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A potential biomarker to AID, not MAKE, a diagnosis

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The media has just called another biological marker a “diagnostic test”, when in this case, it was always intended to be an aid, not a test itself. It involves using baby hair strands to look a variation in metabolism of certain chemical elements across time. Remarkably, it showed similar results in autistic children in Japan, the US and Sweden. It’s not ready to be used as a diagnostic test, so what is it supposed to do? Listen to an interview with the inventor and researcher, Dr. Manish Arora from The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai School here.

The full article (open access) can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9740182/

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What are PCOS and DDT, and what do they have to do with autism?

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Two new studies came out this week that implicates the role of the endocrine system in autism.  The endocrine system which regulates hormones in your body, also has a key role in brain development early on in fetal and child development.   PCOS is a metabolic condition and DDT is a toxic chemical banned years ago, but both are linked to the endocrine system, both are bad for many reasons, and both are linked to autism.  These studies provide evidence that we should #savetheEPA and be aware of medical and environmental factors which do not cause, but contribute to autism.  Also, PCOS is linked to autism in adult women, so ladies – if you show signs of PCOS, please talk to a doctor!

PCOS study:  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068102/  

DDT study:  https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17101129

PCOS blog:  https://www.rmanj.com/lifting-the-fog-on-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos/

http://www.panna.org/resources/ddt-story