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INSECTICIDE INCREASES RISK OF AUTISM An animal study from the University of Toledo indicates that early exposure to a common class of insecticides called pyrethroids may increase the risk of autism and other developmental disorders, even at levels currently recognized as safe. “It’s used in landscaping, it’s what they fog in the streets for mosquitoes. It’s everywhere,” said James Burkett, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neuroscience. The off spring of female mice exposed to small doses of pyrethroids before, during, and after pregnancy showed increased hyperactivity and repetitive behaviors, less vocalization, and were more likely to fail basic learning tests compared to controls. Scientists still do not know what causes autism. Dr. Russell Blaylock, a board-certified neurosurgeon and author of The Blaylock Wellness Report newsletter, believes pyrethroids cause autism by activating components of immune cells — microglia and astrocytes — that trigger immunoexcitotoxicity, which leads to the death of neurons. “I believe scientists have underestimated the
eff ects of environmental factors on autism,” he said. “The pyrethroids begin the process in at-risk children,” he told Newsmax.
PRESCHOOL ENT INFECTIONS LINKED TO AUTISM RISK Young children with common ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions may be at risk of autism, suggests research published in the journal BMJ Open. The study was based on more than 10,000 young children who were closely monitored for their first four years. At 30 months, those who had more signs of ENT problems were more likely to be diagnosed with autism. Children with discharge from their ears were more than three times more likely to have autism, while those whose hearing was impaired during a cold had more than twice the risk. And children who failed to react to nearby noise were more than six times more likely to have autism.
DIABETES DRUG REDUCES BLINDING HEADACHES Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a condition
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AUTISM STATISTICS: 1 in 36
that raises pressure in the brain, can lead to chronic, blinding headaches and even blindness. Currently, there are no medications approved to treat the disease, and those used off -label have bothersome side eff ects. In a new trial, exenatide, an injectable drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes, led to a drop in pressure in the brain during the short term (2.5 hours and 24 hours) and long term (12 weeks), and resulted in 7.7 fewer days of headaches per month compared to only 1.5 fewer headache days in the placebo group. “We are encouraged by the significant results from this trial, and this treatment may prove relevant for other conditions resulting in raised brain pressure,” said Dr. James Mitchell of the University of Birmingham. The study was published in the journal Brain.
VITAMIN D MAY EXPLAIN PROSTATE CANCER DIFFERENCES African-American men are more likely to develop prostate cancer than European- American men, and are twice as likely to die from the
The number of children in the United States diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a group of developmental disorders marked by impairments in the ability to interact socially and communicate.
31%
The percentage of children with ASD who also have an intellectual disability.
4 Boys are four times more
likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls.
disease. The reason, according to a multi-institutional study published in Cancer Research Communications, may be that African-American men tend to have lower levels of vitamin D due to higher levels of melanin in their skin. Vitamin D helps the body stimulate cells to mature and die. “Without suf icient levels of vitamin D to cause them to mature, the cells in a tumor continue to multiply out of control,” said Moray Campbell, Ph.D., a research scientist at Cedars- Sinai Cancer.
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