Brain inflammation link to autism
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Scientists have produced compelling evidence that autism may in some cases be linked to inflammation of the brain.
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Symptoms of mental retardation and autism have been reversed for the first time in laboratory mice.
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Scientists have identified a protein which plays a key role in the changes that alcohol abuse causes in the brain.
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A dramaâs plot links autism with childhood vaccinations.
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A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.
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NEW YORK  - Group A streptococcal infection appears to be associated with changes in behavior and the development of a movement disorder in elementary school children, according to a report in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry.
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High levels of a male sex hormone in foetuses are linked to a higher chance of developing autistic traits in childhood, scientists say.
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New research shows how a part of the brain helps us recognize fear in other people's facial expressions. The discovery may one day aid people with autism.
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According to a study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, infections in extremely low birth-weight infants are associated with impaired cognitive development and physical growth problems.
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDayNews) -- An allergic inflammatory disease of the esophagus triggered by immune cells may be on the rise among U.S. children, a new study finds.
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"My concern is that it's biologically plausible that the MMR vaccine causes or contributes to the disease in many children, and that nothing in the science so far dissuades me from the continued need to pursue that question"  The British doctor who sparked a health scare by suggesting a childhood vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella is linked to autism faces a hearing on Monday into charges of professional misconduct during ... via The Sydney Morning Herald
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NEW YORK  - People with high levels of inflammatory markers are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who do not, according to a report in the Neurology.
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A massive new study of the genetics of autism could lead to diagnostic tests and, eventually, to the identification of new drug targets.
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-- A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it.
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Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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A new Canadian study adds weight to recent findings that there&#39;s no link between the childhood vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and the mysterious neurological condition autism.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The latest chapter in the debate over whether childhood vaccines can cause autism was written Wednesday with release of a study that showed the controversial mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is rapidly excreted from babies' bodies and can't reach toxic levels.