Forty eight Cases of Measles Reported in Minnesota Children
Minnesota’s Hennepin County is currently experiencing an outbreak of measles cases. Most of the cases (46 out of 48) are 10 years of age or younger and 41 are Somali-American […]
Category Archives: autism
NIH to limit the amount of grant money a scientist can receive
US agency creates point system to address imbalance in distribution of research funds The following is the introduction from an article written by Sara Reardon on Nature. The whole article […]
General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization
On April 20, 2017, CDC released the General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization(https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/acip-recs/general-recs/index.html). The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization replace the 2011 General Recommendations on Immunization. According to ACIP Executive Secretary Amanda […]
Low frequency rTMS in Children with Autism
A few months ago I started reviewing the medical literature for reports that had used transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) with parameters similar to our studies for treating children with neurodevelopmental […]
FDA: Do Not Use Codeine, Tramadol in Children
The FDA is adding the following new restrictions to the warning labels of codeine and tramadol (an opiod pain medication sold under the brandname of Ultram): Codeine is contraindicated to […]
FDA Warns Against Unproven Autism Therapies
Treatments claiming to treat autism spectrum disorders such as chelation therapies, detoxifying clay baths, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, raw camel milk and essential oils are ineffective and may pose significant health […]
The Complacency Monster that Ate Autism
The following blog was written by Jill Escher, president of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. Jill is an autism research philanthropist (Escher Fund for Autism), a provider of […]
Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System
“Difficulties with interoception help to explain why I have a hard time identifying my exact symptoms when I am sick, why sometimes I seem to eat snack after snack without […]
The Challenges and Myths of High-Functioning Autistics
The following blog is written by Yuval Levental, a reader and contributor to our blog site. At present Yuval, who is on the autism spectrum, completed a master’s degree in […]
Baby Boxes and Cribs
After New Jersey recently began distributing safe sleep “baby boxes” to new parents when they leave the hospital, questions have arisen about the boxes and their safety for infants. The […]
