CDC: Autism Rate is Now 1 in 88 According to an article by Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo New data from the CDC shows that 1 in 88 children have autism.The number of U.S. children diagnosed with autism continues to rise, with new data announced today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [...]
A recent article in MSN Health reveled that both Republicans and Democrats are teaming up to pass a bill that will try to extend funding for Autism detection, surveillance, research and education. The bill, if passed, will re-implement a bill that was passed in 2006 that provided funding for autism studies and mandated coordination among [...]
Bad cholesterol, depression, high blood pressure; these are all conditions that often prompt a trip to the pharmacy. But now, physicians are administering a different treatment entirely: produce. Doctors at select clinics across the country are writing some obese patients “prescriptions” for fruits and vegetables. The Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program provides daily $1 subsidies to buy [...]
Though it’s mostly one-sided and sometimes plays like a commercial for the alternative medical community, “Doctored” makes a cogent case for real cooperation between Western medicine and less traditional protocols. Writer-director Bobby Sheehan (he also produced and shot the documentary) begins by exploring chiropractic care and presents a case that, despite mainstream medicine’s longtime crusade to brand [...]