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As many as one in 175 primary school children may suffer from autism, 11 times higher than previous estimates. The findings mean that the cost of education and care of sufferers could be £5 billion a year, but researchers said their figures were “an underestimate, if anything”. Dr Fiona Scott, a research co-coordinator at the Autism Research
Centre at Cambridge University, said: “We only included children who had a definite clinical diagnosis, so any child that had been statemented as autistic or with autistic spectrum disorders but not diagnosed clinically was not counted.”
Previous studies have estimated that five in every 10,000 children aged between five and 11 were autistic, but the new study, of children in Cambridgeshire, puts the rate at 58 in 10,000. Extrapolated across Britain, this suggests that 30,000 primary school children and tens of thousands in other age groups may have clinical autism, an incurable condition that will mean that they will need support for the rest of their lives. Significantly, the study established that one in eight children with special education needs was suffering from some form of “autistic spectrum disorder”.
Autism is a very contentious issue in medicine and education and the study was undertaken to establish basic figures for the number of primary school age children with the condition. It affects boys three times more frequently than girls, although it is not known why, and there is much debate among doctors on how the condition should be defined.
The National Autistic Society describes autism as a “lifelong development disability that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them”. This includes “difficulty making sense of the world”, “repetitive behaviour” and “resistance to change in routine”. The most affected “classically” autistic children also have severe learning difficulties and low IQ.
In recent years, however, doctors have come to realize that people on the “autistic spectrum” can have a wide range of ability. People with the related Asperger’s Syndrome, for example, are often highly intelligent. The NAS believes that if mildly affected people are included, “autistic spectrum disorders” could affect as many as one in 110 people in the UK.
David Potter, of the NAS, called for a national register of children diagnosed with the condition, which affects their ability to socialize, communicate and learn. While local education authorities may “statement” a child’s learning difficulties and special schooling needs, a true diagnosis of the child’s underlying condition is often not recorded.
As a result, the Government, health authorities and local education authorities have had no firm foundation on which to base strategies for dealing with affected children. However, the 11-fold increase on earlier studies has enormous cost implications for the Government.
Last year, a report for the Mental Health Foundation, co-authored by Professor Martin Knapp from the Institute of Psychiatry, put the total economic cost of autism at a £1 billion a year, using the “textbook” rate of five in 10,000 children. Using the Cambridge figures, experts conceded recently that the true cost, allowing for less badly affected children, could be £5 billion a year.
Tony Charman, a senior lecturer in clinical psychology at the Institute of Child Health who is about to begin a study in the South-East, said: “If it is the case that the prevalence is higher by a factor of several fold that obviously has important and expensive implications for pre-school and specialized health services.”
Professor Knapp’s report put the cost of autism at nearly £3 million over a lifetime for a severely affected autistic child with learning difficulties, nearly £800,000 for people with “high functioning” autism and more than £500,000 for people with Asperger’s Syndrome.
Some doctors and many parents fear that the incidence of autism has increased since the MMR vaccine was introduced, but the dearth of data from previous years will make it virtually impossible to find out if more children are being affected by autism today than in the past.
DID YOU KNOW????
Think your bread is preservative –free…..maybe – and maybe not! Many preservatives are hidden in the wrappers of foods. There can be up to 20 different preservatives imbedded in the coverings of bread, which is commercially produced. My advice! Go to your local bakeshop and have them put the bread in good ol’ paper bags and you store it at home the way you like.
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How’d they get that soft, gooey caramel in those Caramilk bars??? Actually it’s an old chemistry trick. When they make the bars, the caramel is hard; hence they can chocolate cover it. An enzyme called invertase is added which is slow acting dissolver of the caramel and as it sits on the shelf, it slowly turns runny. Ah, yes, Better Living through Chemistry!!???
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Time to Spring clean and paint? But your brushes are hard? Fear not! Try soaking them in white vinegar overnight and then clean them with a comb. Works well!
NEW PRODUCT IN OUR CATALOGUE – QUERCETONE
Our Online Store is constantly being revamped. I will adding new items regularly including supplements and health care items.... Our Natural Beauty and Gift Store is filled with wonderful items and our Baker Racine Martial Arts Store is up and running. Ideally I want to be able to offer our patients and customers a full spectrum of quality healthcare and healthy lifestyle support items and resources. To that end, I would like to tell you all about Quercetone, by Thorne Research.
Quercetin is one of the most abundantly found flavonoids in nature. It has been know to the scientific world for its anti-inflammatory effects since 1977.
Now, that’s all fine and dandy…but we ran into one big hitch. After oral ingestion, the bioavailability of quercetin was limited to 1-2% when metabolized by the intestinal flora and excreted via the feces. Darn! When injected, well, it was a “Wunderkind” of sorts in that it was found to be anticarcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and antiviral (big health problem today).
