Scientific discoveries you (might) need to know: Musical Pacifiers? (Credit: Image from Florida State University) Maternal metabolic condition linked to neurodevelopmental problems. Yes you can add being obese with diabetes/hypertension to the expanding list of possible autism triggers. Musical pacifier teaches preemies to suck. And possibly lip-synch better than Chris Brown. Before …
10 Common Chemicals Linked to Autism and ADHD – Babble, April 26 With autism now affecting 1 out of every 88 American children, researchers have been scrambling to understand how, in just 10 years, these numbers have jumped a staggering 78 percent, and why ADHD now affects 14 percent of children …
Since 2001, the Measles Initiative has vaccinated one billion children in 60 developing countries. Their efforts reduced measle deaths by 78%. That’s progress but it only takes one unvaccinated child to spawn a measles outbreak. Like the 7-year old patient of Dr. Sears, author of The Vaccine Book*, who returned to California from Switzerland with measles thus creating …
It’s true that measles and whooping cough are on the rise. It’s true some parents are choosing not to vaccinate but they represent a small minority. Most parents support childhood immunizations (see 2009 study in Pediatrics).: Getting vaccines is a good way to protect my child(ren) from disease (90% agree) Although most report they follow doctor …
1 in 88 US children have autism? Yes according to a new study by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. That’s an increase from 1 in 110 in 2007 and hold on to your calculators, a whopping increase from the early 2000/2002 rate of 1 in 150 (check out the graphics). In …