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Tuesday, 20 December 2011
The benefits of a gluten-free diet for older patients with coeliac disease
Clinical benefit of gluten-free diet in screen-detected older celiac disease patients. BMC Gastroenterology. December 2011.
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Studying adverse events following 12 and 18 month vaccination
Adverse events following 12 and 18 month vaccinations: a population-based, self-controlled case series analysis. PLoS ONE. December 2011.
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Monday, 12 December 2011
Vitamin and mineral supplement for autism
Effect of a vitamin/mineral supplement on children and adults with autism. BMC Pediatrics. December 2011.
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Incidence of infectious intestinal disease
Longitudinal study of infectious intestinal disease in the UK (IID2 study): incidence in the community and presenting to general practice. BMJ. June 2011
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gastrointestinal,
incidence,
intestinal disease
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Bugs, drugs and dysbiosis
Bugs and drugs: insights into the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol. December 2011.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Brain enlargement and regression in autism
Brain enlargement is associated with regression in preschool-age boys with autism spectrum disorders. PNAS. November 2011.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Omega 3 fatty acids for autism
Omega-3 fatty acids supplementation for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Cochrane Library. November 2011
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
A new player in chronic intestinal inflammation
Th17-related cytokines: new players in the control of chronic intestinal inflammation. BMC Medicine. November 2011
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Saturday, 5 November 2011
Glutathione and autism
Novel metabolic biomarkers related to sulfur-dependent detoxification pathways in autistic patients of Saudi Arabia. BMC Neurology. November 2011.
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Thursday, 3 November 2011
Zinc deficiency and autism
Infantile zinc deficiency: association with autism spectrum disorders. Scientific Reports. November 2011.
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Saturday, 29 October 2011
Probiotics and autism
The potential role of probiotics in the management of childhood autism spectrum disorders. Gastroenterology Research & Practice. 2011.
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Labels:
autism,
gastrointestinal,
immune system,
probiotics
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Five serum biomarkers for schizophrenia?
Potential metabolite markers of schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry. October 2011.
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Labels:
biomarker,
cystine,
fatty acids,
homocysteine,
mitochondria,
schizophrenia
Friday, 21 October 2011
Cytokines and gastrointestinal motility
Cytokine-induced alterations of gastrointestinal motility in gastrointestinal disorders. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol. October 2011
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
ADHD and coeliac disease
Association of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and celiac disease: a brief report. The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders. 2011: 13
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Labels:
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD),
Coeliac disease,
gluten,
gluten-free diet (GF)
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Progranulin and autism
Low plasma progranulin levels in children with autism. Journal of Neuroinflammation. September 2011.
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Labels:
autism,
autoimmunity,
immune system,
inflammation
Obesity and emotional wellbeing
Modelling the relationship between obesity and mental health in children and adolescents: findings from the Health Survey for England 2007. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Mental Health. October 2011
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Thursday, 6 October 2011
Bacterial and metabolic signatures in coeliac disease
Duodenal and faecal microbiota of celiac children: molecular, phenotype and metabolome characterization. BMC Microbiology. October 2011.
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Labels:
biomarker,
Coeliac disease,
gluten,
gluten-free diet (GF),
gut bacteria
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Bacteria degrade gluten peptides
Identification of Rothia bacteria as gluten-degrading natural colonizers of the upper gastro-intestinal tract. PLoS ONE. September 2011.
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Friday, 30 September 2011
ADHD and Borderline Personality Disorder
ADHD in adolescents with borderline personality disorder. BMC Psychiatry. September 2011.
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Hookworm infection good for inflammation?
Suppression of inflammatory immune responses in celiac disease by experimental hookworm infection. PLoS ONE. September 2011.
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Labels:
Coeliac disease,
hookworm,
immune system,
inflammation
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Dietary saturated fat and and cardiovascular disease
Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vol 91(3). pp535-546. March 2010
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[Note that this article is not a recent one but nevertheless contains some interesting information].
