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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kids may seem an unlikely group to include in the medical marijuana debate, but some children with autism are reaping life-changing benefits from the drug. Mieko Hester-Perez, a mother in California, told the Early Show 's Hattie Kauffman that marijuana saved her son's life. Hester-Perez's 10-year-old son, Joey, was uninterested in food and weighed a startling 48 pounds. "Everyone that came to...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Will marijuana one day be considered a legitimate alternative treatment for children with autism? If the tale of 10-year-old Joey Hester-Perez is true, the possibility certainly exists. In an interview broadcast by CBS on Monday, Joey's mother Mieko said that medical marijuana essentially saved her son's life, helping to reignite his appetite after he'd lost [...]
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Lohan Groupie (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Lohan family will be celebrating Thanksgiving a little early. Lindsay Lohan’s mom Dina Lohan and members of her family will be joining other community leaders in hosting and serving a pre-Thanksgiving feast to more than 200 individuals with autism and other disabilities that have no family. The “Don’t Be Alone for the Holidays” Thanksgiving feast will be held at 11:30 a.m....
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Continuing the push for medical marijuana, on Monday’s CBS Early Show co-host Russ Mitchell declared: “As more youngsters are being diagnosed with autism, there is a growing need for alternative treatments. One California mother says medical marijuana has made vast improvements in her autistic son.” Correspondent Hattie Kauffman reported: “Joey is severely autistic, so uninterested...
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Yup Kevin Leitch opposes the interests and well being of autistic children. That is the logical conclusion of the false dichotomy Kevin Leitch creates when he accuses Bob Wright of opposing the interests ofautistic adults. Mr. Leitch has his knickers in a knot because Mr. Wright commented on the activities of a few autistic adults in disrupting a benefit and therefore in Kevin's mind he is opposed...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Francisco Hernandez Jr. disappeared for 11 days in October, a stretch he spent entirely in subway stations and on trains, he says, hurtling through four boroughs. And somehow he went undetected, despite a round-the-clock search by his panicked parents, relatives and family friends, the police and the Mexican Consulate.
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Dr. X's Free Associations (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm not about to recommend it, but a mother claims that medical marijuana saved her son's life. Video.
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
More children are being diagnosed with autism, primarily due to a broadened definition and greater awareness from parents and physicians.
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SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zacks.com submits: Recently, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. ( BMY ) received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Abilify (aripiprazole) for the treatment of irritability in pediatric patients having autistic disorder. Abilify can be used to treat children aged 6 to 17 years for symptoms of aggression toward others, deliberate self injury, temper tantrums and quick mood swings....
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ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Can THC treat symptoms of ASD? Tetrahydrocannabinol - Cannabis - Drugs - Health - Illegal
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Respectful Insolence (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are times when I look back, and I can't believe I've been at it this long. It's not just the blogging, the fifth anniversary of which is rapidly approaching for me. Hard as it is to believe, not only have I become a "venerable" medical and skeptical blogger, but there are actually a lot of people who like to read what I regularly lay down. It's not false humility when I say I'm still...
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I Speak of Dreams (Free subscription) | yesterday
On October 19, 2009, Wired Magazine published Amy Wallace's article An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All, which explored the origins and consequences of the myth that vaccines are somehow causal in autism. Proponents of...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SPOKANE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Researchers at Signature Genomic Laboratories, which performs diagnostic genetic testing of chromosome abnormalities in individuals with unexplained physical and developmental disabilities, including autism, recently characterized a broad spectrum of developmental and behavior problems in individuals with a DNA imbalance that has been associated with autism. Although...
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Be A Good Mom (Free subscription) | yesterday
When I tell Pookie to put his breakfast dishes in the sink, which boy is it that takes the time to pour the unfinished milk from his cup into another random cup sitting on the bottom of the sink? Which boy is it that carefully floats his toast crusts on the water in the [...] Related posts: The boy at the bus stop. There is a boy who comes to our bus stop... I need to get some pictures of the boy up...
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autismnews | 10/28/2009
(London, UK) John Lee-Tin is running for autism, he will run the ING New York City Marathon in aid of the British charity, the UK Autism Foundation. The New York Marathon will take place on the 1st of November known as 'Marathon Sunday.' The ING NYC Marathon is part of the World Marathon Series. Ivan Corea of UKAF said he was delighted that John Lee Tin is raising funds for the charity at this year's...
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