by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 1, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences
It is not enough to merely be aware. Perhaps by employing the “E” word, there will be a greater effort to find the cause(s), the treatment(s), the cure(s), and prevention. Even though recent statistics confirm that autism rates have risen dramatically,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 30, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Vaccines
Professor Art Caplan, from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, blogged the other day about what doctors should do about the alarming number of patients who refuse vaccination for their child. Since I will probably not be debating the noted...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 19, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Patient experiences, Sleep
Parents take their child to one doctor who says, “He’s a boy, they talk late. Don’t worry.” Another doctor says, “He’s too young to make a specific diagnosis. There’s some speech and language delay (ya think?) and some OCD....
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 13, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Vaccines
TheAutismDoctor cannot help but weigh in on the recent judge’s reversal of the expulsion of Dr. Walker-Smith, a co-author of the controversial 1998 paper in the British Journal The Lancet, entitled Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 5, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences
The community of practitioners who care for children on the autism spectrum (formerly known as DAN! – Defeat Autism Now) is evolving into the Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs (medmaps.org). This is due, in large part, to the work of Dr. Dan Rossignol,...
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 | Feb 5, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Vaccines
Pediatrics, one of our primary and most respected medical journals, published a report this week that “There was no elevated risk of ITP after any vaccine in early childhood other than MMR in the 12- to 19-month age group.” ITP stands for “Immune...
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...
