Entries Tagged as ‘Health’

July 20, 2008

Autism parents ‘infection risk’

 BBC News

Children with autism struggle to communicate with those around them

Caring for children with developmental problems such as autism or Down’s syndrome can weaken parents’ immune systems, research suggests.
Researchers at Birmingham University found they had a poorer immune response to a vaccine against pneumonia.
It appears that stress causes the immune system to function less efficiently, [...]