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,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 2, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Books, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Treatment, Vaccines
Perhaps to mark the end of Autism Awareness month, but seemingly out of the blue, New York Times op-ed contributor, Frank Bruni, decided to weigh in on the vaccination-autism non-connection issue with this April 21, 2014 article. He accused Jenny McCarthy of being an...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 27, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language
How prepared is your child for school? What is the best classroom for next semester? As the school year comes to a close, and plans are being made for appropriate placement next fall, these are the questions that parents of ASD and ADHD kids have to face. IEPs are...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 12, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Conferences, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Research, Reversing autism, Speech and Language
March 27-March 29, 2014. The MedMaps.org meeting of Special Needs Pediatricians in California. Friday, March 28, 2014. The CDC announcement that “about 1 in 68 children has been identified with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…”Wednesday, April 2, 2014....
by Dr. Brian Udell | Apr 6, 2014 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Special Therapies, Speech and Language, Vitamin D
One of the more common out-of-range laboratory findings in the children who come to our clinic is a low vitamin D level. Learning about the myriad effects of this important nutrient ought to encourage parents to ask their pediatric specialist to check the blood...
