Recent Posts in Pediatrics Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 22-Sep-2016 Autism Treatments - Scam? Or Hope For The Future? I just read an another article debunking most of the “alternative” or “biological” therapies, functional medicine, in short, saying that for children with autism these therapies are a scam, expensive and dangerous. The ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 15-Jun-2016 Discussing Cancer with Your Children When parents are diagnosed with cancer, one of the most difficult things to do afterwards is inform their children about the situation. They may feel consumed with their own thoughts and fears enough to consider protecting their children from those ... Continue Reading Posted By Nicolas Peters, MD 23-May-2016 Childhood Cancers Many people are not aware of the extent of childhood cancers in our country. More than 40,000 children undergo cancer treatment each year in the US. 1 in 5 will not respond to first-line standard therapies or will relapse within a few years. Patients ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 7-Jan-2016 Avoiding Exposure to Chemicals Christmas is a time of reflection on the year gone by, celebration of new beginnings, and feasting. How often we say: “Well, I went off my diet during the holidays.” We are immersed in a chemical soup, from the moment we get up today ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 21-Dec-2015 Nature vs. Nurture: What Causes Cancer in Children? By Nicolas Peters, MD Once a parent hears those four horrible words, “Your child has cancer,” and the shock has set in, one of the first questions I hear is “Why did my child get cancer?” That question is difficult to answer ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 17-Dec-2015 State of Emergency in Flint, Michigan After Children Poisoned With Lead from Tap Water By Nicolas Peters, MD It is almost too horrible to be true. In an effort to save money, Flint, Michigan switched its water supply from Detroit to the Flint River in April 2014. Not only did the river water contain high levels of copper and ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 14-Dec-2015 Probiotics for the Common Cold? By Nicolas Peters, MD Many people have heard about using probiotics for stomach and intestine problems and, in fact, several studies have shown them to be effective in children for treating viral diarrhea and preventing diarrhea that occurs during ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 6-Nov-2015 My Sister's Song Medicalizing Young Women - A Dangerous Trend My Sister’s Song Medicalizing Young Women – A Dangerous Trend By Dr. Sherrill Sellman These days, young women are besieged by many challenges. Social pressures, economic concerns, health problems, schoolwork, and family tensions all tilt ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 6-Nov-2015 Autism - Environmental Factors Column: “No Question” About Environmental Factors By David Kirby December 20, 2009 Reprinted with permission of www.AgeofAutism.com On Friday, the CDC released its long-anticipated autism figures, showing that the average rate of autism ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 6-Nov-2015 Post Concussion Syndrome, Chronic "Mild" Traumatic Brain Injury Post Concussion Syndrome, Chronic “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury Incidence According to the Centers for Disease Control statistics1, 1.4 million people in the United States sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. Of these, 50,000 die, ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 6-Nov-2015 Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Learning disabilities have occurred infamously successful people – Walt Disney, Alexander Graham Bell, and Winston Churchill all had learning disabilities. In the U.S., 15% of the population has some sort of a learning ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 1-Oct-2015 Hidden Sugar in Your Child's Food Does your child eat yogurt, cereal, granola bars, fruit snacks, or foods that say they are gluten-free, organic, or natural? If so, they may be laden with hidden sugars, according to a CNN post. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently recommended ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 28-Jul-2015 High-fructose Corn Syrup: What's the Big Deal? High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a liquid sweetener similar to sucrose (table sugar) first introduced in the 1970s. Chemically it is similar to other sweeteners like agave, honey, and fruit juice concentrates which also contain Fructose and ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 27-Jun-2013 Asthma Overview Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways and lungs. Its impact can be profound because it can interrupt sleep, limit physical activity, and disrupt family routines. Cases of asthma are rising so fast it is now widely viewed as an ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 27-Jun-2013 Autism Overview Valley of the Sun Autism Network – a resource for parents of kids with autism who live in Phoenix, Arizona and surrounding areas. They provide information on topics of interest including doctors, co-op, meetings, forums, providers, therapists ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 26-Jun-2013 “Vaccinations: Parents’ Informed Choice” – By Lynne Born By Lynn Born This article appeared in Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts, the quarterly magazine of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Summer 2005. It is reprinted with permission from the Weston A. Price Foundation. Because the ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 26-Jun-2013 “Vaccine Choice” by Alliance for Natural Health ANH Vaccine Choice campaign launches February 6, 2009 Reprinted with permission from Alliance for Natural Health, http://www.anhcampaign.org ANH medical director, Dr Damien Downing, a practicing medical doctor and President of the British Society for ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 26-Jun-2013 2009 Lyme-Induced Autism Conference Report from the Lyme-Induced Autism Conference of 2009 Published in Explore! For the Professional September, 2009 Reprinted with permission of author By Mary Budinger A toxic soup of heavy metals, EMF pollution, chemicals, and the body’s own ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 26-Jun-2013 Obesity The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) did something very unusual with its June 27, 2007 issue - the entire issue is devoted to children’s illnesses. It’s no secret childhood obesity is epidemic in the United States. The ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Mediciine 26-Jun-2013 Kid Food – What is It? The average American child views perhaps 40,000 television commercials per year, many whetting their appetite for “junk” food. Kids are probably thinking taste, and maybe the toy that comes with the food. Moms and dads are probably ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Mediciine 26-Jun-2013 Soda, Diet Soda, Flavored Water Soda and sweetened beverages are often the most common source of young people’s sugar intake. The average teenage male drinks an estimated 868 cans of soda pop each year. Overall, Americans are consuming twice as much soda pop as they did 25 ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Mediciine 26-Jun-2013 Why Schools Should Remove GE-Tainted Foods from Their Cafeterias Institute for Responsible Technology Newsletter on GM Foods, Spilling the Beans By Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception Before the Appleton Wisconsin high school replaced their cafeteria’s processed foods with wholesome, nutritious ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 David Kirby - Gives Us Answers on Vaccines Families wary as officials stonewall By David Kirby Published on: 03/20/08 Reprinted with permission of author By now, many parents in America have heard of the Hannah Poling court case. They know the government has acknowledged that vaccines ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Dr. R. Blaylock – Possible Central Mechanism in Autism This article originally appeared in the USAAA Weekly News, June 13, 2007 US Autism & Asperger Association’s newsletter addresses a range of topics on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger’s Syndrome. This article illuminates the ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Jenny McCarthy: My Son’s Recovery from Autism Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey are actors and parents actively involved in autism-related causes. McCarthy’s son, Evan, is autistic. She is the author of the book “Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism.” Their ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Study Links Autism Risk to Distance from Power Plants, Other Mercury-Releasing Sources News release of Thu 24-Apr-2008 from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/540091/?sc=dwhr Research led by Raymond Palmer, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 The Link Between Autism and Lyme Disease Originally published in the Public Health Alert, September 2008 The CDC tells us 1 in 150 children have autism and that Lyme disease pops up at the rate of 20,000 reported cases a year. Even mainstream experts agree, however, that cases of Lyme are ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Top Federal Autism Panel Votes For Millions in Vaccine Research By David Kirby Originally posted in The Huffington Post, January 5, 2009-01-09 www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/top-federal-autism-panel_b_155293.html?view=print Reprinted with the permission of David Kirby The Inter-Agency Autism Coordinating ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Asperger Syndrome – Having a Dollop of Autism Asperger syndrome (AS) is part of a group of conditions called autism spectrum disorders. They are known as spectrum disorders because the symptoms of each can appear in different combinations and in varying degrees of severity. Two children with the ... Continue Reading Posted By Arizona Center for Advanced Medicine 24-Jun-2013 Autism - Seasonal Symptoms Can Result from Lack of Vitamin D Friday, February 5, 2010 The letter below shows the dramatic healing capacity of Vitamin D-3 on one of the most baffling epidemics of modern time – childhood Autism. Note: The mother’s letter below has been edited for brevity. You can ... Continue Reading