by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 8, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Research
The less known about a topic, the more the Internet will fill in the blanks, whether or not it represents the truth. So it goes with soy products, especially as regards patients with ASD. On one hand, parents are advised that their child should avoid casein (a milk...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 1, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Asperger's Syndrome, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Sensory issues
Let’s face it; anyone who goes on a shooting rampage has some mental illness. Often, it seems there was a history of family turmoil, few friends, bullying, and lack of empathy. That does not define Asperger’s Syndrome, which is a developmental disorder....
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 24, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Conferences, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, HBOT for ASD, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Special Therapies, Vaccines
I hadn’t really expected MMS to gain any traction as a viable autism treatment. It seems complicated and scary, and the FDA first issued a warning about it four years ago. Perhaps there is no measurable re-emergence, but it seemed so when I attended the Autism...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 18, 2014 | >ALL<, Conferences, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Research
My medical lifetime has experienced several epidemics. Although such problems are devastating to families, we learn a great deal of general science by uncovering the secrets of each new disorder. Think of Legionnaire’s disease (bacteria), the...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 13, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Vaccines
This month, Pediatrics published a paper indicating that there was, in fact, a “greater prevalence of GI symptoms among children with ASD compared with control children.” OK, so far. Not really groundbreaking information, but it did appear in a mainstream,...