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This discussion of the dental amalgam controversy outlines the debate over whether dental amalgam (the mercury alloy in dental fillings) should be used. Supporters claim that it is safe, effective and long-lasting, while critics argue that amalgam is unsafe because it may cause mercury poisoning and other toxicity. [1] [2] [3]
Hal Alan Huggins (1937 – November 29, 2014) was an American alternative dentistry advocate and campaigner against the use of dental amalgam fillings and other dental therapies that he believed to be unsafe. [1] [2] Huggins began to promote his ideas in the 1970s and played a major role in generating controversy over the use of amalgam. [3]
ASD averages a 4.3:1 male-to-female ratio. The number of children on the autism spectrum has increased dramatically since the 1980s, at least partly due to changes in diagnostic practice; it is unclear whether prevalence has actually increased; [3] and as-yet-unidentified environmental risk factors cannot be ruled out. [4]
In the early 2000s, evidence-based tools were being used for children as early as 36 months to help with the diagnosis of autism, and parents of children were able to identify signs of autism by the time the child turned 2. [10] In 2001, the Modified Autism Checklist for Toddlers (M-CHAT) was used and could diagnose children with signs of ...
Since autism manifests in the early developmental period, sleep apnea in Down's Syndrome and other genetic syndromes such as Fragile X start early (at infancy or shortly after), and sleep disturbances alter brain development, [70] it's plausible that some of the neurodevelopmental differences seen in these genetic syndromes are at least ...
Of the PDDs, Asperger syndrome was closest to classic autism in signs and likely causes; Rett syndrome and childhood disintegrative disorder share several signs with it, but were understood to potentially have unrelated causes; PDD not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS; also called atypical autism) was diagnosed when the criteria were not met for ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 November 2024. "MMR vaccine fraud" redirects here. For more about the The Lancet article that was published in 1998, see Lancet MMR autism fraud. False claims of a link between the MMR vaccine and autism Part of a series on Alternative medicine General information Alternative medicine History ...
The Lancet paper was a case series of 12 child patients; it reported a proposed "new syndrome" of enterocolitis and regressive autism and associated this with MMR as an "apparent precipitating event". But in fact: Three of nine children reported with regressive autism did not have autism diagnosed at all. Only one child clearly had regressive ...