Study verifies Doctors research on Autism shows that MMR vaccine causes Autism

Induced labor suspected in autism...
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Induced labour 'linked to autism'
12 August 2013 > Children whose mothers needed drugs to start giving birth are slightly more likely to have autism, US researchers say.
A study of 625,000 children, published in JAMA Pediatrics, showed the autism link was stronger in boys. Scientists have called for more research to explain the difference as it is not clear why there would be a link. Doctors said inducing labour was safe, necessary and could save a baby's life. Autism is thought to be caused by a combination of family, or genetic, risk and conditions in the womb and early life while the child is developing.

Procedure could be life-saving

The study of births in North Carolina showed 13 out of every 1,000 boys born, and four per 1,000 girls, developed autism. However, the rate was a third higher in boys when their mother needed drugs to induce or assist the pregnancy, while any effect in girls was more muted. Researchers said that two cases of autism in every 1,000 births might be prevented by stopping induction. However, they warned this would come at significant cost as the procedure could be life-saving.

Prof Simon Gregory, of Duke University, said there had been a lot of conflicting evidence on autism and inducing labour, but this study was the largest to look at the issue. He told the BBC: "We don't want mothers to say, 'Under no circumstances do I want to be induced because I don't want a kid with autism'. That would be plain wrong. "We've found an association and more research is needed. This allows us to focus on the factors around birth that may affect autism and how it develops."

The study only shows that the rates of autism are higher after being induced. It could be down to the drugs used to begin labour or something else influencing the pregnancy that leads to women needing to be induced and also affects the developing brain.

'Good medical reasons'
 
Missing Gut Bacterium May Cause Autistic Behaviors...
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Lack of Gut Bacterium May Cause Autistic Behaviors
June 17, 2016 - Some autistic behaviors may have their roots in the gut — or, more specifically, what is missing from the gut.
Autism is a potentially disabling communication disorder that has long perplexed neuroscientists. While some children are only mildly affected, others are almost completely withdrawn, displaying severe anxiety, repetitive behaviors and angry outbursts. Researchers suspected that the anti-social behaviors might be tied to the diet of the child and the child’s birth mother, according to Mauro Costa-Mattioli, a professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine.

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Researchers created a mouse model of pups born with autistic, anti-social behaviors, and then succeeded in reversing that behavior through diet.​

He and his colleagues succeeded in creating a mouse model of pups born with autistic, anti-social behaviors — such as spending less time in contact with their peers and not initiating interactions — by overfeeding their pregnant mothers. Costa-Mattioli notes that autism, usually diagnosed in very young children, is more common in the offspring of overweight mothers. When the pups were born, they were separated from their mothers after three weeks and placed with non-autistic mouse pups. "And you look at the behavior when the animals [become] adults,” Costa-Mattioli said, “and we surprisingly found that the behavior of, let's call it, autistic mice is completely reversed."

Dietary additive

Costa-Mattioli said the reason for the transformation is that the affected animals ate the feces — as mice do — of the normal mice, which contain a full complement of gut flora or microbes. The researchers found the mice that displayed autistic behaviors were missing a bacterium called Lactobacillus reuteri, which was restored when they ingested the intestinal flora of the normal mice. Next, investigators took mice that had been bred to be germ-free. They, too, displayed anti-social behaviors until researchers performed what Costa-Mattioli called a "poop transplant," putting the missing bacteria from normal mice feces in the animals' water for about a month. "The social behavior is completely restored,” he said. “When we look at the other behaviors, like the repetitive behavior or the anxiety-like behavior, we found the bacterium is unable to change those behaviors. So, in the jargon of the lab, we call it a social bacteria."

The findings were published in the journal Cell. Costa-Mattioli said Lactobacillus reuteri is tied to production of a feel-good hormone called oxytocin, which makes animals more social. Low levels of oxytocin-producing brain cells were seen in the anti-social mouse pups, but were restored when the mice were given the missing lactobacillus. "We can think about what would be the effect in humans, and this is very early," he warned, "but we are fascinated with the idea of being able to correct or improve brain function by affecting the gut." Costa-Mattioli called it "fantastic" if the lives of children with autism could be significantly improved with something as simple as transplanting a gut microbe.

Lack of Gut Bacterium May Cause Autistic Behaviors
 

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