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 | Dec 20, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences
One of the reasons that treating the modern developmental epidemic that we call ASD is fascinating is that, it IS a puzzle that is begging to be solved. As a pediatrician and perinatal/neonatal specialist, I have previously worked during the cocaine baby epidemic of...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 9, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Patient experiences, Research, Sensory issues, Special Therapies
One of the goals of this blog is to help families navigate the complicated landscape of autism treatments. Because I am a conventionally trained and practicing pediatrician who has also studied alternative therapies, I feel that I have the credentials to give advice...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 25, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences
Coming into this century, there was still a debate about whether ASD was increasing or were doctors just adding more patients because of broader criteria or previously unrecognized symptoms? The CDC has pretty much answered that one. So have school teachers and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 14, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, HBOT for ASD
By reporting the highlights of the various conferences that I attend, I have found that 1) it helps me to recall and imprint the information and 2) it helps families who weren’t at the conference to gain knowledge which might be of value for their child....
