{"id":701353,"date":"2026-01-17T04:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701353\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:32:09","slug":"new-study-debunks-trumps-theory-about-paracetamol-pregnancy-and-autism-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/701353\/","title":{"rendered":"New study debunks Trump\u2019s theory about paracetamol, pregnancy and autism \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In particular, the U.S. administration cited a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/y3r710.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fdmp.politico.eu%2F%3Femail=hcollis@politico.co.uk%26destination=https:%2F%2Fehjournal.biomedcentral.com%2Farticles%2F10.1186%2Fs12940-025-01208-0\/1\/01020199846b0b71-399aa20e-00ab-4466-b04e-1de0a64f3e95-000000\/_7I7Yp6bDDcGD6f_eBxvclG8rgQ=445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study published last summer<\/a>\u00a0which found a link between paracetamol during pregnancy and increased incidence of neuro-developmental disorders (NDDs). But in this review &#8220;there are several studies [which] suffer or are vulnerable to bias,\u201d Khalil said. &#8220;The potential implications of not accounting for these confounders is that you draw their own conclusions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Lancet\u2019s evidence review instead focused on studies with the most rigorous research methods, such as those at low risk of bias, those with sibling comparisons and with at least five years of follow up \u2014 and found no link.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, sibling-comparison studies allow researchers to compare children born to the same mother, who only took paracetamol during one of the pregnancies. They take into account shared genetic factors, shared family and long-term parental characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur findings suggest that previously reported links are likely to be explained by genetic predisposition or other maternal factors such as fever or underlying pain, rather than a direct effect of the paracetamol itself,&#8221; Khalil said.<\/p>\n<p>Public health experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/press\/220929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the EMA<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/news\/205219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Commission<\/a>, pushed back against Trump\u2019s position last year, arguing there was no evidence to support it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the impact of last year\u2019s announcement has been extensive, I hope the findings of this study bring the matter to a close,&#8221; Grainne McAlonan, professor of translational neuroscience at King&#8217;s College London, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Expectant mothers do not need the stress of questioning whether medicine most commonly used for a headache could have far reaching effects on their child\u2019s health,\u201d McAlonan said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In particular, the U.S. administration cited a\u00a0study published last summer\u00a0which found a link between paracetamol during pregnancy and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[32409,32,105,4326,5769,218,1093,2343,16,15,49,6795],"class_list":{"0":"post-701353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-childrens-health","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-medication","12":"tag-medicines","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-public-health","15":"tag-research","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-womens-health"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}