Treating Autism
NAC supplement useful for treating irritability in children with autism
An imbalance in the excitatory/inhibitory systems with abnormalities in the glutamatergic pathways has been implicated in the pathophysiology of autism. Furthermore, chronic redox imbalance was also recently linked to this disorder. The goal of this pilot study was to assess the feasibility of using oral N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a glutamatergic modulator…
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Press release from Treating Autism on Autism Awareness month
Press release from Treating Autism. Autism Awareness day and month. April 2 is Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Awareness month. However, the lack of awareness of how to treat autism is staggering, especially considering that 61,570 UK school children alone are now affected, and rates continue to rise…
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Bacteria in the gut of autistic children different from healthy children
Bacteria belonging to the group Sutterella represented a relatively large proportion of the microorganisms found in 12 of 23 tissue samples from the guts of autistic children, but these organisms were not detected in any samples from non-autistic children. Why this organism is present only in autistic kids with gastrointestinal…
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Treating Autism to receive Starr Trust grant award
In the summer of 2011 Starr Trust Chairman Rob Starr will swim the 21 miles across the English Channel to raise £100,000 for 21 children’s projects around the world. We are delighted to announce that Treating Autism has been selected as one of the Projects for the Swim 4 Smiles campaign! We are very…
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UK study: role of food intolerances on behaviour of ASD children
Autism Research in Collaboration with Bedford University and York Testing Laboratories. Free Food Intolerance Testing worth £274.00 For Autistic Children aged 10-14 Please see below for Criteria: 1. Must provide confirmation of a diagnosis of autism by a qualified professional for example their GP. 2. Must have 5 or more…
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Environment more important than genes in developing Autism
ScienceDaily reports that “After evaluating twin pairs in which at least one child has autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), researchers suggest that the shared environment may play a more substantial role in development of the condition than shared genes do, according to a report published Online First by Archives…
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Health Notes: The Dietary Approach to Autism
Article on Mail Online on the benefits of special diets, probiotics and fish oil supplementation in autism. Read full article.
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Nutritional and metabolic deficiencies in ASD
A new study published in the journal Nutrition and Metabolism evaluates the nutritional and metabolic status of 55 children with autism spectrum disorders compared to 44 neurotypical children of similar age and gender. Compared to the neurotypical children, children with autism had significantly worse nutritional and metabolic status. Some of the…
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Gut flora and gastrointestinal status in children with autism correlates with autism severity
A study by Arizona State University found strong correlation of gastrointestinal symptoms with autism severity. Their results indicate that children with more severe autism are likely to have more severe gastrointestinal symptoms and vice versa. The results of this research confirm once more the widespread abnormalities of gastrointestinal function in…
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Treating Autism approved as partner to Really Responsible Leadership Programme
Treating Autism is proud to announced that we have been approved as a charitable partner in Really Responsible Leadership programme. We hope that their skills-share initiative will lead to us receiving expert support on theUK wide campaign to raise awareness of biomedical treatments for ASD. Watch this space for future updates…
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