Category: Pediatrics
How to Have a Healthy Pregnancy
Having a baby is a natural and beautiful process. It is a blessing. However, for many women it can be a stressful time. Stress can contribute to a mor [...]
Going Back to School and Staying Healthy!
September is back-to-school month! The family outings to buy school supplies and new clothes are very likely completed by now. School has already begu [...]
ADHD-Nutritional Strategies for School Success
Another summer has drawn to a close and the stores have been displaying backpacks, study supplies and school ready clothes for a month. For children [...]
Raising Children Naturally
Introduction
In today’s world it is vital to make natural choices whenever possible. Making the natural choice is important for two reasons: 1. to [...]
How to Augment the Immune System in response to childhood vaccinations
History of Vaccines
The vaccine controversy has been a source of heated debate amongst the natural and traditional medical and parenting communitie [...]
Words that Heal: Communicating with Kids
A teen boy was agitated with staff on a pediatric psychiatric unit – cursing, threatening, pacing – so he was sent to a small room to calm down o [...]
Lyme Disease: Looking Beyond Borrelia
By Dr. Tom Moorcroft, DO
Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses have reached epidemic proportions in Connecticut and in much of the United Sta [...]
Addressing Underlying Medical Conditions in Autism
By Dr. Deb Bossio
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently estimate that 1 in 110 children in the United States are diagnosed wi [...]
Special Diets and Autism: Is There a Benefit?
On a recent episode of the popular “Dr Oz Show,” which was devoted to autism, Mehmet Oz asked his panel of physicians if a gluten and casein free diet [...]
Autism Spectrum Disorder: A New Model Offering Hope for Recovery
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is an increasingly common disorder characterized by impairment in social interaction and communication, as well as rest [...]
Integrative Manual Therapy and Nutritional Wellness for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Introduction:
Is recovery from Autism possible? This is a common question in many parents’ minds today, along with: what will it take? Autism is a [...]
Music: A Window into the World of Autism
What do parents do when their two year-old child is quiet, does not point to things and sits like a stone in his car seat? When two musician parents w [...]
Autism and Allergies, What’s the Link?
In 1943, Austrian psychiatrist Leo Kanner was first to describe autism. His article “Autistic Disturbances of Affective“ described 11 children who had [...]
Supplements and Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism. It’s growing and growing. In October 2009, the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics published a study saying that 1 in 58 bo [...]
Autism: Connecting Through CranioSacral Therapy – By Karen Elizabeth Rowan, LMT, CST
There are a number of health modalities available today that can support a child, teen or an adult that has been diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Dis [...]