Is it possible for children to outgrow autism? Good question. By now many of you know about the new study suggesting kids diagnosed early in life might be able to “outgrow” it. Maia Szalavitz covered the study at Time Healthland: The new research, published in the Journal of Child Psychology …
Sex and Emergency Contraceptives Cora Collette Breuner, MD, a professor of pediatric and adolescent medicine at the University of Washington dismissing concerns that access to emergency contraception make kids more sexually promiscuous, via Healthland: “We have no data showing that.” In fact we have no data at all. Air Pollution and Autism …
Childhood vaccines now rank as one of the prime examples of botched media coverage and botched thinking. The exaggerated fears, the exaggerated claims, the outright falsities – they’re all getting their fifteen minutes of fame. Vaccines have become the darlings of people who think and write about poor risk perception and related, misinformation in the media, how it gets …
Older dads and their past-due genetic contributions may increase the risk of having a child with autism. That’s right, today, mom, your decrepit eggs don’t matter. For one moment let’s hold dad’s body parts up to the microscope if not proverbial fire pit that is the Parenting Media. Some pretty incredible scientific news in these last …
Brian Wansink, Mr. Mindless Eating, Inventor of Edible Stop Sign (Photo Credit: Robin Wishna) Scientific evidence you (might) need to know: Double-blind study shows antioxidant improves symptoms of autism (irritability, repetitive behavior). So found Standford researcher with a financial stake in a company that makes and sells the antioxidant. Before you order some N-Acetylcysteine, read on. Drug studies face higher …