Monday, 19 September 2011
Carbohydrates, dysbiosis and autism
Impaired carbohydrate digestion and transport and mucosal dysbiosis in the intestines of children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances. PLoS ONE. September 2011
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Labels:
autism,
carbohydrates,
diet,
dysbiosis,
gastrointestinal
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Fatherhood decreases testosterone
Longitudinal evidence that fatherhood decreases testosterone in human males. PNAS. September 2011.
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Europe's biggest source of ill health
The size and burden of mental disorders and other disorders of the brain in Europe in 2010. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 2011.
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Monday, 5 September 2011
Low dose naltrexone affects cell proliferation
Low-dose naltrexone targets the opioid growth factor–opioid growth factor receptor pathway to inhibit cell proliferation: mechanistic evidence from a tissue culture model. Experimental Biology & Medicine. September 2011.
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Chocolate gets the green light?
Chocolate consumption and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. August 2011.
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Friday, 26 August 2011
Aging in autism
Aging in autism spectrum disorders: a mini-review. Gerontology. August 2011.
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Cytokine protection against intestinal inflammation
Interleukin 37 expression protects mice from colitis. PNAS. August 2011.
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
Universal screening for autism?
Should all children be screened for autism spectrum disorders? American Family Physician. August 2011.
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Sibling risk and autism
Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a baby siblings research consortium study. Pediatrics. August 2011.
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Friday, 12 August 2011
Bacteria mop up mercury
Characterization of mercury bioremediation by transgenic bacteria expressing metallothionein and polyphosphate kinase. BMC Biotechnology. August 2011.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
Flame retardant exposure and thyroid signalling
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hydroxylated PBDEs (OH-PBDEs), and measures of thyroid function in second trimester pregnant women in California. Environmental Science & Technology. August 2011.
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Finger prick test for coeliac disease?
Feasibility of a finger prick-based self-testing kit in first- and second-degree relatives of children with coeliac disease. World Journal of Gastroenterology. April 2011.
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Monday, 8 August 2011
Autism and cancer risk
Autism and cancer risk. Autism Research. August 2011.
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Friday, 5 August 2011
Borrelia biodiversity in Lyme disease patients
Biodiversity of Borrelia burgdorferi strains in tissues of Lyme Disease patients. PLoS ONE. August 2011.
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
Look into my eyes
Preliminary study of relationships between hypnotic susceptibility and personality disorder functioning styles in healthy volunteers and personality disorder patients. BMC Psychiatry. July 2011
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Guidelines for probiotic use in preterm newborns
Evidence based guidelines for use of probiotics in preterm neonates. BMC Medicine. August 2011
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Labels:
infants,
inflammatory bowel disease,
probiotics
Friday, 29 July 2011
How stable is gut bacteria?
Intestinal microbiota in healthy adults: temporal analysis reveals individual and common core and relation to intestinal symptoms. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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Whats active in gut bacterial populations?
The active human gut microbiota differs from the total microbiota. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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Thursday, 28 July 2011
Parents officially know best
Do parents recognize autistic deviant behavior long before diagnosis? Taking into account interaction using computational methods. PLoS ONE. July 2011
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Food labelling and nudge theory
Changes in energy content of lunchtime purchases from fast food restaurants after introduction of calorie labelling: cross sectional customer surveys. BMJ. July 2011
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Beauty is in the brain of the beholder
Towards a brain-based theory of beauty. PLoS ONE. July 2011.
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The demographics of depression
Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode. BMC Medicine. July 2011.
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Friday, 22 July 2011
Understanding ADHD
Advances in understanding and treating ADHD. BMC Medicine. July 2011
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
Womens height and cancer risk
Height and cancer incidence in the Million Women Study: prospective cohort, and meta-analysis of prospective studies of height and total cancer risk. The Lancet Oncology. July 2011.
