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Seeking More, Better Autism Updates

Seeking More, Better Autism Updates

Although reporting about whether the increase in autism is due to changes in diagnostic criteria may be of some importance epidemiologically, it leads to confusion by affected families and skepticism by the general population.

Response to Inaction by US Task Force on Autism

Response to Inaction by US Task Force on Autism

A common theme among most of the parents who are interviewed about the manner in which their child’s autism diagnosis was handled, is the wish that the pediatrician had been more knowledgeable and forthcoming about developmental red flags.

Docs, Glocks and Autism

Docs, Glocks and Autism

The lawyers representing the doctors got it wrong. This is not about the first amendment rights of physicians to discuss the issue of guns. This is about public safety. And, let’s face it, when it comes to vaccinations-for-all, as an example, there’s no problem protecting the herd.

Fixing Facebook Autism

Fixing Facebook Autism

Recently, merely by posting a change in my Facebook profile picture, I got more ‘hits’ than stories that took hours to research and report.

The Media and Autism

The Media and Autism

Regardless of the manner in which autism as a medical condition got so far off track, a new attitude needs to accompany the message that academics, practitioners, parents and charities project. Even skeptics who questioned the HIV/AIDS situation abandoned the ‘it’s their own fault’ line of thinking.

Cali-Vaccination Law

Cali-Vaccination Law

Differences have been identified regarding the effects of medications on men vs. women, infants vs. adults, and there are now individualized chemo treatments. In medicine, one size does not fit all.

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