Autism Professor Needs Help (Vitamin D Council)

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Subject: Autism Professor Needs Help

Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 12:00 AM

5/26/10

Autism Professor Needs Help

Professor Gene Stubbs of the University of Oregon needs help with his study

about vitamin D and autism. He is testing the theory that a mother with one

child with autism will not have another if the mother takes vitamin D during her

pregnancy. Women no longer need to come to the University of Oregon but can

participate at a distance. Professor Stubbs writes:

" Can anyone assist us in recruiting mothers who already have children with

autism and the mother is pregnant again before her third trimester? We are

giving the mothers 5000 IU D3/day. So far every mother who has delivered has

delivered within 1 week or on the date of expected delivery, and the babies are

well within normal birth weights. They have not progressed far enough in age for

us to screen for autism, but so far, the babies are interactive, have eye

contact, are vocal etc..

However, we need more research families to participate. We have recruited other

doctors to help us recruit and we have recruited doctors on the Vitamin D

Council sites to help us recruit. We still need more families to participate to

make our results significant. The families no longer have to come to our site to

participate. If you know of any families who potentially might be eligible for

our research, please give them my research assistant's phone number,

. "

 

Thank you,

Cannell, MD

The Vitamin D Council

1241 Ave., #134

San Obispo, CA 93401