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The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism: Curvy Women & Serotonin Transporters

Two new entries on The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism today.  One that sounds like it makes some sense and another that sounds like some researchers with too much time on their hands.  First, another new study where scientists are able to replicate autism symptoms and an over abundance of serotonin, which is common to kids with autism.

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The Big List of S*%# Linked to Autism: Immigration to Sweden

A new one for the “might cause Autism” list …  IMMIGRATION.  Specifically in this study, immigrating to Sweden.

“This is an intriguing discovery, in which we can see strong links between a certain kind of autism and the time of the mother’s immigration to Sweden,” says principal investigator Cecilia Magnusson, Associate Professor of epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet. “The study is important, as it shows that autism isn’t governed only by genetic causes but by environmental factorstoo.”

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The Autism Retort

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