by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 28, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Chelation, Diets, HBOT for ASD, Holidays & Vacations, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Sleep, Vaccines
At the time of this post, there were over 80 million Google pages which answered to a Search request for “Autism”. There were 9 million pages for “Autism Cure”. We can’t cure autism yet; we can treat it, however, quite successfully. Such...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 20, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Diets, Patient experiences
It was the best of conferences, it was the worst of conferences. There were families living the reality and experts carrying the truth. These were my experiences at two very different autism conferences this past week. There were sharp contrasts in spirit, knowledge...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 12, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences, Sleep
Recently, a very caring, observant and apparently well-read Mom who is “only interested in ‘natural’ therapies” for her moderate-to-severely affected 10 year-old son asked, “What about focalin?” Um, that’s not exactly a...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 29, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences
This past weekend, the Dan Marino Foundation hosted the second annual Walkabout for Autism at Sun Life Stadium here in South Florida. The Foundation is a wonderful agency, assisting many other charitable organizations that help families and children with ASD. As a...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 22, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences
There were lots of media stories this week announcing that, because the criteria for the diagnosis of autism are changing in the new Diagnostic Manual (DSM V), there could be a decrease in the number of documented cases. This finding was based on a study by Dr. Fred...