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Archive for the ‘Autistic Enterocolitis’ Category

Wakefield’s Lancet Paper – Lancet published vs NHS records

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

One of the key things that Brian Deer’s reporting has done is thrown doubt on the oft-repeated claims that a) The papers subjects nearly all suffered from some form of colitis b) The papers subjects nearly all suffered from regressive autism c) The papers subjects nearly all regressed in the days following their MMR jab. [...]

Urine test for autism? Hmmm

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Following on from Lisa Jo’s well placed concerns about this study,I also have a few. Namely the references. Not being scientifically qualified to tackle the meat of the paper I look straight at what the researcher uses to support his ideas. So far I’ve found these references the authors base their paper on: 1) Kidd, [...]

GFCF of no benefit

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

This post is from Eureka Alert A popular belief that specific dietary changes can improve the symptoms of children with autism was not supported by a tightly controlled University of Rochester study, which found that eliminating gluten and casein from the diets of children with autism had no impact on their behavior, sleep or bowel [...]

Does autistic enterocolitis exist?

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

The piece below is from the blog justthevax, where it ran as “Independent” the Wakefield way (really something for the fail blog). I like this piece because, frankly, I wish I had done it. Catherina takes a look at the exact claims made by Dr. Wakefield’s supporters and shows that they are clearly false. “Independent” [...]

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