Re: RE: Fever in Pregnancy Tied to Autism Risk

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Good point!

Winnie Fever in Pregnancy Tied to Autism Risk> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Previous research has suggested a connection between > autism and various infections during pregnancy, including > measles, mumps, rubella and influenza."> > Really? But not the vaccines for those diseases? Did we ever > hear of this "previous research" before?> > Winnie> > (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/fever-in-pregnancy-> tied-to-autism-risk/?nl=health & emc=edit_hh_20120605)> > June 4, 2012, 3:57 pm > Fever in Pregnancy Tied to Autism Risk> By NICHOLAS BAKALAR> > Running a fever during pregnancy is associated with a risk of > autism spectrum disorders and developmental delays in the > offspring, a new study reports.> Previous research has suggested a connection between autism and > various infections during pregnancy, including measles, mumps, > rubella and influenza.> In the new analysis, researchers studied 701 children with > autism spectrum disorders or developmental delays and 421 normal > controls. After adjusting for age and other health and > socioeconomic variables, they found that women who reported > having had a fever during pregnancy were more than twice as > likely as those who did not to have a child with a developmental > disorder.Among women whose fever had been treated with drugs > like Tylenol or Advil, the risk was indistinguishable from that > of mothers who reported no fever.> “Fever is an acute inflammatory response,” said the senior > author, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, a professor of environmental > epidemiology at the Mind Institute of the University of > California, . “So there is a suggestion that inflammation > of some sort may play some role in autism causation. Untreated > fever seems to be the place where the risk is.”> The scientists were unable to determine whether a fever at a > specific time during pregnancy might alter the risk. They > acknowledge that their data depend on self-reports, which are > not always accurate.> The study was published online May 5 in The Journal of Autism > and Developmental Disorders.> > > > > > > > > > > > > >