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Monday, 18 July 2011
OTC painkillers vs. antipsychotics in dementia care
Efficacy of treating pain to reduce behavioural disturbances in residents of nursing homes with dementia: cluster randomised clinical trial. BMJ. July 2011.
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Saturday, 16 July 2011
Screening for metabolic conditions in autism?
Should metabolic diseases be systematically screened in nonsyndromic autism spectrum disorders? PLoS One. July 2011.
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
EEGs to diagnose Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
EEG spectral coherence data distinguish chronic fatigue syndrome patients from healthy controls and depressed patients - A case control study. BMC Neurology. July 2011.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS),
diagnosis,
EEG
How do patients report outcome?
Measuring patient-reported outcomes: moving beyond misplaced common sense to hard science. BMC Medicine. July 2011.
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Wednesday, 13 July 2011
BH4 in the management of PKU
Pharmacotherapy options in the management of phenylketonuria. Clinical Medicine Insights: Therapeutics. July 2011.
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Labels:
BH4,
diet,
intervention,
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Chlorination by-products and autistic-like behaviours
Chlorination byproducts induce gender specific autistic-like behaviors in CD-1 mice. NeuroToxicology. July 2011.
Monday, 11 July 2011
Life expectancy across the globe
Falling behind: life expectancy in US counties from 2000 to 2007 in an international context. Population Health Metrics. July 2011.
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Vitamin D, the blood-brain barrer and Alzheimer's disease
1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 enhances cerebral clearance of human amyloid-b peptide(1-40) from mouse brain across the blood-brain barrier. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. July 2011.
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Saturday, 9 July 2011
Free amino acids to treat allergy
Identification of critical amino acids in the IgE epitopes of Ric c 1 and Ric c 3 and the application of glutamic acid as an IgE blocker. PLoS One. June 2011.
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Friday, 8 July 2011
Why worms need sex
Running with the Red Queen: Host-Parasite coevolution selects for biparental sex. Science. July 2011.
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The anti-epileptic benefits of the Atkins diet
A ketogenic diet suppresses seizures in mice through adenosine A1 receptors. The Journal of Clinical Investigation. July 2011.
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No resistance to fatty foods
Endocannabinoid signal in the gut controls dietary fat intake. PNAS. June/July 2011.
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Thursday, 7 July 2011
The difficulties in studying brains
Robustness and fault tolerance make brains harder to study. BMC Biology. June 2011.
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Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Physical health needs and schizophrenia
Physical health behaviours and health locus of control in people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder and bipolar disorder: a cross-sectional comparative study with people with non-psychotic mental illness. BMC Psychiatry. June 2011.
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Bacteria to improve colic?
Antagonistic effect of Lactobacillus strains against gas-producing coliforms isolated from colicky infants. BMC Microbiology. June 2011.
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Assessing HBOT
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy promotes neurogenesis: where do we stand? Medical Gas Research. June 2011.
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Ancestry, chronic disease and omega-6 fatty acids
The impact of FADS genetic variants on ω6 polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolism in African Americans. BMC Genetics. July 2011.
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Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Environment as important as genes in autism?
Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry. July 2011.
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Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Obesity higher amongst non-smoking women
Cause specific mortality, social position, and obesity among women who had never smoked: 28 year cohort study. BMJ. June 2011.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Genes and mutations
Variation in genome-wide mutation rates within and between human families. Nature Genetics. June 2011.
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Osteopathy improves pediatric gastrointestinal function?
Effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on gastrointestinal function and length of stay of preterm infants: an exploratory study. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies. June 2011.
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Genotype by environmental interaction in breast cancer
Genetic variants in the MRPS30 region and postmenopausal breast cancer risk. Genome Medicine. June 2011.
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Coeliac disease in China
Celiac disease in children with diarrhea in four cities of China. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. June 2011.
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
Diabetes rates are up
National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants. Lancet. June 2011
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
Comparing males and females with high-functioning autism
A behavioral comparison of males and female adults with high functioning autism spectrum conditions. PLoS ONE. June 2011.
