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24 Aug 2024, 11:27 am

Hi, All. I seen this article Newsweek put out about three weeks ago and thought I would share. I think it's kind of interesting that they mention the umbilical cord as I know in my case when I was born my mom's umbilical cord became detached and I had to be removed via emergency c-section. Just thought it was interesting. I don't think it explains quite everything but it's interesting research and hypothesis they have. They have much more work yet to do.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/scientists-may-have-discovered-the-cause-of-autism/ar-BB1qUiEW?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ACTS&cvid=043c13814b8e42e4a812e7a46d8a0868&ei=34


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24 Aug 2024, 7:49 pm

What does the article mean in plain English?


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24 Aug 2024, 11:44 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
What does the article mean in plain English?
I'm not sure, but it is either "Mountain Made from Molehill", "Much Ado About Nothing", or "Tempest Discovered in Teapot".


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25 Aug 2024, 4:04 pm

Funnily enough, the thing that annoyed me most about the article is not the content, which is the sort of stuff I seem to have become inured to by now.

It was that Microsoft wrapped the link to steal the web traffic from the actual source.



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25 Aug 2024, 4:31 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
What does the article mean in plain English?


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The study’s most provocative finding was that one particular compound, called 11,12-diHETrE, seemed to have the strongest connection to autism symptoms. Higher levels of this compound were linked to more difficulties with social interaction and communication, which are hallmark features of autism. Conversely, lower levels of another compound, 8,9-diHETrE, were associated with more repetitive and restrictive behaviors, another key characteristic of ASD.


https://studyfinds.org/new-clue-in-auti ... ld-be-key/

The study means the levels of those two diHETrEs might be relevant to understanding a cause of some symptoms in at least some autistic people. It's also possible those levels being off might be because one has autism, correlation doesn't mean one factor is the cause of the other.

The link I've included explains the study a bit more clearly than the MSN article. Scroll down to Paper Summary.


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25 Aug 2024, 4:44 pm

Wake me when scientists discover the cure for autismophobia, like that'll ever happen.



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27 Aug 2024, 1:09 am

funeralxempire wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
What does the article mean in plain English?


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The study’s most provocative finding was that one particular compound, called 11,12-diHETrE, seemed to have the strongest connection to autism symptoms. Higher levels of this compound were linked to more difficulties with social interaction and communication, which are hallmark features of autism. Conversely, lower levels of another compound, 8,9-diHETrE, were associated with more repetitive and restrictive behaviors, another key characteristic of ASD.


https://studyfinds.org/new-clue-in-auti ... ld-be-key/

The study means the levels of those two diHETrEs might be relevant to understanding a cause of some symptoms in at least some autistic people. It's also possible those levels being off might be because one has autism, correlation doesn't mean one factor is the cause of the other.

The link I've included explains the study a bit more clearly than the MSN article. Scroll down to Paper Summary.


Thank you for sharing the studyfinds link. I agree with you too that correlation does not equal causation. They have more research to do.


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Today, 7:03 pm

I'm always suspicious when anyone claims that they have found "the cause" of anything.


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Today, 7:18 pm

There is one way to reduce Autism. Go back to cloth diapers.

After all, we started shifting from cloth diapers to disposable diapers and the result is that Autism is diagnosed more and more. It has to be the disposable diapers doing it.

Yeah, nobody in their right mind would believe that, but it makes as much sense as most of the other "this causes that" nonsense.


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kokopelli wrote:
There is one way to reduce Autism. Go back to cloth diapers.

After all, we started shifting from cloth diapers to disposable diapers and the result is that Autism is diagnosed more and more. It has to be the disposable diapers doing it.

Yeah, nobody in their right mind would believe that, but it makes as much sense as most of the other "this causes that" nonsense.

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But haven't you noticed that as chocolate became more readily available, diagnoses of autism did too?

And with the recent decline in cacao production, you may expect to see an eventual decline in autism diagnoses as well!

It's twoo!  It's twoo!

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