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		<title>FDA warns seller of chelation product</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/06/fda-warns-seller-of-chelation-product/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the producer of a product that is sometimes used by people hoping to eliminate heavy metals from children&#8217;s bodies (e.g., chelate mercury from children with autism). In a letter addressed to Boyd D. Haley of CTI Science Inc., Teresa C. Thompson of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethnicity and Autism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to a comment by reader DrFoo (AKA &#8216;Rollen&#8217;), I was alerted to an interesting study about variation in the rates of Autism in different ethnic populations. The news releases say that the incidence of Autism among Hispanics is lower than it is among non-Hispanic white peers. 
These news releases refer to a study entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Campaign for Children’s Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[



Twelve key children’s services for community services boards




specialized children’s emergency services;
crisis stabilization;
evaluations for Comprehensive Services Act services;
psychiatric/medication;
office-based mental health therapy;
office-based substance abuse therapy;
mental health case management; 
intellectual disabilities case management;
substance abuse case management;
home-based behavioral treatment and support for families;
school-based day treatment; and
local residential services.





Right here in my home commonwealth of Virginia last week, Mira Signe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autism prevalence &gt; 1%?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drawing on the data collected as a part of the US National Survey of Children&#8217;s Health, Michael Kogan and colleagues estimated that slightly greater than 1% of children have Autism. The survey asked parents whether a doctor or other health-care provider had said that a child had Autism and the child currently had the condition; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C0nc0rdance&#8217;s anti-vax takedown</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/10/c0nc0rdances-anti-vax-takedown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An individual who goes by the screen name C0nc0rdance posted a pair of videos to YouTube on 1 October 2009 that make a clear and compelling case for ignoring ill-reasoned arguments recommending that parents avoid vaccinating their children. 
When we make risky decisions about our health, it&#8217;s always good to be in possession of all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snyder on Sears</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/07/snyder-on-sears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on Science-Based Medicine, John Snyder has an extended post that systematically analyzes the assertions of Robert Sears about vaccinating children. The title is &#8220;Cashing In On Fear: The Danger of Dr. Sears.&#8221; Highly recommended. 
Sphere: Related Content]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence-based practices registry</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, which is a part of the US Department of Health and Human Services, maintains a Web site where users can search for and learn more about methods for preventing or treating some Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. It&#8217;s called the &#8220;National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices&#8221; (NREPP) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Familiar concerns?</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/06/familiar-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Summer in the US finds children and youths out of school and, perhaps, less vulnerable to some of the problems that are associated with the social and academic demands that are part of schooling. As a result, perhaps fewer of the familiar problems illustrated in this poster are apparent during summer.
If summer seems like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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Even though many schools in the US have closed for the summer or are about to do so, I want to remind folks that this is not a good time to take a break from considering the mental health needs of children and youth. Although they are likely to wax and wane over time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanford Medicine Magazine</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2009/04/stanford-medicine-magazine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spring 2009 issue of Stanford Medicine Magazine, a publication of the Stanford University School of Medicine, examines the turmoil swirling around vaccines. In &#8220;Hot Shots: Vaccines under the gun&#8221; one can read any of ten articles (not counting an introductory comment by Rosalyn Carter):

The demonization of immunization: Shots get the once-over
What is a vaccine? [...]]]></description>
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