Study: This Veggie Compound May Improve Autism Symptoms

October 14, 2014

Lead researcher Kanwaljit Singh, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital for Children in Boston, explains that one reason researchers chose to study broccoli sprout extracts relates to a phenomenon called “fever effect” that is seen in some autistic children — problems such as repetitive behavior fade when the child has a fever. Speculation is that fever spikes a heat-shock response, shielding body cells from stress. In…

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