by Dr. Brian Udell | Jul 20, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Diets, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Speech and Language, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D
One of the most effective treatments that MAPS doctors utilize to address the signs and symptoms of autism is probiotic supplementation. What they are Fermented foods, such as cheese, yogurt and kefir, for example, contain microbes. Over 100 years ago, researchers at...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jul 13, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Financial Issues, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Research, Speech and Language
While ‘experts’ continue to debate about the autism epidemic, parents are paying the price. This week, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a study from the US and UK that documented a cost of (US$)1.4 million over a lifetime, if there...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 8, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Research
The less known about a topic, the more the Internet will fill in the blanks, whether or not it represents the truth. So it goes with soy products, especially as regards patients with ASD. On one hand, parents are advised that their child should avoid casein (a milk...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 24, 2014 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Conferences, Diets, Gastrointestinal Issue, HBOT for ASD, Patient experiences, Research, Reversing autism, Special Therapies, Vaccines
I hadn’t really expected MMS to gain any traction as a viable autism treatment. It seems complicated and scary, and the FDA first issued a warning about it four years ago. Perhaps there is no measurable re-emergence, but it seemed so when I attended the Autism...
by Dr. Brian Udell | May 18, 2014 | >ALL<, Conferences, Gastrointestinal Issue, News-Maybe-Worthy, Research
My medical lifetime has experienced several epidemics. Although such problems are devastating to families, we learn a great deal of general science by uncovering the secrets of each new disorder. Think of Legionnaire’s disease (bacteria), the...
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....