But, thanx to some brainy biochemists, it has been found that by gently altering the molecule to make it water soluble, the absorption of the oral dose was increased to 90%!
Combine quercetin chalcone (the active form) with bromelain and the resulting combination provides an excellent anti-inflammatory response in soft tissue injuries and joint pains such as those seen in sports injuries.
Green tea extract contains the catechin flavonoid, which works in allergy cases as an antihistamine by converting histamine to histadine (an amino acid). In combination with quercetin chalcone the results are reduction in mucous membrane congestion and inflammation. This combination also works very well to decrease the inflammation associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Helps control the “leaky gut” syndrome.
Quercetin chalcone is a most potent single water-soluble bioflavonoid with an antioxidant effect to fight off free radicals. It accomplishes these things by inhibiting the release of mediators from over sensitized mast cells. These are the cells in our bodies, which release irritating substances and are responsible for the symptoms of “allergies”.
Research has recently found it very effective in health conditions such as allergies, diabetic cataracts, anti-clot formation, anti-microbial, anti-viral, anti-tumour, anti-inflammatory in the place of prednisone.
And the best news…there are absolutely NO known side effects with quercetone, even in high dosing.
DID YOU KNOW???
Having rodent problems? They seem to love our roofs, basements and sheds. Well, good news! Moles, squirrels, gophers, rats and mice HATE the smell of peppermint. So plant it all around your house, sheds, garages and gardens and you probably will never see them again. If you have a gopher…put several drops of oil of peppermint on a cotton ball and drop it down its hole. He will vacate the premises faster than greased lightning!
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Getting ready to plant? To make sure those pesky cutworms, ants and other varmints don’t crawl up your new plants, place a border and up the stem of petroleum jelly around the plant.
Here We Go Again…Another “Wonder” Vaccine – Prevnar!
As of February 17, 2000 the FDA approved a new vaccination called Prevnar. It is manufactured by Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, a part of American Home Products. This company also manufactured Rotashield, a vaccine that was recalled after it caused injury and death to children.
Prevnar is supposed to prevent pneumococcal infections that can cause earaches, meningitis, blood poisoning and pneumonia. Of course, its colleague in crime in my opinion, the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases has recommended “universal” vaccination. ALL children should now receive four doses at 2, 4, 6 and 12-15 months of age, and one for 18 month olds…. this brings the total number of vaccinations of Prevnar they would receive to twenty!!
And yet….science tells us that the actual risk of mortality from pneumococcal meningitis in childhood is about 1 in almost 200,00!
…Prevnar is expected to deliver sales of between $300-$500 million per year for its manufacturer.
…Nearly 800 adverse reaction reports have been filed with the FDA in just the past nine months!
…The safety and efficacy evaluations, and federal approval of Prevnar is laden with ethical questions and many of the doctors directly involved in the testing and approval process appear to have significant conflicts of interest. These doctors have been paid well by Wyeth for their time and endorsement and to compound all of this, the actual “safety” studies were paid for by Wyeth. (hmmmm, strike anyone as suspicious????).
So what we have is a vaccine whose efficacy is very questionable, whose safety testing is sadly lacking (no long-term studies or studies showing the consequences when administered with other vaccines, etc) and whose supporters all seem to have a personal benefit seeking agenda. This vaccine is bioengineered by combining various components of bacteria not normally present in nature. That alone should mean extreme scrutiny, but it is NOT being done.
Would I allow my child to be vaccinated with this vaccine?? Absolutely not! To me this like playing Russian Roulette with a little person’s future health history. No way!
DID YOU KNOW????
Do your roasts stick to your roasting pan?? (No, and not to the bedpost overnight) If you lay a couple of stalks of celery in the pan first, then they will never stick again! Works well for meatloaf, too and adds flavour to your gravies.
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Think having a shake with your fast food may add some calcium to your diet?? Think again. Most think shakes not only do NOT contain much calcium…if fact they are made from so many chemicals, which come from sodium, they contain more sodium than an order of French fries!!
ALLERGY SEASON APPROACHES
This is the time of year I usually start our environmentally allergic patients on their protocol to offset the coming pollen season.
I use a very good homeopathic programme of Pollens 30C and Thymuline 9C to build their immune systems. The Pollens is taken one vial per week and the Thymuline is taken 1-2 times per month depending on the patient. As an acute measure, they carry Pollinol, a homeopathic tablet that relieves any acute symptom of sneezing, watery eyes and nose etc.
This programme is totally safe for all ages and has no side effects including drowsiness.
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