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Autism risks detailed in children of older mothers (AP)

A boy with autism at a treament center. Women over 40 are nearly twice as likely to give birth to an autistic child than a mother under 30, researchers said in a study that found more evidence of links between autism and maternal age.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AP - A woman's chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million births found.


Ethics debate over blood from newborn safety tests (AP)

A one-day-old baby boy's heel is pricked for blood during a phenylketonuria (PKU) test at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, Friday, Feb. 5, 2010. A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack. States increasingly are storing the leftover blood samples for later medical research, often without parents' knowledge or consent — prompting lawsuits in two states and work in many others to give parents a greater say. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack.


Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears (AP)
AP - High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each year, according to a U.S. report released Monday.

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The Thomas Chittenden Health Center is a general family practice dedicated to serving the primary care needs of patients in the greater Williston area.

Doctors John Lantman, David Park, William Ryan, and Paul Stanilonis founded TCHC in 1969. Since then TCHC has stayed true to the founders' original guiding principles.

TCHC has grown over the years to include 10 physicians and several physicians' assistants / nurse practitioners. Every physician at the practice has gained admitting privileges at Fletcher Allen Health Care and many are active on hospital committees. In addition to strong community ties, TCHC practitioners are committed to teaching students at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. As part of the learning experience, medical students are often in the doctors' offices to learn first-hand how to meet the comprehensive needs of patients.


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