PROBIOTICS AND AUTISM IN THE UK NEWS

Wednesday, September 6, 2006

An article titled "Treatment with 'friendly' bacteria could counter autism in children" leads off with this paragraph:

PROBIOTIC bacteria given to autistic children improved their concentration and behaviour so much that medical trials collapsed because parents refused to accept placebos, a scientist revealed yesterday.

The effect of the bacteria was so pronounced that some of the parents taking part in what was supposed to be a blind trial realised their children were taking something other than a placebo.

A number then refused to give their children the placebo when they were due to switch, resulting in the collapse of the trial.

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