Greater risk of autism from smoking whilst pregnant

OVER the last few years considerable attention has been paid, and rightly so, to the apparent increases in the number of children with autism.

In 1998 a single study published in The Lancet reviewed the cases of 12 children diagnosed with autism and concluded that there might be a link between autism and the MMR vaccine.

Significant follow-up studies and reports from credible authorities in this area have strongly refuted the findings of that single study. Nevertheless, many parents have decided not to immunise their children with the MMR vaccine for fear that their child might get autism.