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 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...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 19, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences
I’ll indulge myself a bit here and compare my medical practice that helps ASD patients to the story in the movie Moneyball. It’s about Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A’s, who changed the way that baseball evaluated, paid for, and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 15, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Patient experiences
Just this past Fall, Dr. Oz featured an episode about several brands of apple juice that contained up to 3-1/2 times the amount of arsenic that is considered safe in our drinking water. The Department of Health and Human Services sent investigators from the Food and...
