Discussing Autism

Science & Health Channel Posts

• Gaining Weight for No Reason? Check This Out
  You're eating right and working out, yet your pants keep getting tighter. What's the deal? Could be your thyroid. A sluggish thyroid -- even one that is just a tad slow -- can cause you to pack [...]
• Friday Freebies: Make Edible Playdough
  Wow, what a sensory experience Play Dough is...but what if you could eat it? This may not be good for some kids (like AJ who is probably the local Pica eating champion) but others may know the [...]
• Center for Consumer Freedom: Run by Grade Schoolers?
  I'm all for people on both sides of an issue speaking their mind ... but in a mature, respectable manner. This means to paint throwing, no name calling, and no childish language. Animal rights, [...]
• Overweight Trainer in the House
  Imagine this; you’ve decided to sign up for a weight loss program. You’ve done the research, talked to the counselor/trainer/coach and you like what you hear. The program seems to be sound, it [...]
• Pet Shampoo Causes Autism?
  According to a new survey presented at the International Meeting for Autism Researching mothers of children with autism were twice as likely to have used pet shampoo that contains pyrethrins as those [...]
• YouTube: Is It A Migraine?
  This blog tends to go into medications and alternative therapies for migraines and chronic headaches, my personal misadventures like the pain and other details on trying to manage the pain and on the [...]
• Farm Bill Passes in the House
  It's not just rare, it's probably the first time ever that the two media networks that I keep up with - animal issues and fashion - are in agreement. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of [...]
• Multiple meds needed to stop bird flu pandemic
  Governments should stock several drugs to prevent resistance, experts say Governments need to stockpile different sorts of flu drugs — not just Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu — to counter the [...]
• Silk Soymilk Recall Update
  I have not forgotten about Silk Soymilk being pulled from shelves because some products contained cow's milk proteins. I have contacted the company three times now asking for an explanation, [...]
• Got Migraines? Dunk PTSD In It
  A study from Drexel University doctors have come out claiming that those with PSTD (more commonly known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder -- once known as "shell shock") most likely get migraines. [...]