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Archive for April, 2009

The Judgment on Vaccines Is In???

Friday, April 24th, 2009

I borrowed this article from The Huffington Post . It is by Jim Carrey
Recently, I was amazed to hear a commentary by CNN’s Campbell Brown on the controversial vaccine issue. After a ruling by the ’special vaccine court’ saying the Measles, Mumps, Rubella shot wasn’t found to be responsible for the plaintiffs’ autism, she and [...]

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We got a couple of actual Comments!

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

I am sorry that I have not been checking the comments left for moderation. We did install a CAPTCHA filter to keep out spam. Usually on all our other blogs we get a super ammount of comment spam. I am talking about 1000 per day. That made a huge work load just erasing them all. [...]

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How You Can Help Beat Autism Now

Friday, April 17th, 2009

To defeat autism, we need an honest overview of the situation.
The odds of a child having autism are currently 1 in 150. Just 30 years in the past, the odds were less than 1 in 2,000. Why the huge increase in odds?
Scientists and researchers can never seem to agree enough to conduct an objective study [...]

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Neurology, Part 2: Treatments of Specific Neurologic Diseases by Stan M. Gardner, M.D

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Now that we have reviewed the general treatments for brain and nerve health, we will address unique treatments for individual disorders. Let me stress that until enough of the general treatments are accomplished, including good diet, heavy doses of B vitamins and essential fatty oils, these additional treatments may not be of great value.
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Alternative Therapies in Neurologic Disease: An Introduction to Cause and General Treatments

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

by Stan M. Gardner, M.D
The brain is composed of one hundred billion neurons. These neurons are supported by approximately one trillion supporting cells called glial cells. The brain comprises approximately 2% of total body weight, while burning approximately 20-30% of all the calories used by the body. The brain is a soft structure, [...]

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New Theory Of Autism Suggests Symptoms Or Disorder May Be Reversible

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Here is an article I picked up at Science Daily.
ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2009) — Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms of the disorder might be reversible.

The central [...]

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Tips To Improve Hair Cuts For Children With Autism

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

For children with autism, getting a hair cut can be a difficult experience. For their parents the experience is often painful and full of stress, tears and frustration.
When my son was first diagnosed with autism my wife and I struggled taking him to get hair cuts. We would often wait weeks past the [...]

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Children With Autism-How To Work With Them During These Tough Financial Times

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

As the financial crisis tightens its noose around this country it occurred to me that of the 500,00+ people out of jobs, that 1 out of every 150 of them are a parent of a child with autism. With the loss of insurance and a steady income families who already were struggling to pay for [...]

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