SchaferAutismReport: U.S. Study Claims to Clear Measles Vaccine of Autism Link

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Reader Supported Vol. 12 No. 129p In This Issue: • • • • RESEARCHU.S. Study Claims to Clear Measles Vaccine of Autism Link Early Results In M.I.N.D. Hyperbarics Study Why Won't Some Men Commit?Age at Regression in Children With Autism With and Without Down Syndrome • • COMMENTARYCDC Misses Target With Flawed MMR/Autism Study How Will Palin Vaccinate Her Son Trig? • • • • • • • • ADVOCACY"You Now Have An Advocate"The Illinois Stay At Home Mom MarchCanadian Autism Parents Seek Clout in Federal Election PEOPLETherapist Indicted On Molestation ChargesMissing Australian Autistic Girl FoundSex Offender Sentenced To 30 MonthsTREATMENTSensory Therapy Appears To Help Autistic ChildMEDIAAutism Issues Around the World Send your LETTER The Autism Calendar or here: tinyurl.com/283dpa DO SOMETHING ABOUT AUTISM NOW SUBSCRIBE. . . ! . . . Read, then Forward the Schafer Autism Report.$35 for 1 year - 200 issues, or No Cost Review Sub.www.sarnet.org the Autism Calendartm hereHundreds of Local Autism Events Political Discussion Forum Heats Up As Vaccine Link To Autism Question SpreadsAn email discussion list has been created in response to the growing interest in the environmental causes of autism -- now more than 2,200 subscribers. Here is where to join: SAR Back Issues AUTISM IS TREATABLE Check here Today's SAR is provided through the support of paid subscription readers. - THANK YOU - JUST OUT NEW!the Autism Calendartm hereHundreds of Local Autism EventsRESEARCHU.S. Study Claims to Clear Measles Vaccine of Autism Link By Steenhuysen. tinyurl.com/65lmzm Reuters - Scientists who tried to replicate a study that once tied a measles vaccine with autism said Wednesday they could not find any link and hope their study will encourage parents to vaccinate their children to combat a rash of measles outbreaks. Parents' refusals to have their children vaccinated against measles have contributed to the highest numbers of cases seen in in the United States and parts of Europe in many years. Measles kills about 250,000 people a year globally, mostly children in

poor nations. Public health officials have been stressing the safety of the combined measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, shot and other childhood vaccines in the face of vocal groups who claim the immunizations may cause autism and other problems. The U.S. Institute of Medicine has issued several definitive reports showing no connection between autism and any vaccinations. This study took a new tack. It attempted to replicate 1998 research by a team led by Dr. Wakefield, then of Britain's Royal Free Hospital, in the Lancet medical journal that suggested the vaccine was linked to autism and gastrointestinal problems. Wakefield is undergoing disciplinary action for professional misconduct by Britain's General Medical Council and 10 of his collaborators formally withdrew their original Lancet study.

Scientists at Columbia University in New York and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta looked for evidence of genetic material from the measles virus in intestinal tissue samples taken from 25 children with autism who also had GI problems. They compared these to samples from 13 children of similar ages who had GI problems but no autism.No Differences The samples were analyzed in three laboratories that were not told which came from the children with autism. One of the labs had been involved in the original study suggesting a link between measles virus and autism. "We found no difference in children who had GI complaints and no autism and children who had autism but no GI complaints," Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University told reporters in a telephone briefing. The team also collected data about the

children's health and immunization histories from parents and physicians to see if vaccinations preceded either their autism or bowel trouble. "We found no relationship between the timing of MMR vaccine and the onset of either GI complaints or autism," Dr. Mady Hornig, also of Columbia, said in a statement. But the study did find evidence that children with autism have persistent bowel troubles that should be addressed. "No longer can mainstream medicine ignore parents' claims of clinically significant GI distress," said Rick Rollens, a parent and autism research advocate. He commended the researchers for their work but said, "This study by itself does not exonerate the role of all vaccines." The CDC estimates that about one in every 150 children has autism or a related disorder such as Asperger's syndrome

-- 560,000 people up to age 21 in the United States. The findings, reported in the journal Public Library of Science, can be found at dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003140.To read this report online browse here www.sarnet.org/lib/todaySAR.htm Today's SAR is provided through the support of paid subscription readers. - THANK YOU - $35 for 1 year - or free!www.sarnet.org Copyright Notice: The above items are copyright protected. They are for our readers' personal education or research purposes only and provided at their request. Articles may not be further reprinted or used commercially without consent from the copyright holders. To find the copyright holders, follow the referenced website link provided at the beginning of each item. Lenny Schafer editor@... The Schafer Autism Report is a non-profit corporation Unsubscribe here: www.sarnet.org/frm/unsub2.htm_______________________________________________SARnets mailing listSARnets@...http://lists.igc.org/mailman/listinfo/sarnetsYou can unsubscribe send email:http://www.sarnet.org/frm/unsub2.htm-- You are subscribed as: deniseslist@...