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No vaccine and autism link, even in kids with risk factors for autism – Expert Reaction

No vaccine and autism link, even in kids with risk factors for autism – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 March 201910 April 2019

Danish researchers have found further evidence the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination does not increase the risk for autism.  […]

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Antidepressants during pregnancy and autism – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 July 2017

A new study in the BMJ found a small increase in the rate of autism in children whose mothers took antidepressants […]

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Wireless tech and childhood development — Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 31 May 201703 August 2018

A review paper published in Child Development claims that exposure to electromagnetic fields and radio-frequency radiation – via wireless technology – may be linked […]

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Folate-autism link research questioned – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 May 201603 May 2017

Independent experts are unconvinced by unpublished research reporting a link between expecting mothers’ levels of folate – a vitamin pregnant […]

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Campaign aims to unlock causes of autism

In the News  |  Published: 12 August 201313 August 2013

Autism researchers have launched a new campaign aiming to draw together scientists, health professionals and the community from across New […]

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IVF and mental retardation, autism risk – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 03 July 201328 March 2016

A Swedish study has found that IVF treatment is not associated with increased risk of developing an autistic disorder, however […]

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Autism genetics unravelled – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 April 201205 April 2012

New research published in the leading journal Nature has started the difficult process picking apart the underlying genetic factors that […]

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MMR/Autism doctor clears name, not research

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 March 201208 March 2012

A British doctor found guilty of serious professional misconduct over the MMR controversy has won his High Court appeal against […]

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Media coverage: Wakfield’s MMR study described as ‘elaborate fraud’

In the News  |  Published: 07 January 2011

The British Medical Journal has described Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 study, in which the MMR vaccine was linked to autism, as […]

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Newsletter Digest: Wakefield chastised, the IPCC furore, and conventions galore

Blog  |  Published: 05 February 2010

Lancet kills MMR paper 10 years on The move by London-based medical journal The Lancet to retract a ten year […]

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