Why MY Children Got Autism?

Parents who have children with autism are often overshadowed by the ongoing question 'why should my child?'. Although many possibilities of a child affected by autism, but many parents do not accept autistic children suffer.

"Some parents continue to seek out answers to these questions by looking for lots of information, but they still do not accept children affected with autism," said Patricia Robinson, a therapist with ADHD, autism and Asperger's syndrome, as reported by CNN, Monday (8/2/2010) .

Maria Collazo from New Jersey, the parents of a child 5 years old autistic son suspected in trouble after he took it and said the word at the age of 1 year.

After knowing that his son had autism, she immediately made browsing the Internet, go to the library, ordering books and spent many hours on autism.

He began to think, if jobs are for hours at the office, the use of Blackberry or radiation during pregnancy to check the child with her autistic condition.

"I asked a lot of things to myself. Did I eat something that is not supposed to? Will I get exposure to harmful substances during pregnancy? I keep asking but I still do not know the answer. It was like there was something that made this mind kept asking," said Maria .

According to Dr. Judith Miles, professor of pediatrics and pathology, is very reasonable and humane, if someone wants to know why something that could happen. But many ask themselves let alone blame themselves can make a person depressed.

"They keep finding out and looking back. They also continued to blame themselves, lest the habit during pregnancy is the cause. And there is no strong evidence to show it," said Dr Judith.

Maybe I should not do that, maybe I should not live in the area, mungkn I should not eat organic food, or perhaps I should have more vitamins, are statements that are often occurred in the minds of parents.

Dr Judith who was director of the biomedical Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri said, that parents should be able to receive children who have been born into the world of any condition without the need to force myself to know the exact cause.

"Many parents woke up and went to find out the answer to the puzzle that do not need them to find out. Just accept it gracefully get rid of questions that continue to haunt them," said Dr Judith.

Autism is a symptom that arises due to neurological disorder in a person's brain. Suspected autism occurs because the bridge that connects the right brain and left brain problems or obstructed.

Until now there has been no single cause that would lead to autistic children. However, genetic factors, environmental exposure to mercury or heavy metals, pesticides or antibiotics are suspected as the cause excess.

Excess Soda Consumption trigger Pancreatic Cancer

Consumption of excessive soda is not good for health. A recent study showed people who drink soda 2 or more times a week had a risk of pancreatic cancer.
Researchers reveal the cause of the increased risk of pancreatic cancer in people who frequent soda consumption is due to the high sugar content. Analysis of data collected from 60,524 adults showed people who drink two or more soft drinks with high sugar levels in a week, a greater risk of pancreatic cancer than those who rarely consume sodas.
But researchers found no relationship between drinking juice with pancreatic cancer. This is because the sugar content of juice contained in the registration does not drink soda. Known in 20 grams of soda contains sugar levels as much as 65 grams.
This study is the first time conducted in Asia to see the contribution from soft drinks to pancreatic cancer. This is done because the lifestyle of Asians tend to have similar now with the Europeans and Americans.
Participants involved in this study ate two or more soft drinks per week. It also visits other factors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, high-calorie food consumption and physical activity. The findings of this study is adjusted with other factors associated with pancreatic cancer is the consumption of red meat.
"It was another adjustment does not alter the relationship between soft drinks and the risk of pancreatic cancer. That's why we think the sugar in soft drinks as the culprit," said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota's department of epidemiology and public health, as quoted by AFP, Tuesday (9 / 2 / 2010).
Soft drinks himself has played a role against the development of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) and hiperinsulemia (insulin levels in the blood exceeds the normal amount). Insulin is produced by the pancreas to help regulate blood sugar levels. High sugar content in soda affects insulin levels, so the researchers think it led to the growth of pancreatic cells that are not normal.
Pancreatic cancer is one fatal cancer for adults, by 5 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer can not survive more than 5 years after diagnosis.
Because it could not hurt to reduce consumption of carbonated beverages, because already many studies showing the dangers of consuming carbonated drinks too much.

The puzzle of HIV AIDS drugs began to lift

London, scientists began to solve an important puzzle about the AIDS virus. Research over the past 20 years has led to the discovery of better treatments for people living with HIV.

British researchers and the United States has managed to grow a crystal that allows researchers to see the structure of an enzyme called integrase. This enzyme is found in retroviruses such as HIV and is a target for a new HIV drug.

"Although initially working too hard and our efforts often fail, but we do not give up and eventually our efforts rewarded," said Peter Cherepanov from Imperial College London, who conducted the study with scientists from Harvard University, was quoted as saying by Reuters on Monday (1 / 2 / 2010).

Scientists from Imperial and Harvard announced that it has successfully had the structure of the integrase of the virus. This means that researchers can begin to understand how the work of the integrase inhibitor drugs and how to stop the development of HIV.

In the journal Nature, explains when Cherepanov human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to infect a person, use the enzyme integrase to insert copies of genetic information in DNA that person.

Some new drugs like Isentress for HIV from Merck & Co. and Elvitegravir (experimental drug from Gilead Sciences) works by blocking integrase. But the scientists do not yet know exactly how the work of the integrase and how to fix it. The only way to know is to get high-quality crystals.

"When we decided to start with, we know this is a difficult project.'ve Tried many tricks but always failed, so had to return to the starting point for models of HIV integrase better crystallization process," said Cherepanov.

It takes more than 40,000 tests in order to obtain a high-quality crystals that allows researchers to view three-dimensional structure.

Researchers grow crystals by using loans from the retroviral integrase similar to HIV. Researchers examining crystals from Merck medicines and Gilead in order to see how these drugs bind and inhibit integrase work.

Since the beginning of AIDS epidemic nearly 60 million people have been infected with HIV and 25 million people died related to HIV. Although the combination of several drugs can make patients still look healthy, but until now there is no vaccine or medicine that can cure her.

Data of the United Nations in the year 2008 there were 33.4 million people infected with HIV and 2 million of whom died of AIDS. The worst hit region is the impact of sub-Saharan Africa.