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Male prevalence in autism
Why are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in males? PLoS Biology. June 2011.
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Oxidative stress and Parkinson's disease
Oxidation of the cysteine-rich regions of parkin perturbs its E3 ligase activity and contributes to protein aggregation. Molecular Neurodegeneration. June 2011.
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Charting the course of the human microbiome
Moving pictures of human microbiome. Genome Biology. June 2011.
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diet,
gut bacteria,
infection,
inflammation,
inflammatory bowel disease
Managing chronic liver disease
Role of lifestyle changes in the management of chronic liver disease. BMC Medicine. June 2011.
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
A good overview of nutrition, gut and the immune system
Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system. Nature.
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Constipation in children
Constipation in children. Italian Journal of Pediatrics.
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Rise of chronic disease in Saudi Arabia
Diabetes mellitus type 2 and other chronic non-communicable diseases in the central region, Saudi Arabia (Riyadh Cohort 2): a decade of an epidemic. BMC Medicine.
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Friday, 17 June 2011
Granny's age and risk of autism?
Parental and grandparental ages in the autistic spectrum disorders: a birth cohort study. PLoS ONE. June 2010.
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Allergy and barriers
Allergy as an epithelial barrier disease. Clinical & Translational Allergy. June 2011.
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Duloxetine for fibromyalgia
Improvement in multiple dimensions of fatigue in patients with fibromyalgia treated with duloxetine: secondary analysis of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Research & Therapy. June 2011.
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
No to autism screening?
Early autism detection? Are we ready for routine screening? Pediatrics. June 2011.
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Friday, 10 June 2011
Nutrition and metabolic status in autism
Nutritional and metabolic status of children with autism vs. neurotypical children, and the association with autism severity. Nutrition & Metabolism.
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Plasma cytokines and autism
Plasma cytokine profiles in subjects with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders. PLoS ONE. May 2011.
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Fecal bacteria and necrotising enterocolitis
Fecal microbiota in premature infants prior to necrotizing enterocolitis. PLoS ONE. June 2011.
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baby,
gut bacteria,
inflammatory bowel disease
Cortisol-induced damage to DNA/RNA
Association between urinary excretion of cortisol and markers of oxidatively damaged DNA and RNA in humans. PLoS ONE. June 2011.
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Monday, 6 June 2011
Depression and the neonate
Depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Impact on neuroendocrine and neonatal outcomes. Infant Behavior & Development.
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Saturday, 4 June 2011
Cesarean section and risk of coeliac disease?
Cesarean delivery is associated with celiac disease but not inflammatory bowel disease in children. Gut Microbes. March 2011.
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Friday, 3 June 2011
Autism from an evolutionary perspective?
Conceptualizing the autism spectrum in terms of natural selection and behavioral ecology: the solitary forager hypothesis. Evolutionary Psychology. June 2011.
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Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Risk of substance abuse in ADHD
Does ADHD predict substance-use disorders? A 10-year follow-up study of young adults with ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. June 2011.
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Sunday, 29 May 2011
Gut microflora and risk of obesity
Intestinal microflora and body mass index during the first three years of life: an observational study. Gut Pathogens. May 2011.
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Mental health in coeliac disease
Compliant gluten-free children with celiac disease: an evaluation of psychological distress. BMC Pediatrics. May 2011.
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Saturday, 28 May 2011
Heroin, morphine and the blood-brain barrier
Pharmacokinetic modeling of subcutaneous heroin and its metabolites in blood and brain of mice. Addiction Biology. May 2011.
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Friday, 27 May 2011
Sleep and weight
Longitudinal analysis of sleep in relation to BMI and body fat in children: the FLAME study. BMJ. May 2011.
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
Hypothermia following antipsychotic use
An unusual case of hypothermia associated with therapeutic doses of olanzapine: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. May 2011.
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Bone health and microscopic colitis
Low bone mass in microscopic colitis. BMC Gastroenterology. May 2011.
