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Archive for March, 2009

Pardo letter on neuroinflamation

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Neuroinflamation was a big subject in the Autism Omnibus. This was especially true in the “second theory of causation” hearings, which concentrated on thimerosal containing vaccines as a possible causative factor in autism. Here’s a page from Dr. Aposhian’s presentation at the Omnibus (click to enlarge), which shows the basic logic flow. Or, to put [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Omnibus, Omnibus Experts | 6 Comments »

Is there an autism epidemic – the latest science

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

A new paper from Eric Fombonne is in electronic print at the journal Pediatric Research. It will apparently be published in the paper version of the journal some time after April. The title is ‘Epidemiology of pervasive developmental disorders’ and as the name suggests, Fombonne looks at all the available quality epidemiology he can find [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Epidemic, Epidemiology, Eric Fombonne, Omnibus Experts, Science | 14 Comments »

Who is antivaccine?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

The group that wants to bring the third world up to modern standards of vaccination or the group that wants to bring the US to current third world standards? I’ve been trying to avoid responding to Age of Autism blog posts. I have a full time job, I don’t need another one. But, this one [...]

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Spiderman saves autistic boy

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Gotta love a story like this. I don’t like copying entire news stories, but by the time I cut and paste chunks of this one, I will have most of it anyway: BANGKOK (AFP) – A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a [...]

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