In US a recent research has been carried by a group of doctors which shows that one out of four parents believe that some of the vaccines given to the children causes autism and thus they avoid those vaccines while the others though aware of the vaccine risks still give their children the required vaccines for their healthy life.

The study was actually based on a survey which was taken on 1,552 parents and the extensive research has found no connection between autism and vaccines.

The leading author of this research Dr. Gary Freed of the University of Michigan said that “Nine out of 10 parents believe that vaccination is a good way to prevent diseases for their children” and he further discussed that “Luckily their concerns don’t outweigh their decision to get vaccines so their children can be protected from life-threatening illnesses”.

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Autism which is a very common neural development’s disorder and is characterized by impaired social interaction, communication and also by restrictive behavior.

This disorder is very common among the children but now a new study has been conducted by analyzing almost 5 million birth rates and it shows that mothers older than 40 are about 50% more likely to have a child with autism as compared to that of a 20 years old woman and for the men the ratio was 36% high while comparing the same age difference. Janie Shelton, the study’s lead author while talking about the study said that “Although fathers’ age can contribute risk, the risk is overwhelmed by maternal age.”

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What is autism? This and other questions about autism have plagued many parents’ minds.Autism is not a disease; it is merely a disturbed state of mind that infects kids, usually.

A kid plagued with autism behaves in quite different manner than those who are normal.

WHAT IS AUTISM?

“Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.” …Click here to read more

CHICAGO – A government agency has quitted plans for a study related to the treatment of autism, that critics had called an unethical experiment on children.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) said that the study of the treatment, called chelation has been aborted. The agency has decided to test other possible therapies for autism and associated disorders, the statement said.

“There will be parents who are disappointed,” said Richard Nakamura, the scientific director of NIMH. “We recognize that for children there is a thread line for the risk-benefit ratio. You have to be pretty assured of the overall safety of the procedure.”

The study had been suspended because of safety matters, after another study published last year regarding a drug used in the treatment to permanent brain dysfunction in rats. …Click here to read more

A new study suggests that older fathers may have children with bipolar disorder. This risk begin to increase when men are older than 29 and they get married. And it reaches at its peak when men are over 55.

Some other diseases like schizophrenia and autism are also linked with increasing parental age, but it’s a first study that suggests bipolar disorder or manic depression also has link with increasing parental age.

This Swedish study has been published in Archives of Psychiatry and it tells that ageing sperm may be a factor behind that increasing risk.

The Karolinska Institute researchers say in this connection, it involves copying DNA in the process of making sperm in men and this process is considered prone to error as men get older.

Emma Frans, who led the study, said: “Women come in this world with their full supply of eggs and that’s why DNA copy errors do not increase as women get older.”

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