Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday.

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday.

Researchers across Europe reexamined evidence from multiple studies investigating the link between these conditions and the use of paracetamol — called acetaminophen in the United States — and found that these purported associations fell apart after controlling for confounding factors.

  • BuffaloxEnglish
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    6 days ago

    and because of that, it’s very hard to assess whether the prevalence of the underlying condition has changed or not.

    Yes, and that’s the reason I wrote “if”, because IDK if it is actually the case although it may seem so.
    From the presentation “sugar is a poison” by Robert Lustig he demonstrates ways sugar is similar to alcohol, and also has a level of dependency when abused that is similar although weaker than alcohol.

    Just because there are differences doesn’t mean there aren’t also similarities.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
    AFAIK it is much wider accepted today that sugar is harmful than it was in 2001 when he first made the presentation.
    I have never seen anything to refute what Lustig suggested almost 25 years ago.

    Child care professionals have widely warned against sugar as a behavior altering substance for children, warning it can make children behave like they have ADHD. These warnings have existed at least since the 70’s that I know of, but AFAIK without any studies to either confirm or deny these claims. Despite the suspicion has existed for more than half a century now.

    So we do have warnings from professionals that have indications it could be harmful during pregnancy too.
    I have no idea why I’m downvoted for suggesting that?
    I’m not claiming it is factually a problem during pregnancy, I’m just pointing out something that could be an issue, and AFAIK not very well researched.
    If sugar is as harmful as many suggest, it is quite important knowledge we should have.
    Everything in good measure is a good rule of thumb, but we don’t really know what a good measure of sugar is.
    But we do know it is harmful, and at a minimum can cause diabetes and heart disease.
    But AFAIK we don’t even have safety margins on sugar to avoid even those very widespread and well known problems.