by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 29, 2010 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences, Speech and Language
I find that a good place to start when classifying infantile autism is “the boy kind” and “the girl kind”. Obviously, the common threads are the delays in speech and language, the restricted interests and/or repetitive movements or...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 27, 2010 | >ALL<, Patient experiences
The oft-repeated statement “autism is not a real epidemic, doctors didn’t realize it,” or “they just renamed it” has some limited degree of validity. It accounts for about 20 % of my patients, slightly higher than the reported incremental...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 26, 2010 | >ALL<, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Nutrition
New research shows vitamins, herbs may actually do harm This report appeared on the Fox News Channel this week, so I thought that readers might be interested in my thoughts on this subject. “Alternative medicines can be dangerous and sometimes even deadly for...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 13, 2010 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Holidays & Vacations, Patient experiences
Anyone who treats patients who are autistic will tell you know how stressful the holiday season can become. Expectations are frequently dashed, making the ensuing drama even more poignant. Beloved family members don’t seem to understand, making even familiar...
