Autism Continues to Rise
Last year the dramatic rise in the number of children with autism made national headlines – the number released by the CDC was 1 in 88 children born today will be diagnosed with autism. But are those the real numbers or are they much higher? What the CDC did not make evident was that the […]
DDT Linked to Autism and High Blood Pressure
A few days ago, DDT made headlines again; but not for the reason you think. We all know that DDT was used for years in the U.S. to help with pest control and is still used bya number of countries world wide. But what grabbed our attention was the fact that DDT has been […]
Pregnant Women Taking Antiepileptic Drugs Have an Increased Risk of Having a Child with Autism
According to the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, women who took the antiepileptic drug sodium valproate while pregnant are at significantly increased risk of having a child with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The authors followed 528 pregnant women who gave birth to children between 2000-2004. Roughly half of the mothers had […]
Minimum of 40 Children Paralyzed After New Meningitis Vaccine
On December 20, 2012, a vaccination tragedy hit the small village of Gouro, located in northern Chad, Africa. According to the newspaper La Voix, out of five hundred children who received the new meningitis vaccine MenAfriVac, at least 40 of them between the ages of 7 and 18 have become paralyzed. Those children also […]
Lead and Its Relationship to ADHD and Autism
Parental and media attention has been given to the notion that mercury or vaccines are contributing to the rise in ADHD and Autism; although there is still debate on this subject. What has not been making the media and not being discussed as widely in social circles is the role of lead and its link to […]
How Arsenic in Chicken Feed Impacts the Environment and Your Health
For more than 60 years, poultry growers have been using a drug approved by the FDA was known as Roxarsone in their chicken feed. Roxarsone helps fight parasites called coccidia that threaten to eat through the guts of the chicken, help chickens grow faster and gives them a better-looking color so they appear more edible. […]
How Genetically Modified Food Impacts Your Health
In 1996, genetically modified corn and soy were introduced in the United States and today 88% of our corn and 94% of our soy is genetically modified. These GM foods are introduced into our food supply without FDA approval and companies comprise their own guidelines, standards, and trials without any input from safety organizations and […]
Autism, OCD and Anxiety Associated with PANDAS and PANS
For years physicians who treat children with autism and other DSM diagnosis have stated that there is a link between these conditions and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Diagnosis Associated with Streptococcal Infections). The patients they treat with biomedical interventions have experienced improvements and up until recently, mainstream medicine was not on board. This all changed […]
Autism, OCD and Anxiety Associated with PANDAS and PANS
For years physicians who treat children with autism and other DSM diagnosis have stated that there is a link between these conditions and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Diagnosis Associated with Streptococcal Infections). The patients they treat with biomedical interventions have experienced improvements and up until recently, mainstream medicine was not on board. This all changed […]
Heavy Metal Toxicity
What are Heavy Metals: Some examples of heavy metals include aluminum, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, chromium, copper, gold, iron, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, silver, tin, titanium and zinc. General Symptoms: Symptoms of heavy metal toxicity vary widely because these metals can enter every type of cell in the body: the brain, lungs, lymph, thyroid, heart, liver, […]