by Dr. Brian Udell | Nov 25, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Vaccines
This blog is about what we don’t know about pregnancy and the flu as it relates to the epidemic of ASD. The popular press recently re-reported one specific finding from an article in the medical journal Pediatrics, entitled Autism after Infection, Febrile...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Sep 22, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Speech and Language, Vaccines
My practice is fortunate enough to involve young people as student ‘interns’, who learn by helping out with the patients and performing other office duties. Occasionally, Karen, our patient and efficient Practice Administrator, even lets me use their...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jul 22, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Earliest Red Flags, HBOT for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Vaccines
The first challenge that parents encounter when faced with a child who may not be developing in a typical fashion is getting a correct diagnosis. One doctor says “PDD-NOS,” another claims “Just a speech delay and some ADHD,” and yet another...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 8, 2012 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Vaccines
I can’t make this stuff up. One day after I pointed out that the CDC caused/found a ‘pseudo-epidemic’, this report popped up on my Pediatric Radar Screen: CDC vaccines for children might have been improperly stored The Office of the Inspector General...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jun 3, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Patient experiences, Vaccines
Every week, it seems, another media report surfaces about a newly-discovered association between some variable and autism. Often, that research represents non-randomized, retrospective, and computer-analyzed information that is neither insightful about the epidemic...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Mar 30, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Vaccines
Professor Art Caplan, from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, blogged the other day about what doctors should do about the alarming number of patients who refuse vaccination for their child. Since I will probably not be debating the noted...
