by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 5, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Patient experiences
My practice continues to speak with families who remain confused about the most accurate diagnosis for their developmentally challenged offspring. Three professionals can provide 6 different-sounding diagnosis, depending on when they examined the patient, insurance...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Jan 2, 2013 | >ALL<, AD/HD, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, Earliest Red Flags, Gastrointestinal Issue, Patient experiences, Reversing autism, Sensory issues, Sleep, Speech and Language
When Leo Kanner published his landmark Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact in 1943, a contemporary wrote, “he thought what nobody has yet thought, about that which everybody sees.” It’s seventy years later, we’re knee-deep in an epidemic with...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 28, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Asperger's Syndrome, Chelation, Conferences, Holidays & Vacations, News-Maybe-Worthy, Reversing autism
There were lots of reports about celebrities endorsing research, early brain scans, early blood tests for autism, various ‘genetic tests’ for autism, the flu during pregnancy influencing autism, environmental risks, some promising treatments,...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 23, 2012 | >ALL<, Autism Therapies, Earliest Red Flags, Holidays & Vacations, Patient experiences, Reversing autism
I have cared for children with some of the most life-altering medical conditions imaginable, from brain hemorrhages to beatings, AIDS to ASD. In the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, doctors often remarked, “It can always get worse!” Somehow, it felt as if...
by Dr. Brian Udell | Dec 16, 2012 | >ALL<, Alternative and Complementary Medicine for ASD, Autism Therapies, Chelation, News-Maybe-Worthy, Patient experiences, Reversing autism
Patient’s families, acquaintances and colleagues frequently supply autism stories and ask my opinion about them. Focusing on treatment, I have found the recent research, A randomized controlled trial of bumetanide in the treatment of autism in children,...