin Cavallari questioned by Kennedy about vaccines, Jenny McCarthy blasted on Twitter
The topic of vaccination and celebrities that don’t vaccinate their kids came up on television and social media recently that has received a lot of attention , especially in the wake of increased numbers of More...
Hateful letter to autistic teen, Egypt, dengue fever in Florida, defeat Lindsey Graham and Light for the Lost golf tourney – Dispatch Radio
AUGUST 24 Our guests include: Bob Washam, Director of Environmental Health for the Florida Department of Health in Martin County to discuss the dengue fever situation on Florida’s Treasure Coast Dengue Fever More...
Toronto health authorities go after Jenny McCarthy on social media calling her anti-vaccine views ‘misinformation’
Got to the Toronto Public Health Facebook page and you’ll find the following post yesterday: “Jenny McCarthy’s anti-vaccine views = misinformation. Please visit The View TV Facebook page and ask More...
Study: Evidence of Lyme disease-Autism link lacking
The proposed link between the bacterial tick borne disease, Lyme disease and autism is lacking in evidence, according to researchers at Columbia University. ”black-legged ticks”, Ixodes scapularisImage/CDC Despite a More...
Discredited Physician Andrew Wakefield Sues British Medical Journal
Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the British physician whose controversial 1998 MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)-autism study was retracted from the medical journal Lancet after 12 years in 2010, is suing the British Medical More...
