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If you understand medical and scientific terminology, this AGE of Autism Feature may be of interest.

By Teresa Conrick

Having a daughter who regressed into autism compels me to research medical journals because she began having health complications after vaccinations. I have an insatiable hunger for knowledge about mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammatory responses (brain and gut), oxidative stress, immune abnormalities, and hormonal dysfunction causing seizures. Cancer was really not on my radar too much but it has crept up more as Megan's estrogen levels now make her a prime candidate for it, especially breast cancer. read more Age of Autism "Mercury Leaves Its Mark"

Tags: autism, brain, dysfunction, gut, hormonal, immune-abnormalities, inflammatory, mitochondrial-dysfunction, oxidative, seizures, More…stress