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Texas Standard: Should Texans be concerned about health risks of delta-8 products?
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Brett Ginsburg, PhD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, was interviewed for this piece. Listen Now
KERA News: UT Health San Antonio study links aspartame to autism in males
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was interviewed for this story. Read More
Consumer Affairs: Study finds diet soda and autism link
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More
Food Safety News: Study finds link between autism in boys and maternal diet soda and aspartame consumption
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, and Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, were quoted in this story. Read More
Toronto Sun: Study finds connection between autism in boys and diet soda
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, and Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, were quoted in this story. Read More
KSAT 12: Gardening with KSAT: Looking for aspartame alternative? Make your own organic stevia extract
Thursday, September 28, 2023
UT Health San Antonio’s study finding an association between autism diagnosis in boys and daily consumption of either diet soda or a comparable amount of aspartame by their mothers during pregnancy or breastfeeding, was mentioned in this story. Read More
KXAN: Study finds maternal link between drinking diet soda daily while pregnant and autism in boys
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Raymond F. Palmer, PhD, professor, Family and Community Medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More
WFIN: Aspartame and autism: Drinking diet soda amid pregnancy linked to diagnosis in male offspring, says study
Monday, September 25, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More
VIGOURTIMES: The Impact of Drinking Diet Soda Containing Aspartame during Pregnancy on Male Offspring’s Autism Diagnosis – Study Reveals
Monday, September 25, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More
news.com.au:‘ Exercise caution’ — Drinking diet soft drink during pregnancy linked to autism
Monday, September 25, 2023
Sharon Parten Fowler, PhD, MPH, adjunct assistant professor of medicine, was quoted in this story. Read More

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Texas Standard: Should Texans be concerned about health risks of delta-8 products?

KERA News: UT Health San Antonio study links aspartame to autism in males

Consumer Affairs: Study finds diet soda and autism link

Food Safety News: Study finds link between autism in boys and maternal diet soda and aspartame consumption

Toronto Sun: Study finds connection between autism in boys and diet soda

KSAT 12: Gardening with KSAT: Looking for aspartame alternative? Make your own organic stevia extract

KXAN: Study finds maternal link between drinking diet soda daily while pregnant and autism in boys

WFIN: Aspartame and autism: Drinking diet soda amid pregnancy linked to diagnosis in male offspring, says study

VIGOURTIMES: The Impact of Drinking Diet Soda Containing Aspartame during Pregnancy on Male Offspring’s Autism Diagnosis – Study Reveals

news.com.au:‘ Exercise caution’ — Drinking diet soft drink during pregnancy linked to autism