Tag: epidemiology
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newsResearchers in Minneapolis and Sweden are investigating reports of so-called autism clusters among children from immigrant Somali populations. Some scientists say the clusters may be the result of a vitamin D deficiency — a largely untested hypothesis.
A report from Swedish neurologists, published on 1 August, says the prevalence of autism spectrum...→
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blogMitochondrial mutations are present in at least 1 in 200 people, a number exponentially higher than previous estimates of their prevalence, according to a study published this summer in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA have been associated with a wide variety of diseases – ranging from autism...→
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newsFor much of the twentieth century, autism was considered childhood schizophrenia.
Shared problems with language and social interaction lumped them together. Doctors thought as the children grew older, they simply became more psychotic and delusional.
But, in 1943, Leo Kanner, a psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, suggested that children who have an “innate...→
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blogOne of the most startling statistics in autism is the prevalence: 1 in 150 children. That number is routinely cited to make the case that autism is now an epidemic, and that it is swiftly on the rise.
But another theory holds that this rise is at least in part attributable to...→
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blogThis month’s Scientific American features an article about autism that debates one of the most vexing questions in the field: how real is the autism epidemic?
This is a persistent and, for many, a highly emotional debate. On the one hand is the theory that there is a massive, unexplained rise in...→
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