Secretin should not be used to treat autism, researchers say

The intestinal hormone secretin, considered by some to be a promising drug in the treatment of autism, does not improve the symptoms and should not be used to treat the disorder, according to a new review of studies.

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Ancient flaws leave OS X vulnerable

OS X contains unpatched security flaws of a type that were fixed on alternative operating systems more than a decade ago, according to a security researcher credited with finding numerous bugs in Apple's increasingly popular platform.

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Researchers say chromosome may harbor autism gene

Using technology that allows DNA from thousands of genes to be collected and surveyed on a 3 x 1½-inch chip, University of Utah medical researchers have confirmed that a region on a single chromosome probably harbors a gene that causes autism.

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Children with autism found to have specific memory problems

If children with autism can't see the forest for the trees, that may be partly because the burden of processing all those trees at once makes it harder to lock in the scene.

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EU survey to go ahead on autism levels

I'm very skeptical about 'epidemic' claims. There is good research to refute it and scant data to back the idea up. Hopefully this study can shed more light.

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Brain Inflammation Found in Autism

These findings reinforce the theory that immune activation in the brain is involved in autism, although it is not yet clear whether it is destructive or beneficial, or both, to the developing brain.

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Missed shots stick with docs

The non-existent autism/vaccines link continues to have a growing impact on the health of Western kids.

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Autism: A window on the world

Makes a nice change to read such a positive story about autism. The whole situation sounds very similar to our own.

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Death raises debate

A new ruling that a controversial drug therapy for autistic children was responsible for the death of a 5-year-old Monroeville boy is likely to intensify debates about the treatment's safety and effectiveness.

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Seed: The Darwin Awards

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Death of 5-year-old boy linked to controversial chelation therapy

This is what happens when quackery is used to 'cure' children.

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Parenting: Special Needs: Autism problems explained in new research at Pregnancy & Baby

I'd qualify the headline a bit - *some* problems are explained and somethings that are explained are not necessarily problematic.

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