Another study raises questions over MMR
Measles has been found in the intestines of children with a form of autism, it has emerged. The finding supports the work of Dr Andrew Wakefield, the discredited scientist who first suggested that the MMR vaccine may be behind some autism cases.

Autism at a record high
The true scale of childhood autism in Britain is far higher than previously thought, researchers have found. A new study shows a record rate of autism disorders, which now affect more than one in 100 children

Risk Of Relapse For Patients With Anorexia Nervosa Not Decreased By Use Of Anti-depressant
Use of the anti-depressant fluoxetine did not help patients with anorexia nervosa who had restored their body weight maintain that weight or reduce their risk of relapse, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA.Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder primarily affecting young women and marked by an extreme fear of becoming overweight that leads to excessive dieting to the point of serious ill-health and sometimes death. [click link for full article]

Diabetes Type 2 Ages You By 15 Years
If you develop diabetes type 2 you are likely to suffer from heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular problems 15 years earlier than somebody who does not have diabetes type 2, according to scientists from the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada. You can read about this study in the journal The Lancet.According to Dr. [click link for full article]

Poor Adolescents More Likely To Be Overweight Today Than 30 Years Ago
The percentage of adolescents aged 15-17 who are overweight today is about 50 percent higher in families below the poverty line in comparison to those at or above it. That difference was not present in the 1970s and 1980s, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions. The scientists based their analyses on U.S. national health surveys spanning 33 years. [click link for full article]