Trial Treatments: The Goal Is Not Only To Reduce Symptoms, But Reverse Autism’s Course

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AUTISM CALENDAR DEADLINE Friday February 22! For March 2013 Submit listing here free! TREATMENT Trial Treatments: The Goal Is Not Only To Reduce Symptoms, But Reverse Autism’s Course      By Pauline Tam, Ottawa Citizen Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, a pediatric neurologist, and 19-yaer-old Haleigh Japp at Toronto’s Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Photograph by: Cole Garside, Ottawa Citizen       Toronto — In experiments of potential ways to treat autism, Haleigh Japp has tried the “love hormone” known as oxytocin.       Eli Gibson has taken daily doses of fish oil.       And, after years of making do with medications developed for other conditions, a small number of children and adults have tested a drug that, for the first time, targets autism’s core feature of social withdrawal.       Spurred by their families, the volunteers for these experimental treatments are seeking ways to improve their attention spans, become more connected to people and tune into the world more fully.       Japp, an 18-year-old student with high-functioning autism, took oxytocin to see if a hormone known for boosting trust and social bonding could help her read other people’s emotions better.       Four-year-old Eli was given fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids to see if it could reduce inflammation in the brain and improve his learning skills.       The researchers behind these trial treatments are not only pursuing new drugs to reduce some of autism’s more disabling symptoms; some are For rest of today's SAR click here: www.sarnet.org/frm/forsar.htm Today's SAR newslist is human compiled and provided through the support of paid subscriptions.                    - THANK YOU - $35 for 1 year - or free! www.sarnet.org

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