1 hour ago by notjustaparent

Recently, I came across a post in which someone commented that there is no connection between vaccines and autism, and they linked to this New Scientist article with the suggestion that the article demonstrated the lack of a connection. IMO, the article referenced doesn't support the contention that ...

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2 hours ago by Madeline

I make one for my daughter. It looks delightful. I knit one for myself, they’re so quick and easy. I knit one for my older daughter, sludge coloured so that she can blend in with her beloved trees. Since my mother-in-law’s birthday is only a day or two away, I knit another one. I have quite a bit of ...

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10 hours ago by Katy~Del

Work was slow. I catalogued a few things and got down the last of the video boxes. We got a new spinner in, so now there's more room for videos. I spent the last hour on the TX workforce commisions web site looking for a job. S has a new friend at school. There is one Little Boy, Sias, that S likes. ...

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11 hours ago by brevity

Those of you who read Ann Bauer’s powerful Modern Love essay in the New York Times this past Sunday may also want to read Ann Bauer’s Brevity essay “The Nowhere Place.” This is the second time in recent months that a Brevity veteran has landed in the Modern Love column, and that makes us smile. If y ...

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12 hours ago by Terry

A tug of war between maternal and paternal genes (which has already shown to affect body weight) may also affect mental development: In summary, we propose that autistic spectrum conditions are characterized by deficits in theory-of-mind skills, or 'hypo-mentalism', whereas psychotic spectrum condit ...

Prometheus Untenured - tdj.livejournal.com · 45 references

12 hours ago by Purple Tempest

The monochrome color scheme of the RNC: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303962_3.html?nav=rss_politics&sid=ST2008090304308&s_pos= and http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/04/rnc.minorities/index.html?eref=rss_latest Race in the race: http://www.cnn.com/2008/PO ...

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13 hours ago by Dr. Buttar's Blogmaster

A week or so ago, we referenced a blog post by Ms. Marcella Piper-Terry on her blog entitled “Thimerosal in Flu Vaccine? YES” and it received quite a bit of attention. It also received a rather lengthy reply from an Unknown blogger by the name of Skepacabra that runs some sort of Tabloid “News” type ...

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14 hours ago by Melissa Lafsky

We decided to take a break from the creative environmental fables springing forth in Minneapolis to hit yet another field where fact and fabrication have been scarily intertwined: autism and vaccines. The anti-vax celebrity movement is going strong—now they can add Lance Armstrong to their ranks—and ...

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15 hours ago by Liz

Beginning in 1998, Andrew Wakefield proposed the hypothesis that being vaccinated against measles contributed to autism, including identifying a new syndrome, "autistic enterocolitis", in which autism was in part gastrointestinal inflammation caused by vaccination against measles. His research was r ...

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16 hours ago by Haddayr Copley-Woods

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Scientists who tried to replicate a study that once tied a measles vaccine with autism said on 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 chi ...

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