Helping Children with Autism Understand Emotional Cues
One of the diagnostic criteria for autism is social impairment. This is often evidenced by the child’s inability to pick up on emotional cues or perhaps not understanding that what is being said by another person does not match that person’s facial expression as well as not demonstrating joint attention. Research reported in the Journal […]
Bowel Nosodes Help Children with Gut Issues
If you have a child with autism you know that often times they struggle with their bowels and this can be for a variety of reasons. Intestinal bacteria, leaky gut, allergies and food intolerances. In fact, research demonstrates a close correlation between gut microflora and various aspects of health, such as nutritional status, behavior, […]
Exposure to high pollution levels during pregnancy may increase risk of having child with autism
Women in the U.S. exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine […]
Federal Record Retention Requirements for Vaccines
Vaccine Retention periods are not specified. However, each health care provider who administers a vaccine set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table (42 CFR 100.3) to any person shall record, or ensure that there is recorded, in such person’s permanent medical record (or in a permanent office log or file to which a legal representative […]
Could My Baby Have Autism?
We have heard it a number of times for a number of conditions – early diagnosis is key. This is also true for autism where early intervention with treatments and therapies can have promising and long lasting results. But do you know the signs that babies 6-12 months old exhibit that can be red […]
Probiotics Help Children with Autism
Gastrointestinal issues are experienced by the majority of children and adults with autism. According to the CDC, children with autism are 3.5 times more likely to suffer from chronic diarrhea or constipation than typically developing peers. Other symptoms include vomiting/reflux, abdominal pain, gas and foul-smelling stools. In my practice, we look at ways […]
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 […]