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bone,
gastrointestinal,
inflammatory bowel disease
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Febrile infection and Crohn's disease
Spontaneous remission of Crohn's disease following a febrile infection: case report and literature review. BMC Gastroenterology. May 2011.
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immune system,
infection,
inflammatory bowel disease
Metagenome of the gut in children
Metagenome of the gut of a malnourished child. Gut Pathogens. May 2011.
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IL-6, the cerebellum and autism
IL-6 is increased in the cerebellum of the autistic brain and alters neural cell adhesion, migration and synapse formation. Journal of Neuroinflammation. May 2011.
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Monday, 23 May 2011
NADH and ribose for autism?
Biochemical effects of ribose and NADH therapy in children with autism. Autism Insights. May 2011.
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Friday, 20 May 2011
Reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia
Effect of supplementation during pregnancy with L-arginine and antioxidant vitamins in medical food on pre-eclampsia in high risk population: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. May 2011.
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Selecting treatment options for epilepsy comorbid to autism
Traditional and non-traditional treatments for autism spectrum disorder with seizures: an on-line survey. BMC Pediatrics. May 2011.
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autism,
epilepsy,
intervention,
ketogenic diet
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Dysbiosis might contribute to psychiatric symptoms in bowel disorders
The intestinal microbiota affect central levels of brain-derived neurotropic factor and behavior in mice. Gastroenterology. May 2011.
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brain,
gut bacteria,
inflammatory bowel disease
Restless leg syndrome, IBS and gut bacteria
Restless legs syndrome is associated with irritable bowel syndrome and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Sleep Medicine. May 2011.
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gut bacteria,
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
sleep
Master inflammation switch and autism
A study of nuclear transcription factor-kappa B in childhood autism. PLoS One. May 2011.
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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Diagnosing autism
Autism spectrum disorder diagnostic assessments: improvements since publication of the National Autism Plan for Children. Archives of Disease in Childhood. May 2011.
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Monday, 9 May 2011
Zombie ants and heads of fungus
Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection. BMC Ecology. May 2011.
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Anti-malarial affects gliadin antibodies in schizophrenia
Artemisinin reduces the level of antibodies to gliadin in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. May 2011.
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Risk of diabetes in schizophrena
Diabetes prevalence estimates in schizophrenia and risk factor assessment. Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. May 2011.
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Organochloride pesticides and ADHD?
Urinary trichlorophenol levels and increased risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among US school-aged children. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. May 2011.
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Coeliac disease and microscopic colitis
Celiac disease and microscopic colitis: a report of 4 cases. World Journal of Gastroenterology. April 2011.
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Sunday, 8 May 2011
Social factors and autism prevalence in California
Socioeconomic status and the increased prevalence of autism in California. American Sociological Review. April 2011.
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
Immunophenotypes and autism
In search of cellular immunophenotypes in the blood of children with autism. PLoS One. May 2011.
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Poverty affects the hippocampus
Association between income and the hippocampus. PLoS One. May 2011.
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Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Risk of schizophrenia following toxoplasma infection?
Toxoplasma infection and later development of schizophrenia in mothers. American Journal of Psychiatry. May 2011.
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Tuesday, 3 May 2011
A gluten-free diet reduces suceptibility to cancer (in gluten sensitive primates)?
Improved xenobiotic metabolism and reduced susceptibility to cancer in gluten-sensitive macaques upon introduction of a gluten-free diet. PLoS One. April 2011.
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Vitamins and homocysteine excretion in autism
Vitamin supplementation reduces the level of homocysteine in the urine of autistic children. Nutrition Research. April 2011.
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Monday, 2 May 2011
Maternal fish intake and preterm births
Fish consumption, erythrocyte fatty acids and preterm births. Obsteterics & Gynecology. May 2011.
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Enteric pathogens in IBS
Real-time PCR analysis of enteric pathogens from fecal samples of irritable bowel syndrome subjects. Gut Pathogens. April 2011.
