Last year was the 30th anniversary of Britain’s most infamous pollution event when 20 tonnes of aluminium sulphate were inadvertently added to the potable water supplying the town of Camelford, Cornwall. Over 20,000 people were exposed to highly toxic concentrations of aluminium in drinking water over an extended time. A number of inadequate investigations into […]
Read More… from Camelford: Britain’s Forgotten Aluminium Scandal
Research is slow. Research is expensive. And there’s no guarantee that it will produce anything useful. But it’s the only long-term potential solution to certain problems. Autistica’s Discover is a virtual online network is designed for the true experts in autism: those on the autistic spectrum themselves and their families and carers. It is the first […]
It is approximately 10 years since we began our investigations into aluminium adjuvants and specifically their mode of action. We have reviewed the field in our new publication in Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology and in particular in the light of what are known as serious adverse events immediately following vaccination. What might be the cause […]
When Stephen Hawking and I first met through our families’ common interest in autism, I respectfully addressed him as Professor Hawking. To be immediately (or as immediately as his then technology would allow) corrected: “Call me Stephen”. I soon learnt to be patient in awaiting his side of the conversation. It was always worthwhile. At […]
Social Masking: Why is autism missed in girls? Is autism really more common in males or is there another reason girls may be missed? […]
Lorraine MacAlister is an autism training consultant and will co-chair the upcoming Autism and Mental Health Conference on the 12th September 2018. As the Author of the NAS Teen Life parent programme, this conference links in with many of the potential challenges that teenagers on the autism spectrum may face. This annual conference is a […]
Measles cases across Europe have hit a record high, causing 37 deaths this year. New figures from the World Health Organisation show a staggering 41,000 cases of measles in the first half of 2018 alone. In 2016, there were just 5,273 cases across the European region. Although the WHO confirmed that UK had eliminated measles in […]
Dame Stephanie Shirley discusses her experiences of CDD (Childhood Disintegrative Disorder). When my son Giles was about 2½ years old, it was already clear that he was learning disabled. But whereas up to then he had progressed day by day, a really scary thing happened. He started – over a very short period – to regress. […]
In a recent post – A role for aluminium in multiple sclerosis, we highlighted that individuals with multiple sclerosis excrete high amounts of aluminium in their urine. It was also demonstrated that regular drinking of a silicon-rich mineral water (Why-everyone-should-drink-silicon-rich-mineral-water) facilitated the urinary excretion of aluminium. Elevated urinary excretion of aluminium exacerbated in the short term […]
Dame Stephanie Shirley, CH, thinks the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) has been well worth joining. Some years ago, I was invited to dine at a London club and, liking its professional atmosphere and indeed its siting in Wimpole Street, asked about the conditions of membership. “Doctors, dentists and veterinary surgeons”, I was told by my […]
Read More… from Dame Stephanie Shirley: in praise of the RSM