by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 24, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Conferences, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, HBOT for ASD, Patient experiences
This past weekend marked the third Medical Academy of Pediatric Special Needs Conference, which was held in Costa Mesa, CA. I have made sure to attend every one. This time, I had the added challenge of traveling on my damaged and recently repaired left foot. But,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 9, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
In addition to the previous ‘frequently asked questions about autism’ blogs, and in a continuing effort to present the problems that most concern parents about their autistic child, here are some more commonly voiced queries: Q: How can I stop those...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Feb 26, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
Don’t you just love it? An ADHD patient was (finally) doing really well on 20mg of medicine in the AM, plus 10mg in the afternoon. It took months to fine-tune the correct medication, dose, and timing. Everything was going well and then the insurance company...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 27, 2013 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Reversing autism
The disorder that we call ASD is treatable by various means, so is it preventable? For the time being, the most accurate answer appears to be, “It’s complicated. Maybe. Sometimes. But, it’s not how you think.” At the beginning of an epidemic,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 3, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences
Although I have previously written on this topic, an email request from one of my young readers prompted me to write the shorter version for her project: Dear Dr. Udell, … I am a senior at Buffalo High School in Buffalo, MN. I am researching gluten-free products...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 18, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
Signs and symptoms of ASD are the most common ailments that I treat. Often, autism is the primary diagnosis, but there are many patients who have some other essential problem; either named (e.g. Down Syndrome), descriptive (Congenital hypotonia), or no diagnosis...