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Nail-biting and childhood mental health
Prevalence of nail biting and its association with mental health in a community sample of children. BMC Research Notes. April 2011.
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Sunday, 1 May 2011
Anti-inflammatories and drug resistant epilepsy
Efficacy of anti-inflammatory therapy in a model of acute seizures and in a population of pediatric drug resistant epileptics. PLoS One. March 2011.
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Perinatal oxytocin exposure and ADHD risk?
Perinatal pitocin as an early ADHD biomarker: neurodevelopmental risk? Journal of Attention Disorders. April 2011.
Link to abstract here.
Link to abstract here.
Effects of phenylalanine on PKU
High phenylalanine levels directly affect mood and sustained attention in adults with phenylketonuria: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. February 2011.
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Riboflavin and iron status
Correcting a marginal riboflavin deficiency improves hematologic status in young women in the United Kingdom (RIBOFEM). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. April 2011.
Link to abstract here.
Link to abstract here.
Analysing a micronutrient formula used in mental health
Systematic review of safety and tolerability of a complex micronutrient formula used in mental health. BMC Psychiatry. April 2011.
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Lack of immune effects of micronutrient supplementation for healthy children
Ingestion of micronutrient fortified breakfast cereal has no influence on immune function in healthy children: A randomized controlled trial. Nutrition Journal. April 2011.
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Protein supplementation and pregnancy
Effect of balanced protein energy supplementation during pregnancy on birth outcomes. BMC Public Health. April 2011.
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Autoantibodies and autism - continued
Further characterization of autoantibodies to GABAergic neurons in the central nervous system produced by a subset of children with autism. Molecular Autism. April 2011.
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Auto-antibodies and autism
Increased serum levels of anti-ganglioside M1 auto-antibodies in autistic children: relation to the disease severity. Journal of Neuroinflammation. April 2011
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Sunday, 24 April 2011
Reversal of kidney problems by diet?
Reversal of diabetic neuropathy by a ketogenic diet. PLoS ONE. April 2011.
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
Lipid biomarkers for autism in Saudi Arabia?
Plasma fatty acids as diagnostic markers in autistic patients from Saudi Arabia. Lipids in Health & Disease. April 2011.
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Friday, 22 April 2011
Maternal OP exposure and child cognitive outcomes
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year old children. Environmental Health Perspectives. April 2011.
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Coeliac disease and psoriasis?
Association between psoriasis and coeliac disease? A case-control study. Acta dermato-venereologica. April 2011.
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Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Gut bacteria, brain development and behaviour
Normal gut bacteria modulates brain development and behaviour. PNAS. February 2011.
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Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Using the amino acid lysine to treat schizophrenia?
L-lysine as adjunctive treatment in patients with schizophrenia: a single-blinded, randomized, cross-over pilot study. BMC Medicine. April 2011
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Friday, 15 April 2011
Early signs of autism
The prodrome of autism: early behavioural and biological signs, regression, peri- and post-natal development and genetics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
Lymphoid nodular hyperplasia and Helicobacter pylori infection
Diffuse duodenal nodular lymphoid hyperplasia: a large cohort of patients etiologically related to Helicobacter pylori infection. BMC Gastroenterology. April 2011
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Body, mind and microbes
The mind-body-microbial continuum. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience. April 2011
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Link to abstract here.
This is a free-to-view publication. This article should appear shortly here.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Sociodemographic factors in autism and ID
Autism and intellectual disability are differentially related to sociodemographic background at birth. PLoS ONE. April 2011.
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Link to Questioning Answers post referencing this article here.
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Labels:
autism,
intellectual disability (ID),
prevalence
Sleeping problems in autism
Sleep problems in children with autism spectrum problems: a longitudinal population-based study. Autism. April 2011.
Link to abstract here.
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Biomarkers for schizophrenia?
Identification of a biological signature for schizophrenia in serum. Molecular Psychiatry. April 2011.
Link to abstract here.
Link to abstract here.
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