by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 15, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Chelation, Patient experiences
Just this past Fall, Dr. Oz featured an episode about several brands of apple juice that contained up to 3-1/2 times the amount of arsenic that is considered safe in our drinking water. The Department of Health and Human Services sent investigators from the Food and...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 2, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Diets, Patient experiences
It should go without saying that making an accurate and specific diagnosis is key to helping each patient, even if there is no current successful therapy. That is because, as medicine describes other patients with a similar set of signs and symptoms, there will be...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 26, 2011 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Chelation, Diets, News-Maybe-Worthy, Vaccines
It’s the time of year to review what I think are the important events that have made the news regarding child developmental issues, especially regarding ASD. The Environmental Protection Agency has finally issued the first U.S. standards to cut mercury and other...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 9, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Diets, Patient experiences, Research, Sensory issues, Special Therapies
One of the goals of this blog is to help families navigate the complicated landscape of autism treatments. Because I am a conventionally trained and practicing pediatrician who has also studied alternative therapies, I feel that I have the credentials to give advice...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 25, 2011 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Patient experiences
Coming into this century, there was still a debate about whether ASD was increasing or were doctors just adding more patients because of broader criteria or previously unrecognized symptoms? The CDC has pretty much answered that one. So have school teachers and...
