Controversy over PETA billboard linking milk, autism
From ABC News: A new billboard by the animal rights group PETA (left) claims a link between cow’s milk and autism, but autism advocates and medical experts questioned the truthfulness and...
View Article‘Little person no more’
From Good Morning America/ABC News: Tiffanie Didonato, who was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a type of dwarfism, said she decided to undergo a controversial and painful bone-lengthening surgery and...
View ArticleDentist’s protocol sparks controversy over DS research
Claim: ‘Treatment offers ray of hope’ From the Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Journal Gazette: An untested drug combination created by a Houston area dentist has ignited a controversy over the proper treatment of...
View ArticleNavigating the maze of autism treatments
Writing in the New York Times, Personal Health columnist Jane E. Brody chronicles the journey of a New York couple who have tried both traditional methods and alternative practices in their attempt to...
View ArticleAutism clinic faces probes by insurers, medical investigators
From the Austin American-Statesman: Owners of an Austin-area clinic which treats children with autism using controversial techniques say the center is facing a financial crisis in the wake of...
View ArticleScientists call Lupron autism treatment ‘junk science’
From the Chicago Tribune: A drug that is being marketed for the treatment of autism is being widely criticized by scientists who say it is unproven and potentially damaging. Dr. Mark Geier and his son,...
View ArticleScientists: Research hijacked to back dubious autism ‘therapies’
By Trine Tsouderos and Patricia Callahan in the Chicago Tribune: Autism researchers say their work is being taken out of context by doctors to promote alternative autism treatments, which are widely...
View ArticleMother says marijuana saved the life of her son with autism
She’s seeking more research; Experts skeptical From ABC Good Morning America (with video): Mieko Hester-Perez of Fountain Valley, Calif., tells ABC Good Morning America that she used marijuana brownies...
View ArticleIndustrial chemical marketed for use on kids with autism
Created for use in mining, compound now sold as dietary supplement Parents desperate to treat autism in their children are turning to an industrial chemical that has not been proven safe or effective...
View ArticleGovernment crackdown on autism ‘therapies’
From the Chicago Tribune, ABC News, Washington Post The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned eight companies to stop marketing unproven over-the-counter chelation”therapies” as treatments for...
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