Bad ADHD Studies Mislead ADHD Therapy For Adults For a variety of ‘reasons’, ADHD has become a hot topic not just in pediatrics but also in adult medical care. While the earlier debate about the causes and true frequency of ADHD in children continues, this study highlights some major flaws in the research on adult…
Natural Focus: How Saffron Improves Concentration for ADHD Who would have thought that saffron, a culinary spice prominent in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, could be an effective therapy for ADHD? showed the benefits of a therapeutic dose of saffron in children and adolescents with ADHD compared to a pharmaceutical stimulant. In fact, the…
News You Can Use: Western Diets, Autism, and ADHD No one should be surprised that the health of a pregnant mom and what she puts in her body can affect the health and development of her developing baby. For decades, medicine has been aware of the effects of smoking, alcohol, various medications, and nutritional deficiencies…
While a few doses of acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) during pregnancy is not the only risk factor playing a role in ADHD’s rising incidence, knowing about the risk might change your mind on what you take for that next headache. All of us are searching for answers to the epidemic of ADHD and Autism in…
Treating autism spectrum disorder as early as possible requires an early diagnosis which current medicine struggles to provide, but a new computer tool offers an opportunity to improve, not to mention helping to differentiate ASD and ADHD, as is also necessary. Researchers from the Kennedy Kieger Institute and Nottingham Trent University developed CAMI (Computerized Assessment…
Clinicians should take note that long term use of the stimulant medications commonly prescribed for ADHD can increase the risk of cardiomyopathy. While the individual odds only increase slightly for a given child after 10 years on these meds, multiplying this rate over the millions of children placed on these drugs across the nation could…
Contrary to common beliefs, individuals with autism do experience complex emotions, but their language of experiencing and expressing them is different. If this Rutgers University researcher is correct, the long-held belief that autistic individuals have very muted emotions may need to be altered. With that change in approach, maybe a better way to think of…
Functional pediatricians like myself are continuously searching for new therapies that can benefit our patients suffering from neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and PANS/PANDAS and more. Attending a conference focused on nation wide providers bringing both the latest research and years of experience together for the sake of improving our efficacy was, in short, amazing. One…
As mentioned in the prior article discussing dysfunctional metabolic pathways leading to autism, autism is becoming alarmingly prevalent, and the list of potential triggers to investigate is just getting longer. In today’s article, connections between other immune disorders and autism take us away from the metabolic pathways to look at how immune disruption in allergic…
In another research summary review from my recent MedMAPS conference (see prior blogs for more details and summaries), researchers analyzed available studies considering whether pesticides may increase risks for Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder when their moms were exposed during pregnancy. With the growing prevalence of these neurodevelopmental conditions, those of us…